Chapter Summaries

The Savior of the World escaped Venerable Dongyan’s chaos array, killed Abbey Master Yuan and the Azure Lord when they destroyed their own primordial spirits, and broke through to heavenly demon. After Dongyan released a Mother-Child Seal that may have freed a reincarnated Supreme, the Savior of the World breached Qing City’s barrier and attacked its array.

• The Savior of the World used the World God’s Hair to escape the chaos array and trapped Abbey Master Yuan inside a deeper demon domain.
• Abbey Master Yuan burned his primordial spirit with a prepared Tusita Purple Flame seal, and the Savior of the World gained heavenly demon cultivation after his death.
• The Savior of the World pulled the Azure Lord into the demon domain, but the Azure Lord used the Green Pine Painting and shattered her primordial spirit rather than let it be offered to “It.”
• The Savior of the World returned to Qing City, where Venerable Dongyan restored the city barrier and the Azure Lord left her essence for Sword Immortal Lu to deliver to Lin Zhishui.
• Venerable Dongyan crushed a sphere containing the Mother-Child Seal, and Youchan explained that it may have released a reincarnated Supreme.
• The Savior of the World tore through Qing City’s barrier with Guan Shiyin, Sutra Preacher, and Cat Keeper, then attacked an array foundation with black flame.

A Three-Legged Golden Crow named Lin Shiyi arrived in Qing City and helped She Xilu and the others confront the Savior of the World. She Xilu and Lin Shiyi injured the enemy with Youchan’s Demonic Consciousness pressure, but a powerful voice then recognized Youchan through the Black Lotus of the Other Shore.

• The Savior of the World weakened the Myriad Laws Returning to One Array and prepared to destroy Qing City after Venerable Dongyan’s borrowed power expired.
• Lin Shiyi appeared, swallowed the Savior of the World’s World-Cleansing Red Lotus, and recognized Lin Zhishui’s Dao in She Xilu’s Calligraphy Spell.
• Lin Shiyi learned that She Xilu was Lin Zhishui’s lover, embraced her as family, and planned to stop the Savior of the World from breaking the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array.
• Lin Shiyi took She Xilu into the array’s Hidden Dragon Illusory World Formation and attacked the Savior of the World while Youchan used her Demonic Consciousness pressure to create an opening.
• The Savior of the World was injured by Lin Shiyi’s Heavenly Emperor Creates the Sun, then an ancient voice crossed through the Black Lotus of the Other Shore and recognized Youchan.

Demon Ancestor Mingye froze the Golden Crow Girl, She Xilu, and the others, then manifested an incarnation in the mortal world to capture Youchan and free the Demon Dragon. When he moved to seal She Xilu, Lin Zhishui’s Nuwa Mending-Heaven Painting summoned Lady Nuwa, who confronted Mingye.

• Youchan warned the Golden Crow Girl to flee with She Xilu, but Mingye froze space and time and formed a dark-gold incarnation in the mortal world.
• Mingye dismissed the Savior of the World’s claim to Youchan’s reward and ordered her to break the array and release the Demon Dragon.
• Mingye revealed that he intended to have the Demon Dragon return Youchan to the Outer Path, then offer the Golden Crow Girl to it.
• The Savior of the World widened the breach in Hidden Dragon Lake’s seal, and Mingye ordered her to send Youchan into the lake for the Demon Dragon to kill.
• Mingye began sealing She Xilu, but Lin Zhishui’s Nuwa Mending-Heaven Painting opened and brought Lady Nuwa into the mortal world.
• Lady Nuwa overwhelmed Mingye with her presence and asked whether he would disperse willingly or make her act.

Lady Nuwa intervened when Demon Ancestor Mingye threatened Youchan, destroying his avatar several times as he paid an immense price to grow stronger. Mingye still could not match Nuwa, so he unleashed a black-gold formation of light to trap her and the golden crow girl.

• Lady Nuwa emerged as an avatar from Lin Zhishui’s painting and forced Mingye’s power to disperse, stopping the attack on the formation.
• Youchan explained to She Xilu how astonishing it was that Lin Zhishui’s painting had summoned Nuwa across the realms.
• Mingye guessed that Lin Zhishui was the reincarnation of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, while the golden crow girl explained that Primordial Beginning had sealed her in Lingyan Pavilion.
• Nuwa declared that Outer Demons could not interfere with Youchan in the mortal world and struck down Mingye’s avatar with the Heavenly Origin Finger.
• Mingye repeatedly spent more power and accepted greater risks to strengthen his avatar, eventually enduring Nuwa’s attack and announcing that he only needed to trap her briefly.
• Mingye sent black-gold light across the sky to form a vast shaft of celestial light that descended to envelop Nuwa and the golden crow girl.

Demon Ancestor Mingye trapped Lady Nuwa and tried to free the Demon Dragon so it could kill Youchan, while the Golden Crow Girl and Xiao Sui failed to stop the Hidden Dragon Illusory World Formation from entering the lake. As the Demon Dragon began to escape, Xiao Sui prepared Lin Zhishui’s Calligraphy Spell, leaving its power—and the group’s fate—unresolved.

• Demon Ancestor Mingye ordered the Savior of the World to break the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array and free the Demon Dragon, while Lady Nuwa sent She Xilu and the Golden Crow Girl beyond the Dark-Golden Firmament.
• The Savior of the World attacked the Hidden Dragon Illusory World Formation, but the Golden Crow Girl fought her and Xiao Sui appeared with the Glazed Glass World to stop Guan Shiyin from entering Hidden Dragon Lake.
• The Savior of the World destroyed Xiao Sui’s Supreme Divine Artifact, but Guan Shiyin guided the Hidden Dragon fully into the lake and the sealed-space entrance was blocked.
• Lady Nuwa warned the others that she needed more time to escape, while Demon Ancestor Mingye predicted that the Demon Dragon would soon pass the Hidden Dragon Sword Pillars and kill Youchan.
• Youchan realized Lin Zhishui might have foreseen the crisis, and Xiao Sui brought out his Calligraphy Spell, “A captive bird longs for its old woods; a pond fish yearns for its former depths.”
• Hidden Dragon Lake burst open, and the Demon Dragon roared as it began to escape.

As the Demon Dragon nearly broke free of Hidden Dragon Lake, Xiao Sui reunited with her Second Primordial Spirit and revealed herself as the artifact spirit of the Book of Life and Death. She summoned the ancient treasure, resisted the Savior of the World’s attack with the Golden Crow girl’s help, and erased Guan Shiyin’s remaining lifespan from the book.

• The Demon Dragon began breaking through the formation, and Youchan realized its comprehension had reached the Demon Lord level.
• Xiao Sui activated the Calligraphy Spell, merged her memories and Primordial Spirits, and awakened her connection to the Book of Life and Death.
• The Book of Life and Death descended from the High Firmament, and Xiao Sui’s Second Primordial Spirit entered it, revealing Xiao Sui as its artifact spirit.
• Demon Ancestor Mingye ordered the Savior of the World to stop Xiao Sui, while the Golden Crow girl intercepted her and shielded Xiao Sui behind a Sealing Barrier.
• Xiao Sui opened the Book of Life and Death and used the Judge’s Brush to write Guan Shiyin’s judgment, declaring her remaining lifespan to be none.

Xiao Sui used the Book of Life and Death to kill Guan Shiyin, foiling Demon Ancestor Mingye’s attempt to capture Youchan. A calligraphy spell Lin Zhishui had left connected Mingye to Nuwa through a karmic thread, allowing Nuwa to strike him into slumber; she then offered the Savior of the World three choices.

• Xiao Sui crossed out Guan Shiyin’s lifespan in the Book of Life and Death, causing Guan Shiyin to die and the Demon Dragon to remain trapped in Hidden Dragon Lake.
• Demon Ancestor Mingye ordered the Savior of the World to unleash Blood-Fiend Wraiths on Qing City, but she refused to sacrifice millions of mortals.
• Lady Nuwa broke free of Mingye’s prison and protected She Xilu from his attack.
• A calligraphy spell signed by Lin Zhishui linked Mingye and Nuwa through a karmic thread, and Nuwa used it to send Mingye into slumber.
• Lady Nuwa offered the Savior of the World a choice between remaining sealed, reincarnating as an ordinary person, or joining the Heavenly Realm after eighty-one reincarnations.

Savior of the World agreed to reincarnate as a mortal while Lady Nuwa revealed the Primordial Celestial Palace’s destruction and prepared the Heavenly Realm to send reinforcements to the mortal world. The chapter ended with Xiao Sui offering to help Savior of the World be born into the Guan family after the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array was repaired.

• Savior of the World accepted Lady Nuwa’s protection and agreed to live as a mortal, while Youchan learned that Demon Ancestor Primordial Beginning had been absent from the battle that destroyed the Primordial Celestial Palace.
• Lady Nuwa told the Golden Crow girl that no powerhouses from the Primordial Celestial Palace had reappeared, and Xiao Sui learned that Demon Ancestor Mingye might have revealed Youchan’s identity to the other Demon Ancestors.
• Lady Nuwa arranged for Immortals and Gods from the Heavenly Realm to reincarnate in the mortal world and appointed Xiao Sui, using the Book of Life and Death, to lead it.
• The Golden Crow girl agreed to repair the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array while Savior of the World delayed her reincarnation to avoid harming Qing City’s residents.
• Savior of the World asked Xiao Sui to help her reincarnate as a child of the Guan family, and Xiao Sui offered her a life-and-death reincarnation mark and a chance to be born to them.

After the calamity in Qing City was resolved, Xiao Sui reassured the cultivators and explained the sacrifices and rewards. She warned that Demon Ancestors could create powerful Outer Demons in the mortal world, but said the Heavenly Realm and Senior Lin could help defend it.

• Xiao Sui and She Xilu returned from the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array, and Xiao Sui told Venerable Dongyan that the calamity was resolved and the Savior of the World would die in three days.
• Xiao Sui announced to Qing City's cultivators that the invading true demons had been slain, the array was safe, and the Demon Domain would disperse after the Savior of the World died.
• Xiao Sui thanked the cultivators on behalf of the Heavenly Realm, let them keep their borrowed treasures, and promised compensation and help finding reincarnations for the ninety-seven Daoists who died.
• Xiao Sui warned Venerable Dongyan and She Xilu that Demon Ancestors could sacrifice reincarnated Demon Lords to create heavenly demons in the mortal world, potentially threatening it with a host of powerful demons.
• Youchan explained that this process sacrificed a Demon Lord for each heavenly demon, while Xiao Sui warned that Demon Ancestor Mingye might reveal She Xilu's existence to the other Demon Ancestors.
• Xiao Sui reassured everyone that the Heavenly Realm and Senior Lin could intervene if the Outer Path sent more powerful forces.

Youchan connected the Mother-Child Seal and Lin Zhishui’s mortal disguise to the mysterious “it,” while Xiao Sui and She Xilu left the Demon Domain. During a call, Lin Zhishui casually claimed he could paint and summon powerful figures, including Pangu, leaving She Xilu and Youchan stunned and concerned that mentioning the Outer Path Pangu could attract “it’s” attention.

• Youchan learned that the eldest prince of the Primordial Celestial Palace had given Venerable Dongyan the Mother-Child Seal and speculated that the Primordial Heavenly Emperor had sealed Little Eleven in the mortal world to protect her from “it.”
• Xiao Sui kept the array active, warned the Golden Crow Girl not to disrupt Lin Zhishui’s plans, and asked the Savior of the World to release her and She Xilu from the Demon Domain.
• At dusk, Lin Zhishui called She Xilu and heard that the Nuwa Painting had saved her during the crisis in Qing City.
• Lin Zhishui offered to paint figures ranging from the Three Pure Ones and Buddha to Pangu, astonishing She Xilu and Xiao Sui.
• Youchan stopped She Xilu from repeating the name Outer Path Pangu and explained that speaking it could draw “it’s” gaze; she doubted Pangu could descend because he had died creating the world.

Lin Zhishui arranged to meet Little Eleven in three days while She Xilu and Xiao Sui discussed the danger of Outer Demons and Demon Ancestors in the mortal world. The next day, Lin Zhishui painted a gift for his former teacher, Teacher Qi, and left after her daughter Xiao Si jokingly offered to call him Daddy.

• Lin Zhishui told She Xilu that Little Eleven could visit him in three days, while She Xilu explained that Little Eleven admired him and had helped her.
• She Xilu suggested killing all Outer Demons in the mortal world, but Xiao Sui warned that hidden Outer Demons and Demon Ancestors could still create new threats.
• Xiao Sui told She Xilu to cultivate while there was time before the reincarnating Demon Ancestors could locate their host.
• Lin Zhishui painted a portrait of the Queen Mother of the West to give Teacher Qi, who was nearing the birth of her second child.
• Teacher Qi praised Lin Zhishui's painting, and Xiao Si asked to become his apprentice before jokingly offering to call him Daddy; Lin Zhishui awkwardly left.

Lin Zhishui gave Teacher Qi a painting of the Queen Mother of the West, whose painted figure awakened and turned her attention toward Teacher Qi’s unborn twins. In the Heavenly Realm, a Dao Lord ordered thousands of Supremes to reincarnate in the mortal world and defend Demon Ancestor Youchan’s reincarnation, leaving Xiao Sui to coordinate the formations needed to protect Qing City.

• Lin Zhishui gave Teacher Qi his Queen Mother of the West Painting and learned she was expecting twin girls; Teacher Qi invited him to their one-month celebration.
• After Lin Zhishui left, the Queen Mother of the West in the painting awakened and considered using the twins to see Youchan clearly.
• Xiao Sui contacted the Heavenly Realm and saw thousands of Supremes assembled before a Dao Lord, who assigned her authority over mortal-world matters.
• The Dao Lord explained that Demon Ancestor Youchan had reincarnated in the mortal world and ordered the Supremes to protect her and keep the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array intact.
• The Dao Lord outlined plans to operate the Myriad Laws Returning to One Array and add the Forty-Nine Immortal-Slaying Formation, revealing that the Zhu Xian Sword’s artifact spirit had already gone to the mortal world.

Xiao Sui learned that Lu Qingfeng was the reincarnated Sword Spirit of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords as the Heavenly Realm prepared forces and treasures to defend the mortal world. In Lin City, the Outer Demons’ Ancestor ordered Boss Qiao to free the sealed Demon Venerables, but Boss Qiao refused to betray Lin Zhishui, even at the cost of oblivion.

• The moonlit Dao Lord explained that Lu Qingfeng had reincarnated without his former memories and warned the Supremes not to offend Lin Zhishui.
• The Dao Lord selected reincarnated immortals and gods for the mortal-world formations, promised them instruction and rewards, and sent Xiao Sui news of treasures including the Time-Shadow Tree Seed.
• The Dao Lord instructed the immortals and gods to protect the reincarnated Outer Demon girl and prevent the Demon Venerables from emerging; Xiao Sui resolved to follow Lin Zhishui’s instruction that Little Snake should not ascend.
• The Outer Demons’ Ancestor appeared before Boss Qiao and demanded that he break the Myriad-Age Dragon-Subduing Array and release the sealed Demon Venerables.
• After learning that Lin Zhishui had saved Boss Qiao, the Ancestor demanded that he kill Lin Zhishui, but Boss Qiao refused even when threatened with oblivion.

Boss Qiao accepted the Demon Ancestor's offer to gather the mortal world's Outer Demons and help destroy Qing City's array, while the cultivators emerged from the Demon Domain and prepared for another attack. The Golden Crow Girl planned to visit Lin Zhishui, but Xiao Sui advised her to spend two days learning how mortals lived first.

• The Demon Ancestor offered Boss Qiao cultivation to the Demon Lord level in exchange for gathering the Outer Demons and breaching Qing City, and Boss Qiao agreed after learning Lin Zhishui was the reincarnation of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
• The Demon Ancestor and other beings discussed their plans, including the reincarnated Demon Lords and Demon Venerables due to arrive in seven days, and considered ways to counter Lin Zhishui.
• Three days later, Xiao Sui led more than two thousand cultivators out of the Demon Domain and asked them to remain in Qing City while its defenses were redeployed.
• The Golden Crow Girl asked Xiao Sui and She Xilu to accompany her to see Lin Zhishui, but they declined because of their duties and urged her to behave more maturely.
• After She Xilu suggested she dress and act more normally, the Golden Crow Girl agreed to stay in Qing City for two days before visiting Lin Zhishui.

The Golden Crow Girl visited Lin Zhishui’s shop, where she delivered essence that strengthened the little pine tree and mistook Lin’s painting and remarks for signs of his former identity as the Heavenly Emperor. Lin gave her the painting, and after she called him Daddy and claimed She Xilu had agreed to be her Little Mom, he called She Xilu to check.

• The Golden Crow Girl brought the jade gourd’s essence to the little pine tree, which absorbed it and fell asleep.
• The Golden Crow Girl entered Lin Zhishui’s shop and watched him finish a painting of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
• Lin Zhishui asked whether she preferred Lady Nuwa or the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and she said she liked Daddy Heavenly Emperor and thought he resembled Lin.
• The Golden Crow Girl interpreted Lin’s remarks as a wish to move beyond his former identity, while Lin assumed she was a devoted fan of She Xilu’s novel.
• Lin gave the Golden Crow Girl his painting, and she called him Daddy, saying She Xilu had agreed to be her Little Mom.
• Lin Zhishui called She Xilu to confirm the Golden Crow Girl’s claim.

Lin Zhishui let the Golden Crow Girl call him Daddy and continued painting, while Xiao Sui organized the collection of 4,356 pregnant women carrying reincarnated Immortals and Gods. The women were gathered in a sealed Qing City facility, where the group prepared to accelerate time so the reincarnated beings could grow in safety.

• Lin Zhishui agreed to the Golden Crow Girl's role-play and sent her away with the Heavenly Emperor Painting before returning to his work.
• Xiao Sui assigned the Golden Crow Girl, Sword Immortal Lu, and Venerable Dongyan to collect the pregnant women and bring them to a sealed building in Qing City.
• The three used Divine Concealment to transport the women, erasing their existence from witnesses' memories; Sword Immortal Lu also took a Queen Mother of the West Painting signed by Lin Zhishui.
• The Golden Crow Girl finished collecting her assigned women first, and Sword Immortal Lu and Venerable Dongyan later delivered the rest, bringing the total to 4,356.
• Xiao Sui arranged pills and Divine Fetus Powder for the women, brought She Xilu to the facility, and prepared to begin thousandfold time acceleration while the Golden Crow Girl helped protect Qing City.

Xiao Sui accelerated time around the Sealing Barrier and prepared She Xilu to cultivate for eight years, while Youchan explained the Time Tree’s fruit and the history of the Outer Path. She Xilu made rapid early progress but was left confronting the limits of Mortal Realm cultivation and the possibility that the sleeping Outer Path might awaken.

• Xiao Sui invited female cultivators of the Infinite Heaven Dao Lineage to help with the birth and planted a Time-Shadow Tree Seed, accelerating time within its mist a thousandfold.
• Youchan explained that the mature Time Tree’s fruit could grant someone their most probable future, and She Xilu began cultivating with Lin Zhishui’s Calligraphy Spell.
• She Xilu quickly broke through the Fourth and Fifth Heavenly Passes, perfected her Dharma Body, and reached the Earthly Immortal level before running into a lack of advanced Mortal Realm inheritances.
• Youchan told She Xilu that the ancient Mortal Realm had been sealed during the Primordial Cataclysm and explained that the Outer Path’s sleeping presence had shaped the Three Realms through its laws.
• Youchan described how the Outer Path Sovereign created some Demon Ancestors and how Primordial Origin differed from other Outer Demons; She Xilu asked what would happen if the sleeping 'It' woke and took them back, and Youchan fell silent.

Xiao Sui oversaw the births of 4,403 infants while Boss Qiao prepared outer demons to target the reincarnated demon lords and venerables. As the Golden Crow Girl explained Qing City's defenses, a demon ancestor appeared over the city.

• Xiao Sui had all 4,403 infants fed spirit pills and kept their mothers in the Upper Realm so the children could repay their parents themselves.
• The Demon Ancestor gave Boss Qiao five days of accelerated time to prepare the outer demons, ordering him to kill reincarnated demon lords and venerables and activate the Four Symbols Heaven-Opening Array.
• Boss Qiao ordered the outer demons to give spirit pills to a thousand pregnant women and return the mothers unharmed after the births, while privately worrying about opposing Boss Lin.
• The Golden Crow Girl told Sword Immortal Lu that the Myriad Laws Returning to One Array could not stop a demon ancestor's avatar in its current state, and they discussed Boss Lin's choice of the Queen Mother of the West Dharma Body for Youchan.
• A demon ancestor's immense purple eye appeared above Qing City, and the Golden Crow Girl recognized it.

Demon Ancestor Zhutian attacked the Golden Crow Girl to draw Primordial Beginning out, and his strike against Primordial Beginning’s avatar traveled along their karmic connection toward Su City. There, the writing brush in Lin Zhishui’s shop reacted, and mysterious fragments entered the sleeping Lin Zhishui.

• Demon Ancestor Zhutian appeared over Qing City and offered the Golden Crow Girl a chance to leave, then threatened to exterminate the Primordial Imperial Clan.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian gathered spiritual energy into a powerful avatar and attacked the Golden Crow Girl with purple lightning.
• The Golden-Robed Emperor emerged from the Golden Crow Girl’s scroll, but let the lightning engulf him without fighting back.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian strengthened his avatar and sent an attack through the karmic thread toward Primordial Beginning’s true body in Su City.
• The writing brush in Lin Zhishui’s shop absorbed the purple light, spoke in fragmented voices, and sent luminous fragments into Lin Zhishui as he slept.

After the Golden-Robed Emperor defeated Demon Ancestor Zhutian, Lady Nuwa questioned him about his identity and his union with Primordial Beginning. Lin Zhishui woke from a hazy dream and discovered that his Beloved Brush had gained a new ability that made his paintings seem alive.

• Demon Ancestor Zhutian attacked Primordial Beginning's incarnation, but the Golden-Robed Emperor crushed him with a phantom of the Primordial Land.
• The Golden-Robed Emperor spoke with Lady Nuwa, who recognized him as a new being formed from the union of their Primordial Spirits, before the dream incarnation vanished.
• Lin Zhishui woke in his shop and recalled fragments of a dream involving Little Eleven and Lady Nuwa.
• Lin Zhishui found that ordinary brushes now followed his intentions as effortlessly as the Beloved Brush, suggesting that his own painting skill had improved.
• Lin Zhishui compared paintings made with ordinary brushes and the Beloved Brush, discovering that the latter produced more vibrant, lifelike works.
• Lin Zhishui wondered whether the Beloved Brush could make drawings real and considered painting Xiao Sui.