Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya tested the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff while sparring with Dong Santong and Bo Gu, then Hua Xiuxian met a Heavenly Earth spy who recruited him into a plot to kill Li Xiaoya. The spy said their Grand Elder would attack once Hua Xiuxian lured Li Xiaoya beyond the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range.

• Li Xiaoya demonstrated the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff by destroying a hill-sized boulder, then sparred with Dong Santong and Bo Gu.
• Dong Santong and Bo Gu teamed up against Li Xiaoya and defeated him in their later rounds.
• Hua Xiuxian received a paper note, recognized the sender as the cultivator who had once told him Ouyang Qianru was at Li Xiaoya's cave abode, and went to meet him.
• The cultivator revealed that he belonged to Heavenly Earth and exposed Hua Xiuxian's past killing of Daoist Hai Meng over the Water Jade Spirit Pearl.
• The spy persuaded Hua Xiuxian to help kill Li Xiaoya, promising that Heavenly Earth's Grand Elder would personally attack if Hua lured Li Xiaoya beyond the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range.

Hua Xiuxian joined forces with the demonic spy Shadow to lure Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong into a trap, while the Mystic Heaven Way elders prepared to act on a secret message. Back at his cave, Li Xiaoya asked Second Better about refining treasures and learned that the Immortal-Binding Rope recipe described a powerful ancient spirit treasure beyond his reach.

• Hua Xiuxian agreed to help Shadow lure Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong to a place where they had been practicing spells.
• Blue Ice traveled toward the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range after learning Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong were there, having failed to find them in Heavenly Lake City.
• Li Xiaoya told Dong Santong about recent events, including Second Better and the treasures he had refined, as they flew back to their cave abode.
• A black-clad cultivator delivered a hidden message to the Grand Elder, who set out with the Second, Third, and Fourth Elders.
• Li Xiaoya asked Second Better to refine speed-enhancing wings for Dong Santong and showed him the Immortal-Binding Rope recipe.
• Second Better identified the recipe as a high-level ancient spirit treasure and said Li Xiaoya could not refine it.

Li Xiaoya gathered the materials needed for Second Better to forge the Immortal-Binding Rope and visited Dong Santong for more supplies. When they went to meet Bo Gu for a spar, an ambush caught Li Xiaoya in black chains, leaving him trapped in midair.

• Second Better confirmed that the Immortal-Binding Rope required a true dragon tendon, and Li Xiaoya provided one and set out to collect the remaining materials.
• Hua Xiuxian watched Li Xiaoya's cave under Shadow's direction, then followed their revised plan as Li Xiaoya headed to Dong Santong's abode.
• Li Xiaoya collected materials from Dong Santong and gave him a recipe for wings that Second Better could forge once they found a Wind Beast's wings.
• Dong Santong received a message from Bo Gu inviting them to spar, and he and Li Xiaoya flew to the valley where they had met the day before.
• Dong Santong attacked Li Xiaoya playfully as they descended, but hidden assailants grabbed Li Xiaoya's feet from beneath the ground and bound him with black chains.

The Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s four great elders ambushed Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, captured Li Xiaoya, and fled when Mystic Heaven Way’s cultivators approached. Master Long led the pursuit after Dong Santong reported what happened, while he wondered why the sect had targeted Li Xiaoya instead of Dong Santong.

• Li Xiaoya was trapped by the Soul-Locking Chain as four Heavenly Earth Demon Sect elders surrounded him and Dong Santong.
• Li Xiaoya broke the chains, struck at Grand Elder Old Devil Black, and was defeated and seized by the throat.
• Dong Santong escaped the Fourth Elder’s attack with a body double, while Old Devil Black and the other elders fled with Li Xiaoya.
• Master Long arrived with Mystic Heaven Way cultivators, learned Li Xiaoya had been captured, and pursued the fleeing elders with Dong Santong.
• Master Long tossed Dong Santong aside to speed ahead, and the other cultivators swept past as Dong Santong continued after them.

Hua Xiuxian betrayed Shadow over the Mist Shadow Pearl, but Shadow killed him with its hidden Demon Skeletons. The attack alerted Old Monster Ouyang, who reached the valley and recognized the Demon Skeleton before turning toward the Black Old Devil’s group.

• Shadow gave Hua Xiuxian a Storage Pouch, then offered to trade the Mist Shadow Pearl for thirty million spirit stones and the pouch’s contents.
• Hua Xiuxian accepted the deal, tried to kill Shadow while examining the pearl, and was devoured by the Demon Skeletons concealed inside it.
• Elder Hua sensed his disciple’s death and turned back toward the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range, while the other cultivators continued pursuing the Black Old Devil.
• Old Monster Ouyang sensed the Demon Skeleton, reached the valley, and roared for it to reveal itself.
• Elder Hua arrived at the valley and respectfully greeted Old Monster Ouyang, the Supreme Elder of the Mystic Heaven Way.

Old Monster Ouyang joined the pursuit of Black Old Devil, who had abducted Li Xiaoya, and captured Dong Santong to bring him along. As the chase continued, Blue Ice neared the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range and discovered Demonic Path cultivators guarding a newly built Teleportation Formation.

• Old Monster Ouyang learned that Black Old Devil and the Three Grand Elders of the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect had taken Li Xiaoya, then set off after them.
• Black Old Devil carried the unconscious, bound Li Xiaoya away while Master Long and the others struggled to catch up.
• Old Monster Ouyang recognized Dong Santong’s light attribute immortal root, seized him, and agreed to take him along after sensing something through a calculation.
• Blue Ice hurried toward the Mystic Heaven Mountain Range, then concealed herself after spotting Demonic Path cultivators guarding a Teleportation Formation.
• Old Monster Ouyang caught up with Master Long, who said Black Old Devil must be plotting something involving Li Xiaoya and questioned why Ouyang had brought Dong Santong.

Old Monster Ouyang chased Black Old Devil and the other elders to their Teleportation Formation, while Blue Ice attacked after realizing they had captured Li Xiaoya. The four elders escaped with Li Xiaoya, and Old Monster Ouyang began teleporting with Dong Santong as Blue Ice rushed to join them.

• Old Monster Ouyang caught up to Black Old Devil and the other elders, but Black Skeleton intervened and helped them reach the Teleportation Formation.
• Black Old Devil ordered the Black-Armored Cultivators to activate the formation and destroy it after the elders teleported.
• Blue Ice recognized Li Xiaoya among the fleeing elders and attacked the formation to stop them from escaping.
• Old Monster Ouyang’s flying sword missed as Black Old Devil, the other elders, and Li Xiaoya vanished through the formation.
• Old Monster Ouyang started the Teleportation Formation with Dong Santong, and Blue Ice hurried toward them.

Old Monster Ouyang and Dong Santong escaped the damaged teleportation formation in Heavenly Earth City, but the city’s protective array trapped them when they arrived. Dong Santong’s mysterious ability brought them back inside the formation, and Old Monster Ouyang began a fight against the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect as the city descended into chaos.

• Blue Ice fought the Black-Armored Cultivators as Master Long and Blackbeard Immortal arrived to protect the damaged teleportation formation.
• Old Monster Ouyang and Dong Santong teleported to a hall in Heavenly Earth City, where the Third Elder and two others trapped them inside the Protective Grand Formation.
• When the teleportation failed because the other formation had been destroyed, Dong Santong grabbed Old Monster Ouyang and used a mysterious ability to escape the falling attacks and reappear before the elders.
• Old Monster Ouyang attacked the Three Grand Elders, collapsing the passage and causing chaos in the city.
• After an order called for all disciples to evacuate, Old Monster Ouyang told Dong Santong to flee, then broke through the cavern ceiling and challenged Black Skeleton.

Ouyang Haotian confronted Black Skeleton in Heavenly Earth City and began a battle that threatened to destroy the city. Meanwhile, Black Old Devil and the other elders tried to break the restriction protecting Li Xiaoya’s soul, and the Immortal Dao Chain appeared as they did.

• Ouyang Haotian accused Black Skeleton of abducting someone from Mystic Heaven Way, then attacked him with an ice dragon and the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Mountain.
• Dong Santong followed the Three Grand Elders through a passage, hoping they would lead him to his senior brother.
• Black Old Devil brought Li Xiaoya to his cave and discovered a restriction laid by three Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators prevented him from searching Li Xiaoya’s soul.
• The other three elders joined Black Old Devil, and the four began using their power to break the restriction on Li Xiaoya.
• The Immortal Dao Chain at Li Xiaoya’s waist blazed with white light, and Black Old Devil recognized it.

Dong Santong rescued the unconscious Li Xiaoya from Black Old Devil and escaped while Ouyang Haotian battled Black Skeleton above Heavenly Earth City. Black Old Devil and the other elders resumed their pursuit, and the city prepared its Black Dragon Cannons to attack the iceberg threatening the Heavenly Earth Tower.

• The Immortal Dao Chain immobilized Black Old Devil and the three elders, then made Li Xiaoya vanish from the hall.
• Dong Santong entered the cave abode, rescued Li Xiaoya, recovered his Heaven-and-Earth Bag, and escaped after Black Old Devil’s Storage Pouch exposed him.
• Dong Santong saw Ouyang Haotian attack Black Skeleton with a colossal iceberg as Black Skeleton defended the Heavenly Earth Tower.
• Black Old Devil and the other elders regained their mobility and split up to search for Dong Santong, who hid on the tower with Li Xiaoya.
• Black Old Devil ordered the guardian squad to activate the Black Dragon Cannons and target the iceberg.

Ouyang Haotian and the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect fought over Heavenly Earth City while Dong Santong rescued Li Xiaoya and helped them escape. The pair vanished for hundreds of years after the sect placed a huge bounty on them, leaving their destination unknown.

• Elder Long and the others discovered that the repaired Teleportation Formation could not transport them, and Blue Ice flew off to rescue Ouyang Haotian and Li Xiaoya.
• The Heavenly Earth Demon Sect fired its Black Dragon Cannons at Ouyang Haotian’s Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Mountain, weakening it as he used it to attack Black Skeleton.
• Ouyang Haotian received Dong Santong’s message that Li Xiaoya had been rescued, withdrew the iceberg, and escaped from the battle.
• Black Old Devil told Black Skeleton that Dong Santong had stolen Li Xiaoya and that the Immortal Dao Chain was on him, prompting Black Skeleton to order a search.
• The Heavenly Earth Demon Sect offered a bounty for Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong, but neither they nor the Mystic Heaven Way saw the pair again for hundreds of years.

Dong Santong escaped the Heavenly Earth Tower with the unconscious Li Xiaoya, but his injuries and depleted magic power forced him to hide while pursuers searched for them. A large-nosed Golden Core Stage cultivator tracked them to their concealed bird’s nest and attacked, leaving their hiding place exposed.

• Dong Santong slipped through the tower’s restrictions with Li Xiaoya and sent Ouyang Haotian a Voice Transmission Talisman before fleeing.
• A gray-robed old man followed Dong Santong, while a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator led a search party hunting for him and Li Xiaoya.
• Dong Santong evaded the Third Elder, changed course, and hid with Li Xiaoya in an abandoned bird’s nest after nearly exhausting his magic power.
• A large-nosed Golden Core Stage cultivator tracked the pair to the nest and blasted it with black-green light.

Dong Santong and Li Xiaoya faced a strange big-nosed cultivator whose poisonous techniques overwhelmed Dong Santong while he was injured and low on magic power. Dong Santong escaped with a blinding light trick, but the cultivator tracked him with his nose and unleashed a swarm of insects as another cultivator approached, whom he recognized as an ally.

• The strange cultivator attacked Dong Santong and Li Xiaoya with poisonous gas and a giant dark green-black bird, injuring Dong Santong and corroding his protective barrier.
• Dong Santong used a golden orb to destroy the bird with lightning, damaging the strange cultivator’s flying sword, but the blast injured Dong Santong and Li Xiaoya as well.
• Dong Santong fled while the strange cultivator prepared another attack, then threw a white ball of light that blinded his pursuer and let him vanish.
• The strange cultivator followed Dong Santong’s scent and released a swarm of wasp-like insects toward a cloud where Dong Santong was hiding.
• Dong Santong emerged and spotted another cultivator approaching, while the strange cultivator identified the newcomer as one of his allies.

Dong Santong fought Demon Bee while protecting the unconscious Li Xiaoya, until Li San arrived and betrayed Demon Bee. After Demon Bee died, Li San claimed to be an undercover agent for the Mystic Heaven Way, then attacked Dong Santong as the injured cultivator fell from the air.

• Dong Santong swallowed a pill to boost his magic power, escaped the bee swarm, and used eighteen doubles to blast hundreds of bees away.
• Demon Bee summoned more bees and ordered them toward Li Xiaoya as Li San arrived and initially appeared to join the fight against Dong Santong.
• Li San suddenly attacked Demon Bee with his green short-sword Magic Treasure, and Dong Santong destroyed Demon Bee’s Signal Pearl before Demon Bee could summon help.
• A Half-Moon Light Blade killed Demon Bee, and Li San collected his Storage Pouches and gourd while claiming he was an undercover agent for the Mystic Heaven Way.
• Dong Santong’s pill wore off, and after he spat blood and fell from the air, Li San sent his short-sword Magic Treasure toward him.

Li Xiaoya rescued the badly injured Dong Santong and followed Li San to evade the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s search. Li San revealed that Li Xiaoya was the son of his former master and mistress, but Li Xiaoya remained wary of Li San’s unexplained presence as they fled.

• Li Xiaoya woke, caught Dong Santong, and helped stabilize him while Li San urged them to escape approaching cultivators.
• Li Xiaoya recovered his Heaven-and-Earth Bag from Dong Santong, gave him elixirs, and followed Li San through a mountain route.
• Li San identified himself as a servant of Li Xiaoya’s family and showed him a portrait of his mother, whose face resembled his own.
• Li San told Li Xiaoya that his mother was still alive and that Black Old Devil had captured him because of his parents.
• Li Xiaoya questioned why Li San was there, but Li San hurried onward, leaving Li Xiaoya suspicious of what he was hiding.

Li San led Li Xiaoya and the weakened Dong Santong through the Mistshadow Sea to the hidden island where Li Xiaoya’s mother lived. After years of searching, Li Xiaoya finally saw her, and she recognized him with shock.

• Ouyang Haotian learned that Blue Ice had left to rescue Dong Santong, heard that Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong were safe, and destroyed the Teleportation Formation before setting off to find Blue Ice.
• Li San led Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong away from the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect while evading cultivators, but dodged Li Xiaoya’s questions about his mother.
• Li San explained that Li Xiaoya’s mother had hidden from the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect on an island in the Mistshadow Sea and used a jade disc and lantern to guide them through the sea’s formation.
• Li Xiaoya and Li San reached the island, where Li Xiaoya saw a white-clad woman reading in a courtyard.
• Li San introduced Li Xiaoya to his mother, and she looked up, recognized him, and sprang to her feet in shock.

Li Xiaoya reunited with the female cultivator he believed was his mother, but she doubted his identity before Li San launched a treacherous attack. Li Xiaoya rescued her and Dong Santong, overcame Li San’s poison, and crushed his throat, but Li San’s body still glowed as if it were about to explode.

• The female cultivator struggled to accept that Li Xiaoya was her son, and Li Xiaoya pleaded that he was real.
• Li San secretly attacked Li Xiaoya and the female cultivator with Demon Poison Arrows, while Dong Santong collapsed after trying to intervene.
• Li Xiaoya shielded the female cultivator, survived the arrows, and scattered the poison with his golden light.
• Li Xiaoya deflected Li San’s volley of arrows, caught him as he fled, and seized him by the throat.
• Li San began to detonate his golden core, so Li Xiaoya crushed his neck, but the green glow around Li San continued.

Li Xiaoya reunited with his mother, subdued Li San, and learned that Li Mother had been sealed by powerful restrictions. After helping her rest, he discovered keepsakes showing she had long missed him, and waited for her to wake.

• Li Xiaoya broke Li San’s bones and meridians, then embraced Li Mother when they recognized each other as mother and son.
• Dong Santong stopped Li San from attacking, and Li Mother demanded to know why he had betrayed her and her husband.
• Li San blamed his resentment over his treatment and died, while Li Mother struck his corpse until Li Xiaoya calmed her and put her to sleep.
• Li Xiaoya burned Li San’s corpse, carried Li Mother inside, and found children’s toys and a half-finished garment in the house.
• Li Xiaoya discovered black restrictions sealing Li Mother’s golden core and divine sense, but could not break them; he recognized the caster’s magic power.
• Li Mother woke and clung to Li Xiaoya, repeating that their reunion was not a dream.

Li Xiaoya reunited with his mother and learned that the Immortal Dao Chain had brought disaster upon the Li Family. His mother began explaining how Li San’s betrayal and the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect were connected to their family’s downfall, leaving the chain’s true nature still unanswered.

• Li Xiaoya’s mother embraced him, asked about the Immortal Dao Chain, and required him to promise not to seek revenge until his cultivation was strong enough.
• Li Xiaoya swore upon his heart demon to delay revenge until he was powerful enough, and his mother revealed that the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect was responsible for the family’s calamity.
• His mother explained that the Immortal Dao Chain had shone when Li Xiaoya was born, despite his five immortal roots, and that Li Muzhi had hidden the incident and placed the necklace on him.
• His mother recounted how Li San, jealous of Li Muzhi and obsessed with the chain, was expelled after trying to obtain it.
• Li Xiaoya criticized Li Muzhi for sparing Li San and asked his mother what the Immortal Dao Chain was.

Li Mother explained the Immortal Dao Chain’s history and recounted how Li San betrayed the Li Family, leading to its destruction and her separation from Li Xiaoya and Li Muzhi. After hearing that his father was alive but imprisoned, Li Xiaoya learned why his mother had kept him from seeking revenge and proposed trading the chain to free him.

• Li Mother told Li Xiaoya that the Immortal Dao Chain had belonged to Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord and was rumored to lead to his cave abode.
• Li Mother recounted how Li San joined the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, whose four great elders slaughtered the Li Family and captured her, Li Muzhi, and young Li Xiaoya.
• Li Mother used the Li Family’s emergency formation to escape with Li Xiaoya, then sent him to the Great Illusion Continent before Li San found her and brought her to the island.
• Li Mother told Li Xiaoya that Black Old Devil and the others had imprisoned Li Muzhi, who could still cultivate, and that it was too soon for Li Xiaoya to attempt a rescue.
• Li Xiaoya finished telling his mother about his years on the Great Illusion Continent and suggested exchanging the Immortal Dao Chain for his father.