Vol. 3The Sage and the Three Demon Mark

Xu Qingxiao became Great Wei’s Sage, defeated the Buddhist Order, repelled the Barbarian invasion, and uncovered conspiracies linked to the Three Demon Mark. He returned from the Central Continent Immortal Treasury with a vast arsenal and prepared to confront Prince Huaining while averting war with Tuxie and Chuyuan.

  • Xu Qingxiao rejected Sage Zhu’s Dao, became a Sage, and drove the Great Wei Literary Palace to secede after killing Master Lü.
  • Xu Qingxiao obtained the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone and accepted Sage Lü’s invitation to the Haoran Kingdom’s founding ceremony.
  • Xu Qingxiao exposed Master Lü’s conspiracy and returned to Great Wei to strengthen the state and develop Divine Martial Cannons.
  • Xu Qingxiao resisted Huijue, but Huijue defeated the Immortal Sects and left Xu Qingxiao as Great Wei’s remaining hope.
  • Xu Qingxiao defeated Huijue and secured the Eight-Treasure Buddhist Lotus as the Buddhist Order conceded defeat.
  • Xu Qingxiao reached the Second Sage realm, then led two million soldiers to face Tulu’s invading army at the Heavenly Wolf Mountains.
  • Xu Qingxiao destroyed Tulu’s army with the Divine Martial Cannon and led Great Wei to conquer the Barbarian Kingdom.
  • Xu Qingxiao returned from the Central Continent Immortal Treasury with an enormous cannon arsenal and went to question Prince Huaining.
Chapters 203–302 Read from ch. 203

Arc 9Sagehood and Secession

Xu Qingxiao became a Sage, suppressed Sage Zhu’s Lineage, and drove the Great Wei Literary Palace to secede. After securing the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone and uncovering new threats from the Buddhist Order and Haoran Kingdom, he set out to attend the kingdom’s founding ceremony.

  • Xu Qingxiao saved Chen Kingdom from the demons, advanced to the King Realm, and Wu Ming confronted the Great Wei Literary Palace over its refusal to help.
  • Xu Qingxiao studied Sage Zhu’s sacred volumes but rejected Sage Zhu’s Dao, then traveled among ordinary people and gained insight into his own Sage Dao.
  • When the Literary Palace declared its secession, Xu Qingxiao summoned the Gentleman’s Sword, proclaimed his principles, and became a Sage with the support of ordinary people and Great Wei’s national fortune.
  • Xu Qingxiao struck at the Literary Palace with the Heart-Questioning Sword, confronted its leaders, and killed Master Lü, triggering the palace’s departure and his advancement to the third-rank Martial Dao realm.
  • Xu Qingxiao promised free schooling across Great Wei, received the title King of Pacification, and learned that the Haoran Kingdom planned to spread Sage Zhu’s Lineage.
  • Xu Qingxiao discovered that the Martial Emperor’s true ruins were likely in Ping'an County, entered the hidden vault there, and obtained the Demon-Suppressing Divine Stone and the Central Continent Immortal Treasury map.
  • Divine Monk Huizheng tried and failed to convert Xu Qingxiao, while Sage Zhu’s Lineage accused him of driving out the Literary Palace.
  • Xu Qingxiao accepted Sage Lü’s invitation to the Haoran Kingdom’s founding ceremony, realized Sage Zhu’s True Spirit might combine with the Sage’s Will he held, and departed by Dragon Boat.
Chapters 203–227 Summaries Read

Arc 10The Sage and the Dharma Debate

Xu Qingxiao exposed Sage Lü’s treachery, strengthened Great Wei, and advanced his Immortal Dao while facing Wang Chaoyang and the Buddhist Order. After Huijue defeated the Immortal Sects, Xu Qingxiao was left as Great Wei’s remaining hope in the coming debates.

  • Xu Qingxiao confronted the Literary Palace’s false accusations, and Sage Zhu exposed Master Lü’s conspiracy before destroying much of his own lineage and sealing Lü in the Dark Abyss.
  • Xu Qingxiao returned to Great Wei, urged the Female Emperor to centralize power, drafted national policies, and began developing weapons with Chen Shu’s Heavenly Thunder Boom.
  • Xu Qingxiao inscribed the Dao De Jing, reached the Jade Clarity Realm, and defeated Wang Chaoyang’s attempt to impose his authority by forcing him to make forty great vows.
  • Xu Qingxiao forged a Divine Martial Cannon using popular will protected by the powers of three Dao paths, then made a more powerful cannon capable of destroying mountains.
  • Xunzi told Xu Qingxiao that the Great Sage’s disciples were sealed away and warned him that Sage Li or Sage Zhu might be manipulating events as the Buddhist Order approached Great Wei.
  • Xu Qingxiao resisted Huijue’s Buddhist manifestation outside the Capital and challenged the monk’s teachings while six Immortal Dao experts offered him supreme-grade spirit gold.
  • Xu Qingxiao began forging a first-rank Divine Martial Cannon, but Huijue’s Buddhist Order defeated the Immortal Sects after Wang Chaoyang refused to debate, leaving Xu Qingxiao as Great Wei’s remaining hope.
Chapters 228–252 Summaries Read

Arc 11The Demon Sea and the Invasion

Xu Qingxiao defeated the Buddhist Order, confronted the Demon Sea’s ancient threat, and advanced toward the Second Sage realm while Great Wei’s rivals plotted against him. After the Barbarian Tribe and its allies invaded, Xu Qingxiao led a vast army to face Tulu at the Heavenly Wolf Mountains.

  • Xu Qingxiao defeated Huijue in the Buddhist debates, rejected the Buddhist Order’s devotional power, and secured the Eight-Treasure Buddhist Lotus before the Buddhist Order conceded defeat.
  • Xu Qingxiao defeated Ji Yuan, then released and suppressed his three Demonic Seeds, gaining the Three Demon Mark while the Demon Domain Sea’s seals shattered.
  • The First-Rank experts struggled to contain the Demon Domain Sea, while Huixin attained the Buddhist Order’s First Rank through Xu Qingxiao’s Heart Sutra and began spreading Mahayana Buddhist Dharma.
  • Xu Qingxiao appeared before the Demon Gods, forced them back into the Sea Eye, and gave Huixin and Daoist Wuchen scriptures to help suppress the demons.
  • Zhou Ling revealed that the Great Sage had chosen Xu Qingxiao, and Xu Qingxiao returned to the Capital, entered the Second Sage realm, and exposed Wang Chaoyang’s questionable rise to sagehood.
  • Xu Qingxiao and Ji Ling moved against the vassal kings and Prince Huaining, while Prince Huaining secretly agreed to aid the Barbarian Tribe’s invasion with Chuyuan’s Heavenly Thunder Cannons.
  • Xu Qingxiao proposed national policies and prepared Great Wei’s defenses as the Barbarian Tribe, Chuyuan, and Tuxie formed an alliance and launched their invasion.
  • After the Barbarian Tribe captured twenty-three cities, Xu Qingxiao led two million soldiers to the Heavenly Wolf Mountains and faced Tulu’s army.
Chapters 253–277 Summaries Read

Arc 12The Cannons and the Conspiracy

Xu Qingxiao used the Divine Martial Cannon to conquer the Barbarian Kingdom and secure Great Wei’s power, then pursued the forces behind the Three Demon Mark and the wars across the realm. He returned from the Central Continent Immortal Treasury with a vast arsenal and began preparing to confront the plotters while preventing a war with Tuxie and Chuyuan.

  • Xu Qingxiao rejected Great General Tulu’s surrender offer, destroyed the Barbarian army with the Divine Martial Cannon, and led Great Wei’s forces to conquer the Barbarian Kingdom.
  • The Barbarian King surrendered and killed himself, Great Wei absorbed the kingdom’s fortune, and the Central Continent Dragon Cauldron awakened.
  • Xu Qingxiao fulfilled his vows with the Great Sages’ support, defeated Wang Chaoyang, and destroyed the Seven Stars Dao Sect’s leadership.
  • Xu Qingxiao learned from Divine Monk Zhengxin about the faction behind the blood sacrifices, then entered the Central Continent Immortal Treasury to seek resources and suppress the Immortal Corpse’s dangers.
  • As Tuxie and Chuyuan pressured Great Wei for the Divine Martial Cannon, Xu Qingxiao mined supreme-grade spirit gold, commanded the Nine-Headed Fiend Beasts, and learned from Sage Zhu that an impostor had misled him.
  • Xu Qingxiao awakened from a month of meditation, gathered spirit rice, and completed 1,500 Divine Martial Cannons, 200 Immortal Gold Cannons, and ten Celestial God Cannons before entering the Calamity Gate.
  • The Wandering Daoist identified the Prince of Yongping, Divine Monk Jialan’s master, Hua Xingyun, and Sage Lü among the conspirators, while Xu Qingxiao saw the Three Fierce Gods’ destructive future and returned to Great Wei.
  • Xu Qingxiao proposed gifting cannons to Tuxie and Chuyuan after a military parade, took command of the Five Great Military Camps, and went to question Prince Huaining about whether he still wanted to keep winning.
Chapters 278–302 Summaries Read
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