Chapter Summaries

Xia Jue killed Li after she taunted him about Su Jiu’s lack of an emotional root and the hatred people felt toward him. After discussing his demonic origins with Yun Huanling, Xia Jue learned Yun Huanling intended to use Su Jiu’s petal to see her again before his soul was lost.

• Li told Xia Jue that he was unwanted and that Su Jiu could never love anyone because she had no emotional root.
• Xia Jue attacked Li with demonic qi, and she died cursing him with the claim that Su Jiu would never love him.
• Yun Huanling reminded Xia Jue that Li was biologically his mother, but Xia Jue said demons had no familial affection.
• Xia Jue offered to preserve Yun Huanling’s spiritual consciousness so he could see Su Jiu, but Yun Huanling refused and said her petal would protect him until he could meet her in his consciousness.
• Yun Huanling realized Xia Jue had known about the petal and told him he had seemed fake from their first meeting, except when he looked at Su Jiu.

Xia Jue and Yun Huanling discovered that Li carried a Mother-Child Gu, and Xia Jue revealed he had spent much of his power protecting Su Jiu. Yun Huanling restored his true form so Xia Jue could borrow the Heaven-Connecting Tower's power to shatter the Forbidden Zone, but both men were left near death, and Xia Jue dissolved as dawn broke.

• After Li's corpse shriveled, a black worm crawled from her mouth, and Xia Jue burned it to ashes with Black Flame.
• Xia Jue identified the worm as a demon seed combined with a Gu Worm and concluded that Li's death likely killed the child Gu hosts she had sent to assassinate Su Jiu.
• Xia Jue told Yun Huanling that Su Jiu had entered the Forbidden Zone and that he lacked the strength to rescue her directly, so Yun Huanling agreed to undo his seal and become the Heaven-Connecting Tower.
• Xia Jue borrowed the Heaven-Connecting Tower's power and destroyed the Forbidden Zone, while Yun Huanling's physical body vanished and his soul went to find Su Jiu.
• Xia Jue sent the unconscious Ning Hai back to the Sect, and Feng Qi stayed behind as Xia Jue watched dawn break over the Azure Realm.
• Xia Jue dissolved as the light grew brighter, leaving behind two bells, one visibly glued back together.

After recovering the Ninth Petal, Su Jiu regained her identity as a deity of Heaven Beyond Heaven and began reshaping the Azure Realm before Chu Luohen stopped her from causing further damage. Chu Mojin revealed himself as Yun Chong, and the chapter ended with Su Jiu facing the Welcoming Heavenly Ladder while Chu Luohen's illusory form was fading.

• Su Jiu awakened with her memories restored, found Chu Luohen injured, and said she could not save him from what Zhiqi had done.
• Su Jiu destroyed the altars and demonic beasts across the Azure Realm and joined Heavenly Cloud Mountain to the Nine Provinces Continent, but Chu Luohen stopped her from casting more spells.
• Chu Mojin appeared and revealed that he had reincarnated in the Azure Realm through a forbidden technique; Su Jiu identified him as Yun Chong.
• Chu Luohen learned that he was Su Jiu's Companion Spirit Grass rather than a true deity, and Chu Mojin explained that he had come to stop Su Jiu from damaging the Azure Realm.
• Su Jiu left the Welcoming Heavenly Ladder waiting as Chu Mojin remarked that it treated her differently from ordinary cultivators.

Su Jiu opened a rift to the Demon Realm and used the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword to destroy it, leaving the Azure Realm beneath the reappeared Heavenly Ladder. The gathered cultivators wondered whether she had acted in revenge for Hongguang once calling her a demon star.

• Cultivators gathered beneath the Heaven-Connecting Tower and were stunned by Su Jiu's transformed, distant appearance as Chu Qianqiu explained that she had been a deity whose memories were wiped.
• Lie Wushuang asked Gu Ningyun whether they would meet Su Jiu after ascending, and Gu Ningyun reassured her while hiding her doubts about the difference between deities and immortals.
• Su Jiu opened a rift to the Demon Realm with the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword and contained its purple mist within a golden formation.
• Su Jiu sent a sword petal through the formation, and explosions shook the Azure Realm as the purple mist dispersed and a blinding white light filled the rift.
• The rift vanished, leaving a clear sky and the Heavenly Ladder, and the cultivators concluded that Su Jiu had destroyed the Demon Realm rather than merely sealing it.
• A Heavenly Secret Sect disciple wondered whether Su Jiu had destroyed the Demon Realm to avenge Hongguang calling her a demon star.

Su Jiu climbed the Heavenly Ladder and ascended through the Heavenly Gate after promising Chu Luohen that she would remember the Azure Realm and her former self. Chu Luohen dispersed as the gate closed, and a brief peal of bells rang across the world.

• Su Jiu prepared to punish the cultivators beneath the Heaven-Connecting Tower, but Chu Mojin persuaded her to leave their fate to him.
• Su Jiu turned away from the crowd and flew toward the Heavenly Ladder, while two bells vanished unnoticed from a neglected corner.
• Su Jiu climbed the Heavenly Ladder as the Vermilion Bird and Windcall Birds bade farewell to the deity Shuang Jiu.
• At the Heavenly Gate, Chu Luohen asked Su Jiu to remember the Azure Realm and who she had once been, and she promised.
• Su Jiu opened the Heavenly Gate and disappeared beyond it as Chu Luohen dispersed and the ladder and heavenly signs faded.

Shuang Luo recounted how Zhiqi sent Su Jiu to the Azure Realm, where hidden seals and a false Heavenly Dao led to her death and his own near-destruction while protecting her. As Su Jiu prepared to return to Heaven Beyond Heaven, Zhiqi worried about her anger and the loss of Shuang Hen.

• Shuang Luo explained that A Jiu had protected him as a Companion Spirit Grass and that he had grown up beside her in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• After outsiders attacked the seven true deities, Zhiqi sent Su Jiu to the Azure Realm to undergo tribulations and avert a future calamity.
• Su Jiu died in her first life after the Azure Realm's Heavenly Dao sealed her Heart Discernment, so Zhiqi intervened and sent Shuang Luo to help her.
• Shuang Luo fused one of Su Jiu's petals into his spirit body to conceal her true form, leaving him unable to survive if it were removed.
• Zhiqi watched Su Jiu's mission unfold and worried that she would be angry when she returned, especially after losing Shuang Hen.
• An old man scolded Zhiqi for his scheme and left to reinforce his cave abode before Su Jiu's return.

After Su Jiu ascended, Su Mianmian grieved for half a month and rejected the idea that Su Jiu had left only to fulfill a divine mission. Hong Ling convinced her to regain her resolve and pursue ascension so she could meet Su Jiu again, while a nine-petaled flower bloomed outside her door.

• Su Mianmian woke from a nightmare about Su Jiu ascending and mourned that Su Jiu had left without saying goodbye.
• Su Mianmian recalled how Su Jiu had protected her and rejected Jin Chen's claim that Su Jiu had acted only to fulfill her mission as a deity.
• Jin Chen urged Su Mianmian to pull herself together after half a month of grief.
• Hong Ling told Su Mianmian to ascend so she could enter Su Jiu's world and warned that she would die without reaching a higher stage if she remained in despair.
• Su Mianmian accepted Hong Ling's advice, stepped into the sunlight, and unknowingly stood near a newly blooming nine-petaled flower.

After the Azure Tide Sect began rebuilding, Ning Fan rejected the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s belated attempt to mend their relationship and took firm control as sect master. Ning Hai’s memories remained mysteriously incomplete, while Ning Fan was left grieving the freedom and companions he had lost.

• Ning Fan blacklisted those who had attacked the Azure Tide Sect and ignored the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s message about the Li brothers being expelled.
• Ning Hai watched Ning Fan manage the sect and struggled with gaps in his memories, including a fading image of a man in white robes.
• Ning Fan told Ning Hai that he had entrusted the Shadow Pavilion to a trusted deputy and that Feng Qi had taken charge of the Enforcement Hall after Su Jiu ascended.
• Ning Hai left the Heavenly Origin Hall, and Ning Fan sat alone, missing Xia Jue, Su Jiu, and his former life in the Shadow Pavilion.
• Ning Fan reflected that his sect master’s robes felt like bonds and accepted that he would bear the responsibility for years to come.

After Silver Snow’s body vanished from his sealed Crystal Coffin, Silver Star and Yin Li investigated the strange disappearance. They found a pale blue Nine-Petal Frostflow Flower marked at the coffin’s center, but its meaning remained unknown.

• Silver Star and Yin Li led the surviving Nine-Tailed Foxes in restoring their tribe and buried Silver Snow’s Crystal Coffin in the ancestral hollow on Netherworld Mountain.
• During the next ancestor-honoring rite, a faint breeze blew out the white candle placed before Silver Snow’s grave.
• The gravekeeper told Silver Star that the candle had not burned down, and Silver Star brought Yin Li to inspect it.
• Silver Star found no trace of anyone’s arts on the extinguished candle, leaving the breeze as the only apparent explanation.
• Yin Li discovered that Silver Snow was missing from the Crystal Coffin even though its seal remained intact.
• Silver Star and Yin Li noticed a pale blue Nine-Petal Frostflow Flower mark in the center of the Crystal Coffin.

Lan Fang Ziyi remembered Yun Huanling as he visited his untouched room, while Hongguang reflected on the choices that had led to Yun Huanling’s fate. A faint Nine-Petal Frostflow appeared above Yun Huanling’s keepsake box, and Hongguang prepared to send a message recalling Yun Huanling’s farewell.

• Lan Fang Ziyi remembered how the Heavenly Secret Sect’s disciples had been killed or possessed by demon seeds and blamed himself for failing to save the Azure Tide Sect and see Yun Huanling again.
• Lan Fang Ziyi entered Yun Huanling’s preserved room and chose not to touch the blackwood box holding Yun Huanling’s treasured belongings.
• After Lan Fang Ziyi left the room, an ice-blue Nine-Petal Frostflow faintly appeared above the blackwood box.
• Lan Fang Ziyi awkwardly met Hongguang outside the room, and both pretended they had been admiring the scenery.
• Hongguang reflected that he had chosen Yun Huanling over Su Jiu to save the sect’s disciples, then formed a golden Message Talisman and recalled Yun Huanling’s farewell.

Two years after the Demon Realm Descent, Yao Yan watched the bustling town beneath the rebuilt Azure Tide Sect and spoke with Yi Feng Chen about the war and their pasts. Yi Feng Chen dwelled on his feelings for the ascended Su Jiu, while Yao Yan revealed that the Enforcement Hall had already noticed him but had left him alone.

• Yao Yan sat at an inn and reflected on how the town had recovered since the Demon Realm Descent.
• Yao Yan and Yi Feng Chen argued over their past guilt and discussed why demonic cultivators had survived the war.
• Yao Yan suggested that Su Jiu could not eradicate either the Dao or Demonic Path because the Heavenly Dao maintained a balance.
• Yi Feng Chen remembered Su Jiu's ascension and wondered whether her mercy had preserved his remnant soul.
• Yao Yan told Yi Feng Chen that the Enforcement Hall had detected him in Azure Tide Sect territory but had not arrested him.

Feng Qi questioned Chu Mojin about his future, learning that Chu could neither ascend nor reincarnate again after choosing to return to the Azure Realm. As the Azure Tide Sect hosted its banquet, Su Mianmian accepted some gifts, rejected others, and chose to let go of the past with Tang Wuchen.

• Feng Qi explained that the Enforcement Hall spared demonic cultivators who did no evil, a principle Xia Jue had established in private.
• Feng Qi confronted Chu Mojin about ascending again, and Chu admitted that this life was his last and that he had no regrets about his choice.
• The Azure Tide Sect's banquet began, and Su Mianmian volunteered to register the visiting sects' gifts.
• Su Mianmian hesitated over a Golden Chalice Cloud Spirit Pill from Tang Wuchen, but Ning Fan told her to accept it, and she decided to let the past go.
• Su Mianmian rejected malicious gifts and blacklisted their senders while accepting other offerings from sects seeking ties with the Azure Tide Sect.

After returning to Heaven Beyond Heaven, Shuang Jiu remembered how Zhiqi had tricked her into descending to the mortal realm and began relentlessly beating him. Zhiqi’s attempts to evade her and recruit the other deities failed, and the chapter ended as she struck again while he used the Chessboard to dodge.

• Shuang Jiu recalled that Zhiqi had deceived her into descending to the mortal realm and sealed her memories, causing many of her later hardships.
• Shuang Jiu pursued Zhiqi across Heaven Beyond Heaven and repeatedly defeated him, while the other deities withdrew after failing to stop her.
• Zhiqi tried hiding near the other deities’ homes to draw them into another fight, but Shuang Jiu blasted their houses and they blamed him instead.
• Zhiqi dodged Shuang Jiu’s Nine-Petal Frostflow mark and threw the Chessboard at it, while the Chessboard pleaded with Shuang Jiu to go easy.

Chu Mojin visited the rebuilt Zen Sound Temple, where the Buddha Child explained that the temple planned to withdraw from the world and recover from its losses. Chu Mojin thanked him for clearing Xia Jue’s name, then left quietly as the Azure Realm remained at peace.

• Chu Mojin made a dramatic entrance through the formation-protected bamboo grove and was guided into Zen Sound Temple.
• The Buddha Child told Chu Mojin that Zen Sound Temple would focus on cultivation while the Azure Realm was stable and the temple recovered from its losses.
• Chu Mojin apologized for being unable to help Zen Sound Temple during the battle, and the Buddha Child said Xia Jue had secretly saved the surviving disciples.
• Chu Mojin thanked the Buddha Child for clearing Xia Jue’s name and reflected on why cultivators accepted Xia Jue despite their prejudice against demons.
• Chu Mojin finished talking and left the temple in silence.

Su Jiu tracked down Zhiqi after destroying the place where he had hidden and demanded an explanation for his actions in the Azure Realm. She trapped him in the Nine-Petal Frostflow mark and confronted him about sealing her memories.

• Su Jiu emerged after the Nine-Petal Frostflow mark destroyed the nearby buildings and forced the Chessboard to help locate Zhiqi.
• Zhiqi considered reviving the people who had died in the Azure Realm but feared that doing so would violate the world's natural order and destabilize it.
• As Zhiqi prepared to flee his collapsing barrier, Su Jiu struck him down and imprisoned him beneath the Nine-Petal Frostflow mark.
• Su Jiu demanded that Zhiqi explain what happened in the Azure Realm and accused him of withholding that he had sealed her memories.

The other gods of Heaven Beyond Heaven discussed Shuang Jiu’s battle with Zhiqi and concluded that she presided over warfare, making them reluctant to intervene. They decided Zhiqi should pay for the damage, while he remained imprisoned by Shuang Jiu near the pool.

• Pinghua and the other gods discussed Zhiqi’s imprisonment and agreed that he had provoked Shuang Jiu and deserved a lesson.
• Kunle divined that Shuang Jiu’s primary domain was battle and refused to get involved.
• Pinghua left to collect compensation from Zhiqi, avoiding any dealings with Shuang Jiu.
• Qingxu argued that Zhiqi should bear responsibility, and Xuanming and Dongluan agreed to demand compensation from him.
• The gods left Zhiqi to face Shuang Jiu while he remained imprisoned near Heaven Beyond Heaven’s pool.

Shuang Jiu demanded the Memory-Dust Tower key from Zhiqi and promised to forget the Azure Realm after leaving the tower. At the tower, she released Little Pearl and Purple Ultimate, explaining that she had sealed them to protect them from Heaven Beyond Heaven’s spatial power.

• Shuang Jiu confronted Zhiqi at the Clear Purity Pool and demanded the key to the Memory-Dust Tower.
• Zhiqi warned that changing a deity’s past could endanger the Azure Realm, but Shuang Jiu insisted on taking the key.
• Zhiqi handed over the key after Shuang Jiu promised to forget everything that happened in the Azure Realm once she left the tower.
• Shuang Jiu unsealed Zhiqi and flew alone to the Memory-Dust Tower, where she summoned Little Pearl and Purple Ultimate.
• Little Pearl asked why they had been unable to leave their true forms, and Shuang Jiu explained that her seal had protected them from Heaven Beyond Heaven’s spatial power.

Su Jiu entered the Memory-Dust Tower to explore Xia Jue’s memories, while Kunle and the other deities discussed the damage caused by her fight with Zhiqi. She experienced Xia Jue’s painful past and saw how Li’s revelation plunged him back into despair.

• Su Jiu explained that Little Pearl and Purple Ultimate had completed their transformation into Immortal Artifacts and brought them out safely in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Kunle told Su Jiu that Zhiqi had been judged entirely responsible for the damage from their fight, then failed to persuade her to discuss the matter further.
• After Su Jiu entered the Memory-Dust Tower, Kunle, Qingxu, and the other deities argued over compensation for the destruction.
• The tower showed Su Jiu Xia Jue’s memories from his perspective, revealing his suffering and the brief hope Ning Hai brought him.
• Su Jiu saw that Li’s revelation had shattered Xia Jue’s hope and filled his life with darkness and nightmares.

Su Jiu watched the Azure Realm recover after the Demon Realm Descent and reflected on the lives and sacrifices she had uncovered in the Memory-Dust Tower. She left the chapter observing the continents’ uneven recovery and considering the greed that had driven the demonic cultivators’ past choices.

• Su Jiu remained in the Memory-Dust Tower after seeing Yun Huanling’s, Silver Snow’s, and Chu Luohen’s lives, and struggled with the lingering ache of her memories.
• Su Jiu examined the Azure Realm in a crystal sphere and saw that its spirit veins were awakening and the Heaven-Connecting Tower had opened.
• Shuang Jiu surveyed the continents, noting the Yin River Continent’s new connections and the Shangyin Continent’s growing sects while the Zen Sound Temple remained secluded.
• Shuang Jiu observed that the Spiritflight Continent was badly damaged, the Flowing Radiance Sword Sect had returned to coordinate its recovery, and the Artifact Refining Sect had been lost.
• Shuang Jiu reflected on how the Dustless Continent’s strength helped it resist the demons, while dependence on the Vast Righteousness Sect had left the Vast Heaven Continent vulnerable.
• Shuang Jiu considered the Savage Wilderness and concluded that greed and discontent, more than the devil race’s bewitchment, had led the Demon Sects to attack the Nine Provinces Continent.

Ten years after the Nine Provinces Continent’s devastation, the Azure Mist Continent had largely recovered, and Su Jiu quietly left a mark on Jin Nianjiu before returning to Heaven Beyond Heaven. Shuang Jiu awoke with only five petals and missing memories, while Zhiqi kept the Azure Realm artifacts from revealing her past, warning them that remembering would bring her pain.

• The leaderless demonic sects remained in chaos while the Azure Mist Continent recovered and the Azure Tide Sect restored its grounds.
• Shuang Jiu saw statues resembling Xia Jue and herself at the Azure Tide Sect, while Su Mianmian and Jin Chen raised their daughter, Jin Nianjiu.
• Jin Nianjiu sensed someone watching her, and Su Jiu placed a pale blue mark on the girl’s hand before closing the Light Circle.
• Shuang Jiu woke in the Clear Purity Pool with only five petals and could not take human form; Zhiqi told her she had spent her strength defeating people who tried to steal their divine cores.
• Zhiqi asked Shuang Jiu about visiting small worlds, but she refused and told him not to return for ten thousand years.
• Zhiqi confronted Little Pearl and Purple Ultimate, explaining that Shuang Jiu’s forbidden actions had cost her memories and that restoring her Azure Realm memories would only bring her pain.