Chapter Summaries

Li Tiezhu visited Si Chen at midnight, growing convinced that his master was the figure he suspected but being warned not to speak the name aloud. The next morning, Si Che brought Wang Yan, his mother, and numerous Lower Realm cultivators to Undying Mountain, then revealed he had also brought the female sect leaders so none of them would be left behind.

• Li Tiezhu slipped into Si Chen's courtyard at the third watch and tried to ask about his master's identity.
• Si Chen stopped Li Tiezhu from speaking the suspected name and told him that names carried weight in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Si Chen told Li Tiezhu to nurture his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Staff, and Li Tiezhu left believing his master had confirmed his suspicions.
• Si Che and Wang Yan arrived at Undying Mountain with Wang Yan's mother and a procession of Lower Realm cultivators.
• Song Chi reunited with Zhao Wuji, while the other disciples welcomed their elders and masters.
• Su Miaoyin, Mu Qianqian, and many female sect leaders emerged from the Ascension Passage, and Si Che explained he had brought them all to Undying Mountain.

At Undying Mountain, Si Chen reunited with the gathered sect leaders and old friends, who were startled by his white hair but reassured by his calm demeanor. Beyond the heavens, the Filth Demon was reborn in the former Demon Realm, where Taichu chose to use him as a tool to cleanse the heavens.

• Si Kai and the elders welcomed the visiting sect leaders and cultivators at the Ascension Platform, while Si Kai and Third Uncle Granduncle kindly greeted Wang Yan's mortal mother.
• Ye Fu warmly reunited with Su Miaoyin, Mu Qianqian, and the other female cultivators as Si Che asked where Si Chen was.
• Si Chen arrived with white hair and calmly invited his old friends into the hall after his appearance startled them.
• Black vapor gathered in the former Demon Realm and formed the Filth Demon, who roared Song Chi's name.
• Taichu appeared before the newly born Filth Demon and declared that he would use him as a rag to scrub the heavens clean.

Taichu overwhelmed the newly born Filth Demon, forced him into servitude, and named him Luo Hou. When Taichu asked why he had first spoken the name Song Chi, Luo Hou revealed that Demon Venerable Cangxuan’s resentment toward Song Chi dominated the hatred within him.

• The Filth Demon attacked Taichu with destruction, but Taichu effortlessly dispersed his storm and stopped his enormous fist with one finger.
• Taichu endured the Filth Demon’s attacks for an hour, then halted his attempt to escape and forced him back into a kneeling form.
• Taichu ordered the Filth Demon to serve him and named him Luo Hou, while Luo Hou secretly vowed to grow strong enough to take revenge.
• Taichu asked why Luo Hou had first uttered Song Chi’s name, and Luo Hou erupted in hatred, drawing on Demon Venerable Cangxuan’s humiliation and resentment toward Song Chi.

Taichu left Luo Hou alive, and Luo Hou vowed to kill Song Chi before pursuing revenge against Taichu. In the Immortal Realm, Si Chen's companions departed to pursue their goals, while Luo Hongyi resolved to create a home for the dead and guide wandering souls back into the cycle of reincarnation.

• Taichu withdrew into the darkness, and Luo Hou rose after confirming he had left, swearing to kill Song Chi and eventually repay Taichu's humiliation.
• Si Che escorted Zhao Wuji, Wen Yao, Zhou Dian, and the other newly ascended sect ancestors to meet Forgotten River's local sects, which eagerly offered them land.
• Xie Changsheng, Song Chi, Zhou Yan, and their companions told Si Chen they were leaving to consolidate their cultivation and seek Time Amber across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Luo Hongyi told Si Chen she wanted to establish a home for the dead where wandering souls could resolve their obsessions and reenter the cycle of heaven and earth.
• Si Chen encouraged Luo Hongyi to begin her undertaking with Zhou Yan and Murong Li, and she joined her companions as they set out.

Luo Hou tracked Song Chi to the Soaring Cloud Realm and attacked it when Han Ling refused to reveal his whereabouts. The realm survived his destruction law, and Zhu Yao and Feng Qing arrived to confront him.

• Luo Hou sensed Song Chi's aura in the Soaring Cloud Realm and descended, forcing Han Ling and every living creature to the ground with his pressure.
• Luo Hou demanded that Han Ling tell him where Song Chi had gone, then attacked the realm when she did not answer.
• Han Ling ordered the troops to retreat as Luo Hou's black sphere spread destruction across the land.
• Golden veins throughout the realm stopped the destruction law from collapsing the plane, leaving Luo Hou shocked.
• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing crossed through a spatial rift and confronted Luo Hou, with Feng Qing mocking him as a monster cobbled together from rotten meat.

Luo Hou fought Zhu Yao and Feng Qing, discovered that Cang Xuan’s memories had concealed his fear of Zhu Yao, and fled after their combined flames badly burned him. Before disappearing, he threatened Song Chi, leaving Zhu Yao and Feng Qing confused about why he had singled him out.

• Luo Hou recalled Cang Xuan’s desire to capture Zhu Yao and Feng Qing, then vowed to turn both Demon Sovereigns into specimens.
• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing attacked Luo Hou together, and he initially believed he was holding the advantage.
• Zhu Yao unleashed nine blazing suns while Feng Qing sent down a storm of flaming feathers, burning through Luo Hou’s defense.
• Luo Hou realized Cang Xuan had made excuses to avoid confronting Zhu Yao because he could not defeat her, then decided the fight was not worth the cost.
• Luo Hou retreated into the Void Rift after promising revenge and shouting that he would kill Song Chi.
• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing stared at each other in confusion over Luo Hou’s threat against Song Chi.

Zhu Yao and Feng Qing drove off a mysterious Filth Demon and learned from Si Chen that Xie Changsheng needed Time Amber to reach the Immortal King Realm. Zhu Yao ordered the Demon Race armies to search every Demon Race Ancestral Court for it and bring it to Undying Mountain.

• Han Ling thanked Zhu Yao and Feng Qing for saving the Immortal Realm’s soldiers, and Feng Qing explained that they had acted for their lord, not the Immortal Realm.
• Zhu Yao told Feng Qing that the escaped Filth Demon carried the scents of Cang Xuan and Jiang Taibai and had survived their combined attack.
• Si Chen contacted Zhu Yao and Feng Qing, asked them to collect all Time Amber from the Demon Race Ancestral Courts, and explained Shi Yin’s warning to Xie Changsheng.
• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing wondered whether Shi Yin’s lingering image meant he or other ancient figures might return to life.
• Zhu Yao ordered every Demon Emperor under her command to search the lower realms for Time Amber and bring every piece back to Undying Mountain.

Si Chen reflected on the Filth Demons’ grudge against Ah Chi, then saw Wang Yan and Li Tiezhu working hard to support him. He decided to personally train both disciples, warning that failure could cost them their lives.

• Si Chen concluded that Cang Xuan’s resentment had influenced the Filth Demons and that Ah Chi deserved some blame.
• Wang Yan brought Si Chen medicinal broth, said he had advanced toward Spirit Transformation by cultivating with the Sun True Flame, and offered to help shoulder his burdens.
• Si Chen sensed Li Tiezhu training intensely with the Ruyi staff and recognized both disciples’ efforts to grow stronger.
• Si Chen summoned Li Tiezhu and told him and Wang Yan that he would personally teach them from that day onward.
• Si Chen warned the disciples that his training would be deadly if they failed, and both eagerly accepted.

After receiving her father's final letter, Jiang Ling relentlessly hunted Filth Demons until Si Shuo joined her and a high-priority order arrived from Si Chen to search the lower realms for time amber. Si Shuo led Jiang Ling toward the mountains to find a Demon Race Ancestral Court, while Taichu appeared at the scorched earth and watched them depart.

• Jiang Ling continued slaying Filth Demons in silence after reading the final letter from her father, Jiang Yuan.
• Si Shuo followed Jiang Ling and tried to persuade her to rest, but she held her saber to his neck and told him to scram.
• Jiang Ling and Si Shuo received Bai He's message that Si Chen had ordered the army to search Demon Race Ancestral Courts for time amber.
• Jiang Ling asked where to find the Ancestral Courts, and Si Shuo claimed his experience as Undying Mountain's only bona fide Ascension-er made him the right guide.
• Si Shuo led Jiang Ling toward the mountains, and Taichu appeared where they had been, watched their departure, then vanished.

Jiang Ling and Si Shuo searched the Wilds Desolation Realm for its Ancestral Court, and Si Shuo used his knowledge of Lower Realm demons to uncover its location. They headed for a great canyon, though Si Shuo’s boast about his past abruptly cooled Jiang Ling’s interest in him.

• Jiang Ling swept through the Wilds Desolation Realm while Si Shuo questioned demons and learned that the Ancestral Court was near Ten Thousand Demons City.
• Jiang Ling challenged Si Shuo for questioning demons through disguises instead of using Soul Search, and he explained why Lower Realm demons would resist or deceive him.
• Si Shuo compared the demons’ false directions and identified an unmarked great canyon as the Ancestral Court’s true location.
• Jiang Ling asked about Si Shuo’s time in the Lower Realm, and he proudly boasted about reaching the top of the Azure Profound Ranking and attracting many admirers.
• Jiang Ling flew toward the canyon without waiting for Si Shuo, and he called after her to slow down.

Jiang Ling and Si Shuo reached the Wilds Desolation Realm’s Demon Race Ancestral Court and rescued its inhabitants by destroying the Filth Demons besieging it. Afterward, they realized the attackers had been unusually weak and wondered where the powerful Filth Demons had gone.

• Jiang Ling and Si Shuo discovered the hidden Demon Race Ancestral Court beneath a failing ancient formation, surrounded by Filth Demons.
• The formation shattered, and Jiang Ling charged into the Filth Demons with her saber while Si Shuo activated his Nine Tribulations Thunder Body and fought with his fists.
• Jiang Ling and Si Shuo slaughtered the Filth Demons besieging the Ancestral Court and saved the native demons.
• Si Shuo questioned why the Filth Demons had been so weak, and he and Jiang Ling wondered where the powerful ones were.

Jiang Ling and Si Shuo reached the Wilds Desolation Realm's Ancestral Court and pressured its demons into handing over the Time Amber. As the demons led them to the forbidden grounds, they revealed that the relic was called the Years of Withering and Flourishing Formation and could distort the passage of time.

• Jiang Ling dismissed Si Shuo's suspicions about the Lower Realm and urged him to focus on retrieving the Time Amber.
• Si Shuo intimidated the Ancestral Court's elder demons while presenting his demand as a friendly request, and they agreed to lead him to the relic.
• Si Shuo explained to Jiang Ling that he used force because the demons would negotiate more readily when facing a powerful threat.
• An elder demon told Si Shuo that the relic was known as the Years of Withering and Flourishing Formation and was its core formation eye.
• The elder demon explained that a year passed inside the formation while only a few days passed outside, and Jiang Ling recognized its power as a fragment left by Demon Sovereign Shi Yin.

Si Shuo and Jiang Ling were pulled into the Time Amber and awoke in a mortal town with their cultivation suppressed. They decided to explore the town and uncover what had brought them there.

• Si Shuo retrieved the Time Amber from the altar, but its power trapped him and dragged Jiang Ling away with him.
• Si Shuo landed painfully in a bustling mortal town, where he and Jiang Ling realized they had been transported from the underground palace.
• Jiang Ling tried to break what she thought was an illusion, but her slash failed and she discovered her cultivation had been suppressed.
• Si Shuo and Jiang Ling suspected the Time Amber or a trial left by Demon Sovereign Shi Yin was responsible.
• Si Shuo shielded Jiang Ling and proposed that they explore the town to discover what was happening.

Jiang Ling and Si Shuo discovered that they were trapped in a world without spiritual energy and had been reduced to mortal limits. After Si Shuo hunted and cooked a wild boar to feed them, they agreed to head into town and find a way to survive while investigating their situation.

• Jiang Ling and Si Shuo searched the surrounding mountains but found no spiritual energy, formations, or signs of illusion, and concluded that their powers and bodies had been restricted by the mortal world.
• Jiang Ling’s hunger became obvious, so Si Shuo offered to find food and insisted he would rely on his skills rather than beg.
• Si Shuo returned with a wild boar, prepared it over a fire, and served Jiang Ling roast meat that restored their strength.
• Jiang Ling and Si Shuo decided to settle in town and investigate, and Si Shuo promised to show her how he would earn money.

Si Shuo and Jiang Ling tried and failed to escape the Years of Withering and Flourishing Formation, so they settled in Clear Spring Town and opened the Forgotten River Inn. The chapter left them beginning a new life as its chef and proprietress.

• Si Shuo sold a wild boar at Moon-Gazing Tower by demonstrating his knife skills, then bought Jiang Ling an Osmanthus Cake.
• Si Shuo told Jiang Ling how he had once survived after Si Che replaced his Storage Ring with useless books, forcing him to work and hunt for money.
• Over more than half a month, Si Shuo earned money as a chef, miracle doctor, and gambler while he and Jiang Ling searched unsuccessfully for a way out of the formation.
• Si Shuo bought a two-story building and decided to open an inn with Jiang Ling.
• Si Shuo and Jiang Ling opened the Forgotten River Inn, with Si Shuo as head chef and Jiang Ling as proprietress.

Si Shuo and Jiang Ling spent six months running the Forgotten River Inn after losing their cultivation, until Si Shuo drove off a powerful family’s men and the county soldiers. The inn became untouchable, but Si Shuo discovered his first white hair, showing that time was beginning to affect him.

• Si Shuo and Jiang Ling settled into life as the proprietors of the Forgotten River Inn, whose business grew as Jiang Ling’s beauty drew curious customers.
• Jiang Ling severed a thug’s hand when he tried to touch her, and Si Shuo cleaned up while the frightened diners paid and fled.
• The thugs returned with a young noble and armed servants, so Si Shuo fought them with kitchen cleavers and beat the county magistrate’s soldiers as well.
• Si Shuo hung the young noble from a tree, and the town thereafter treated the inn with respect and avoided demanding protection money.
• One morning, Si Shuo noticed a white hair at his temple, and Jiang Ling asked what was wrong.

Si Shuo and Jiang Ling accepted their mortal lives in the Years of Withering and Flourishing Formation and spent three peaceful years running the Forgotten River Inn. When Old Sun came to them after a corrupt squire’s son murdered his daughter and the magistrate threatened his family, Si Shuo took revenge and helped Old Sun escape, leaving Jiang Ling to question his methods.

• Jiang Ling found a white hair, and Si Shuo accepted that they were aging as mortals inside the formation.
• Three years passed as the Forgotten River Inn prospered and Si Shuo and Jiang Ling settled into ordinary life.
• Old Sun told Si Shuo and Jiang Ling that Benefactor Wang’s youngest son had killed his daughter and that the County Magistrate planned to punish his family.
• Si Shuo killed the young master, took valuables from the Wang Household’s treasury, and traveled to the Prefectural Seat.
• The County Magistrate dropped the charges against Old Sun after receiving a letter from the Prefectural Seat.
• Si Shuo gave Old Sun money and urged him to flee with his family, while Jiang Ling confronted Si Shuo about his way of settling the affair.

Jiang Ling rejected Si Shuo’s decision to quietly settle Old Sun’s case and killed the corrupt magistrate and the Wang Household’s enforcers. Si Shuo joined her in leaving town after sending Old Sun’s family to safety, though their clash over how to fight injustice remained unresolved.

• Si Shuo explained that he had bribed higher officials to close Old Sun’s case quietly and protect Old Sun’s family from retaliation.
• Jiang Ling condemned Si Shuo’s compromise, declared that rotten roots had to be torn out, and left the inn despite his attempt to stop her.
• Jiang Ling killed the county magistrate and the officials involved in Old Sun’s wrongful conviction, then slaughtered the Wang Household’s servants and guards who had oppressed the town.
• The next morning, the terrified townspeople found the county office and the Wang residence drenched in blood while Jiang Ling sat alone at the inn.
• Si Shuo revealed that he had dismissed the inn staff and sent Old Sun’s family out of town, then urged Jiang Ling to flee before the prefecture’s army arrived.
• Jiang Ling accepted a bundle from Si Shuo, and the two left the inn together.

After years of fleeing through a war-torn world, Si Shuo and Jiang Ling settled in Lonely Crag City, where Si Shuo ran an apothecary. When a deadly plague spread through the city, they learned that the city lord planned to burn thousands of residents alive, and Jiang Ling reacted with anger as the order was given.

• Si Shuo left provocative messages to draw soldiers away from townsfolk, and he and Jiang Ling evaded the authorities for years while traveling through a famine-stricken land.
• The pair reached Lonely Crag City in their fifth year in the world, where Si Shuo took over an apothecary and Jiang Ling helped him.
• A fast-spreading plague infected tens of thousands of people in Lonely Crag City, and doctors who treated them also died.
• Soldiers forcibly dragged residents, including people with only mild symptoms, toward the northern barbican after the city lord ordered it sealed.
• Si Shuo and Jiang Ling followed the crowd to the barbican and learned that Chen Shi planned to burn everyone inside to contain the plague.
• Chen Shi ordered the soldiers to fire their arrows, and Jiang Ling's expression turned cold at his declaration that the deaths were a necessary sacrifice.

Jiang Ling killed City Lord Chen after he ordered the infected people in the Barbican burned, but the fire had already begun. She and Si Shuo fled the soldiers after Jiang Ling rescued an infant from the flames.

• Jiang Ling challenged Si Shuo’s appeal to the bigger picture, and he tried to negotiate with Chen Shi for time to identify those who were not infected.
• Chen Shi rejected Si Shuo’s plea and ordered the archers to set the oil-filled Barbican ablaze.
• Jiang Ling cut down the soldiers and killed Chen Shi, but the fire continued to consume the Barbican.
• Jiang Ling heard an infant crying and rushed into the flames to save the child as Si Shuo covered her.
• Si Shuo and Jiang Ling escaped with the infant while the soldiers pursued them.