Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing persuaded Ancestor Minghe to stop Ksitigarbha from entering the Underworld, giving him a jar of wine filled with immense Dao power. Minghe intervened against Ksitigarbha, leaving him bewildered as Jieyin and Zhunti faced another obstacle.

• Gu Changqing's words led Ancestor Minghe to conclude that he should block Ksitigarbha from entering the Underworld, though he worried about provoking Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Gu Changqing offered Ancestor Minghe a jar of fine wine, and Minghe sensed the vast Dao power within it and took it as support for the coming confrontation.
• Ancestor Minghe resolved to protect the Endless Blood Sea and the Asura Clan by preventing Ksitigarbha from entering the Underworld.
• Houtu refrained from attacking Ksitigarbha again because the Heavenly Dao's power now protected him, and she noticed Ancestor Minghe approaching.
• Ancestor Minghe challenged Ksitigarbha and declared that he would have to get past him to enter the Underworld, leaving Ksitigarbha dumbfounded.

Ancestor Minghe asked Houtu to join the Underworld and challenged Ksitigarbha, earning Houtu’s promise of Earth Dao authority if he repelled the invaders. When Zhunti attacked him, the wine jar from Gu Changqing protected Minghe from the Sage’s strike, leaving the Two Sages of the West furious.

• Minghe declared that he wanted to oversee the Underworld and asked Houtu to accept him as a cultivator of the Great Dao.
• Houtu agreed to grant Minghe a portion of Earth Dao’s authority if he repelled the enemies invading the Underworld.
• Minghe challenged Ksitigarbha, but Ksitigarbha turned to Jieyin and Zhunti for protection, and the two Sages stepped in front of him.
• Minghe drank from the wine jar Gu Changqing had given him as Zhunti attacked with a colossal palm of laws.
• Dao-infused divine patterns around Minghe shattered Zhunti’s palm and protected him, and Minghe thanked Gu Changqing as Jieyin and Zhunti seethed with rage.

Gu Changqing’s wine empowered Ancestor Minghe to withstand Jieyin and Zhunti’s attacks and strike Ksitigarbha. The Western Sages finally agreed to withdraw their plans for the Underworld, leaving the gathered beings stunned.

• Jieyin questioned Gu Changqing about the power that had strengthened Minghe, while Gu Changqing claimed he had only been drinking.
• Jieyin and Zhunti attacked Minghe together, but Minghe used his 1.296 Billion Blood Gods divine power to evade them.
• Minghe secretly battered Ksitigarbha, who repeatedly cried out for help as Jieyin and Zhunti demanded that Minghe stop.
• Zhunti begged Minghe to spare Ksitigarbha and promised that the Western Sages would withdraw and abandon their plans for the Underworld.
• Minghe dispersed the Blood Gods and reappeared as the gathered beings fell silent in shock.

Ksitigarbha blamed Gu Changqing for blocking his path to the Dao, but Gu Changqing dismissed him while drinking. Jieyin appealed to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who descended and accused Gu Changqing of going too far, prompting Tongtian to rush to his aid.

• Ancestor Minghe stopped fighting after Jieyin and Zhunti gave up, leaving Ksitigarbha unable to enter the Underworld and the Western Teachings' plan in ruins.
• Ksitigarbha demanded to know why Gu Changqing had cut off his path to the Dao, but Gu Changqing claimed he had only been drinking.
• Jieyin called on Dao Ancestor Hongjun to uphold justice against Gu Changqing, accusing him of repeatedly defying heaven and changing the heavenly mandate.
• Hongjun descended and declared that Gu Changqing had gone too far, leaving the gathered beings fearing for Gu Changqing's safety.
• Tongtian hurried away from Biyou Palace to confront the crisis, while the Interception Sect's disciples worried about Gu Changqing.

Laozi, Yuanshi, Nuwa, and the other Sages gathered at the Endless Blood Sea as Hongjun confronted Gu Changqing. Tongtian and Nuwa defended Gu Changqing, but Hongjun declared his actions unforgivable, leaving the gathered Sages facing an imminent conflict.

• Laozi told Xuandu that Hongjun had descended intending to erase Gu Changqing, then traveled with him to the Endless Blood Sea.
• Yuanshi, Randeng, and the Twelve Golden Immortals left Kunlun Mountain to witness Gu Changqing's downfall.
• Nuwa worried that Gu Changqing faced a great calamity and went to the Endless Blood Sea.
• Tongtian arrived first and stood between Gu Changqing and Hongjun, then Laozi, Yuanshi, and Nuwa joined the gathering of Sages.
• Hongjun asked Tongtian and Nuwa whether they intended to protect Gu Changqing, and both spoke in his defense.
• Hongjun declared Gu Changqing's actions unforgivable, filling the gathering with killing intent.

Hongjun summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to destroy Gu Changqing for blocking Ksitigarbha’s path and driving Minghe into the Underworld. As Houtu offered Gu Changqing shelter, the drunken Wine Sword Immortal claimed he had his own way to face the Eye.

• Tongtian challenged Hongjun to explain which Heavenly Dao rule Gu Changqing had broken, and Laozi accused Gu Changqing of harming the Profound Gate and pushing Minghe into the Underworld.
• Yuanshi urged Hongjun to kill Gu Changqing, and Hongjun summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Houtu recognized the Eye and offered to protect Gu Changqing in the Underworld with the power of the Earth Dao.
• Tongtian urged Gu Changqing to flee, but Gu Changqing continued drinking and said he had his own way to deal with the Eye as mystic merit light appeared around him.

Gu Changqing used his Merit Golden Wheel to withstand the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, stunning the watching Sages and beings. As Hongjun intensified his attacks, Gu Changqing secretly devoured the heavenly punishment power to refine the Nine Barbarians Heaven-Chaos Technique.

• Gu Changqing manifested a Merit Golden Wheel as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment loomed above him.
• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment struck Gu Changqing, and his spinning Merit Golden Wheel dissolved the attack without injuring him.
• Hongjun launched repeated, increasingly powerful attacks using heavenly punishment power.
• Gu Changqing secretly devoured the heavenly punishment power to refine the Nine Barbarians Heaven-Chaos Technique.

Gu Changqing absorbed the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to nurture the Nine Barbarians Heaven-Chaos Technique, manifesting nine terrifying Demon Gods as Hongjun prepared his final attack. The tribulation light faded, but the chapter ended before anyone learned whether Gu Changqing had survived the strike.

• Gu Changqing used the heavenly punishment power to nurture the Demon Gods within the Nine Barbarians Heaven-Chaos Technique, manifesting a vast and terrifying figure.
• Laozi and the other sages realized Gu Changqing had concealed much of his strength and grew more determined to kill him.
• Nuwa worried that the demonic technique might corrupt Gu Changqing, while Tongtian admitted he could not understand his disciple's methods.
• As Gu Changqing continued absorbing the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, eight Demon God figures appeared and a ninth began to take shape.
• Hongjun sensed the Eye of Heavenly Punishment was close to dissipating and unleashed its final strike against Gu Changqing.
• The tribulation light faded, and the watching beings saw a shocking sight, but the chapter did not reveal what had happened to Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing survived the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and Tongtian’s pledge to stake the Interception Sect’s fortune forced Hongjun to retreat. Gu Changqing then sent his newly formed Nine Great Demon Souls toward Shouyang Mountain, leaving Laozi and Xuandu terrified.

• Gu Changqing endured the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, which crumbled away as he challenged Hongjun and the other Sages to attack again.
• Tongtian bestowed the Interception Sect’s fortune upon Gu Changqing and threatened karmic retaliation if he died.
• Hongjun decided the cost of killing Gu Changqing was too great and vanished, prompting Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to prepare to leave.
• Gu Changqing stopped Laozi and revealed that the Nine Great Demon Souls he had forged would descend upon the Human Sect.
• The Nine Great Demon Souls surged toward Shouyang Mountain, and Laozi and Xuandu cried out in terror.

Gu Changqing sent nine demon god figures formed from heavenly punishment power to destroy the Human Sect’s sacred grounds, overwhelming Laozi. Tongtian refused to intervene and took Gu Changqing away, leaving Laozi and Yuanshi to face the attack.

• Gu Changqing ignored Laozi’s pleas as the nine figures charged toward the Human Sect in Great Luo Heaven.
• The figures shattered the Eight Scenic Palace and devastated the Human Sect’s grounds, disrupting its laws and fortune.
• Laozi summoned three clones with One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but the figures destroyed them and drove him back.
• Laozi demanded Tongtian stop Gu Changqing’s technique, but Tongtian said he could neither understand nor neutralize it.
• Tongtian took Gu Changqing away, while Yuanshi joined Laozi to resist the nine figures.

Gu Changqing redirected heavenly punishment and devastated the Human Sect, then returned to Golden Ao Island and dismissed Tongtian’s concerns about the Four Saints and his path to proving the Dao. While Gu Changqing drank himself into a restorative sleep, Jieyin and the Western Teachings lamented that he had ruined their plans again.

• Laozi and Yuanshi destroyed the nine figures, but the Human Sect’s grounds and Sage Dojo were left in ruins after Hongjun departed without helping.
• Gu Changqing returned to Golden Ao Island with Tongtian, where the disciples celebrated his feat while Duobao and others worried that he had angered Hongjun and the Four Saints.
• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing about his plans to prove the Dao, and Gu Changqing declared that his Dao was fine wine before drinking himself unconscious in Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian concluded that Gu Changqing’s drunken sleep would restore him and possibly lead to new insights or Divine Arts.
• Jieyin and the Western Teachings grew furious and despondent because Gu Changqing had ruined their plans again.

After Ksitigarbha lost hope of entering the Underworld, Jieyin proposed that the Western Teachings set aside their feud and seek Gu Changqing’s friendship. Meanwhile, Qin Yuan gave birth to Di Jun’s Ten Golden Crow Princes, and Taiyi invited the world’s Sages and Mighty Experts to celebrate.

• Ksitigarbha told Jieyin that he had no path forward, and Jieyin proposed reconciling with Gu Changqing for the Western Teachings’ benefit.
• Jieyin explained that befriending Gu Changqing might help Ksitigarbha enter the Underworld and secure his miraculous wine for the Western Teachings.
• Qin Yuan gave birth to Di Jun’s Ten Golden Crow Princes, filling Di Jun, Taiyi, Bai Ze, and the Demon Court with joy.
• Di Jun asked Taiyi to announce the princes’ birth and invite powerful figures to celebrate.
• Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell and broadcast the invitation throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, drawing the attention of countless beings and Sage lineages.

After Di Jun’s ten Golden Crow Princes were announced, the Sages and their disciples headed to the Demon Court to support the Demon Race. Tongtian told Gu Changqing to stay behind, but the drunken Gu Changqing insisted on joining them for the wine.

• The living beings learned that Di Jun had ten Golden Crow Princes, and many figures set out for the Demon Court’s celebration.
• Laozi agreed to attend with Xuandu to bolster the Demon Court against the Witch Clan.
• Yuanshi brought his disciples to the celebration after assuring the Eleven Golden Immortals that Gu Changqing was unlikely to appear.
• Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and their disciples also headed to the Demon Court as the Sages responded to the Heavenly Mandate.
• Tongtian ordered Duobao and the others to accompany him but told Gu Changqing to remain behind and oversee the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing rose in his drunkenness and insisted on joining them, asking how they could leave the Wine Sword Immortal out of the wine.

Gu Changqing fearlessly went with Tongtian and the Interception Sect disciples to the Demon Court, where he traded barbs with Yuanshi and drank from Tongtian’s wine jar. The chapter left Gu Changqing praising Tongtian’s imposing show of support.

• Gu Changqing declared that Jie Sect disciples had to press forward without fear, then left Biyou Palace for the Demon Court.
• Tongtian, moved by Gu Changqing’s words, decided to accompany him with Duobao and the other disciples.
• The Interception Sect arrived at the Demon Court, where the gathered powers were shocked to see Gu Changqing.
• Yuanshi insulted Gu Changqing, who retorted by comparing him to a vicious dog and framing himself as a guest at the celebration.
• Yuanshi’s anger nearly provoked a fight, but Tongtian stood beside Gu Changqing and forced Yuanshi to back down.
• Gu Changqing drank from the wine jar at Tongtian’s throne and praised his master for being imposing.

Gu Changqing visited the Demon Court to drink, but Kunpeng persuaded Di Jun and the others that he had come seeking reconciliation. Di Jun offered him thousands of jars of wine and asked him to stop interfering in the Demon Court’s affairs, and Gu Changqing drunkenly agreed.

• Tongtian told Gu Changqing that he had driven a wedge between the Three Pure Ones, while still trusting him more than his elder brothers.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Bai Ze, and the others worried about Gu Changqing’s presence until Kunpeng suggested that he had come to make peace.
• Di Jun accepted Kunpeng’s theory and approached Gu Changqing with thousands of jars of fine wine.
• Di Jun asked Gu Changqing to put their grievances aside and stop interfering in the Demon Court’s affairs.
• Gu Changqing accepted the wine and drunkenly agreed to Di Jun’s request.

Gu Changqing pretended to negotiate with Di Jun, then demanded ingredients taken from the Demon Court’s most powerful members. Di Jun realized he was being mocked, and the Demon Court faced off against Gu Changqing as negotiations collapsed.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Nuwa, Duobao, and the others reacted with doubt and concern when Gu Changqing agreed to stop interfering in the Demon Court’s affairs.
• Gu Changqing said he would consider an agreement if Di Jun provided him with brewing ingredients, and Di Jun eagerly accepted.
• Gu Changqing listed golden crow blood, kunpeng bone, and white tiger heart, revealing that his demands targeted Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and Bai Ze.
• Di Jun realized Gu Changqing was making a fool of him and confronted him in fury.
• Gu Changqing insisted he wanted the ingredients and said they would not reach an agreement, leaving the Demon Court and Gu Changqing on the verge of conflict.

Gu Changqing rejected Di Jun and Taiyi’s proposed reconciliation by demanding they surrender pieces of their origins, then casually returned to drinking when they refused. Di Jun decided against attacking him and shifted the gathering to celebrating the birth of his Ten Golden Crows.

• Taiyi confronted Gu Changqing, who repeated that peace was possible only if Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Six Demon Saints gave up some of their origin essence.
• Gu Changqing dismissed their refusal and continued drinking, prompting Nuwa and Tongtian to recognize that he had outmaneuvered the Demon Court.
• Taiyi urged Di Jun to attack Gu Changqing, but Di Jun rejected the idea to avoid weakening the Demon Court before its conflict with the Witch Clan Lineage.
• Di Jun and Taiyi returned to their thrones, and Di Jun welcomed the gathered sages and mighty experts to celebrate his ten sons.
• Di Jun summoned the Ten Golden Crows, whose powerful primordial aura astonished those present.

The Ten Golden Crow Princes’ pure bloodlines impressed the gathered powers, and Laozi and Yuanshi gave them powerful gifts to bolster the Demon Court. Gu Changqing knew the princes would soon die in the coming Witch-Demon conflict and began considering how to turn Jieyin and Zhunti’s schemes against them.

• The gathered powers praised the Ten Golden Crow Princes’ extraordinary bloodlines and predicted a glorious future for the Demon Court.
• Laozi gave the princes Eight-Turn Purple Gold Immortal Elixirs, while Yuanshi presented them with ten Supreme Houtian Spirit Treasures, partly to support the Demon Court against Gu Changqing.
• Tongtian warned Gu Changqing to be cautious around the princes, but Gu Changqing said they would never be his match and hinted that their apparent good fortune would bring disaster.
• Gu Changqing recalled that Jieyin and Zhunti would manipulate events so Hou Yi would shoot down nine princes, igniting the Final War of the Witches and Demons.
• Gu Changqing watched Jieyin and Zhunti and considered scheming against them in turn.

Jieyin and Zhunti apologized to Gu Changqing and asked him to brew wine for the Western World, offering rare ingredients in return. The Demon Court gathering ended with Gu Changqing taking tens of thousands of jars of wine, while Jieyin and Zhunti headed to Golden Ao Island to await his brew.

• Jieyin and Zhunti approached Tongtian and Gu Changqing, apologized for their past actions, and asked Gu Changqing to forgive them.
• Gu Changqing claimed he never held a grudge, then agreed to brew wine for the Western World if Jieyin and Zhunti supplied top-grade ingredients.
• Jieyin revealed that he had brought heavenly treasures, spirit roots, and immortal fruits, and said he and Zhunti would accompany Tongtian to Golden Ao Island.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Demon Court looked on as Gu Changqing stole the gathering's limelight, and the event ended without further disturbances.
• Gu Changqing took tens of thousands of jars of the Demon Court's finest wine as the mighty experts departed.
• Laozi and Yuanshi watched Jieyin and Zhunti leave for Golden Ao Island, each with a different expression.

Laozi concluded that Gu Changqing had agreed to brew wine for Jieyin and Zhunti only to scheme against them, and persuaded the others not to warn the Western Teachings. At Biyou Palace, Gu Changqing rejected their offerings of spirit roots and demanded their Bitter Bamboo as the crucial ingredient.

• Yuanshi and the Eleven Golden Immortals worried that Gu Changqing's wine could help the Western Teachings' disciples rise to prominence.
• Laozi argued that Gu Changqing had agreed to brew for Jieyin and Zhunti with ulterior motives, and told Xuandu to let the scheme unfold.
• Tongtian, Gu Changqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti returned to Golden Ao Island as the Interception Sect disciples and Hong Yun looked on with contempt and suspicion.
• Gu Changqing asked Jieyin and Zhunti what spirit roots and immortal fruits they had brought, then rejected their offerings as insufficient.
• Gu Changqing named Bitter Bamboo as the most important ingredient, startling Jieyin and Zhunti.