Chapter Summaries

Xie Bi'an pursued Fu Lou Na and called for the Nine-Turn Soul-Washing Whip so he could interrogate him, while Yang Jian and Ibaraki Doji struggled against the powerful Maudgalyayana. Ibaraki Doji transformed into the Rashomon Demon and trapped Maudgalyayana inside Rashomon with him.

• Xie Bi'an spotted Ox-Head and Horse-Face fighting Fu Lou Na, then chased the fleeing monk and told Horse-Face to bring the Nine-Turn Soul-Washing Whip.
• Yang Jian and Ibaraki Doji admitted they had no plan to defeat Maudgalyayana, who had remained uninjured despite their many exchanges.
• Ibaraki Doji told Yang Jian to step aside, planted Muramasa in the ground, and challenged Maudgalyayana alone.
• Ibaraki Doji asked Maudgalyayana about Lo City, then transformed into the Rashomon Demon as a stone gate and Magic Array appeared.
• Muramasa absorbed the Yokai Aura and grew into an Odachi, and Ibaraki Doji declared that Maudgalyayana had entered Rashomon.

Yang Jian watched Ibaraki Doji struggle against Maudgalyayana and learned from Xie Bi'an that Maudgalyayana was one of only four exceptionally powerful enemy monks. Shuten Doji then gathered more than twenty Japanese monsters to attack Maudgalyayana together.

• Yang Jian noticed that Ibaraki Doji's Demon Blade was draining its wielder's Yokai Aura as well as Maudgalyayana's flesh.
• Xie Bi'an told the Immortals that most black monks had limited combat experience and identified Maudgalyayana as one of four formidable enemies.
• Xie Bi'an warned that black monks could turn allies against one another and that a Great Buddha would explode when its true body died.
• Shuten Doji told Ibaraki Doji to withdraw Rashomon, then summoned more than twenty powerful Japanese monsters to surround Maudgalyayana.
• Maudgalyayana expected the monsters to challenge him one at a time, but Shuten Doji ordered them all to attack together.

Medusa searched the battlefield for Du Yu, killing those who could not help her, until she fought River-Crossing Arhat in a clash of thunder and water. As the battle escalated, Li Jing prepared to intervene, but the Nine Heavens Thunderous Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable and the Dragon King of the East Sea arrived to take over.

• Medusa continued asking for Du Yu and killed a monk and a heavenly general who approached her.
• River-Crossing Arhat withstood Medusa's heavenly thunder and introduced himself, while Medusa called herself the Tyrant.
• Medusa and River-Crossing Arhat attacked each other with water dragons, forcing nearby fighters to retreat from their clash.
• Li Jing urged the heavenly generals to support River-Crossing Arhat under the Queen Mother of the West's orders, but they hesitated.
• The Nine Heavens Thunderous Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable and the Dragon King of the East Sea arrived and told Li Jing they would handle the fight.

Du Yu noticed that Great Dark Heaven seemed to be holding back while the battle raged, then was nearly killed by the Eastern Peak Great Emperor of Mount Tai. The Northern Yin Great Emperor of Fengdu rescued him, but Du Yu remained unsure whether he could trust him and called on Xiao Qi for help.

• Medusa unleashed indiscriminate attacks as the battle continued, while Du Yu wondered why Great Dark Heaven had not intervened.
• Xiao Qi warned Du Yu of an attack, allowing him to dodge the Eastern Peak Great Emperor of Mount Tai's strike.
• The Eastern Emperor seemed confused, then accused Du Yu of deceiving him and charged again.
• The Northern Yin Great Emperor of Fengdu pulled Du Yu away with a strand of hair and took him into the air.
• Du Yu questioned the Northern Emperor's motives, then called on Xiao Qi to find powerful figures who could help.

The Northern Yin Great Emperor saved Du Yu from Cui Jue’s sudden attack and explained that Great Dark Heaven’s backward Heart Sutra awakened and magnified hidden regrets into murderous intent. Du Yu realized the Eastern Emperor had recognized him and attacked because of the regret he carried over their past exchange of identities.

• Cui Jue arrived and, after being forced to speak in the Northern Emperor’s presence, attacked Du Yu with a Death-Urging Edict.
• The Northern Emperor blocked Cui Jue’s attack with silver-white hair, then impaled Cui Jue and pulled Du Yu away from him.
• Cui Jue warned Du Yu to be careful before falling, and the Northern Emperor said Great Dark Heaven had caused his attack by reciting the Heart Sutra backward.
• The Northern Emperor explained that the backward scripture could turn a person’s smallest regret into a magnified cause and effect.
• Du Yu recalled the Eastern Emperor’s reaction and realized he had recognized Du Yu as the person who helped him exchange identities with the Jade Emperor.

Du Yu learned that Great Dark Heaven's backward Heart Sutra was turning the Immortals' resentments toward him into murderous intent. When Fairy Chang'e attacked over the fate of her husband, Du Yu chose to face her because he believed he owed her.

• Du Yu questioned why the Heart Sutra had affected only the Eastern Emperor and Cui Jue, and the Northern Emperor said he would protect Du Yu only while it remained safe for him.
• Qiangnan attacked Simaer over a grievance from seven hundred years earlier, but the Northern Emperor stopped Du Yu from intervening and urged him to focus on Great Dark Heaven.
• The Northern Emperor warned that Immortals whose lives Du Yu had changed might come to kill him as the Heart Sutra magnified their resentment.
• Fairy Chang'e attacked Du Yu, furious that the husband he had promised to reunite with her had become a White Rabbit.
• Du Yu told the Northern Emperor to let Chang'e strike because he owed her, and the Northern Emperor replied that he did not.

The Northern Emperor attacked Chang'e while Du Yu tried to stop him, and Chang'e unleashed a dying technique that White Rabbit intercepted to save Du Yu. After White Rabbit’s sacrifice brought Chang'e back to her senses, the Northern Emperor killed her anyway, leaving Du Yu to attack him in fury.

• The Northern Emperor ignored Du Yu’s pleas and wounded Chang'e until she unleashed Moonlit Night Radiance against them.
• White Rabbit sprang in front of Du Yu and took the crimson moonlight beam, suffering a fatal wound.
• Chang'e recognized White Rabbit’s devotion and apologized, recovering her former tenderness and warning Du Yu that she had nearly killed him.
• The Northern Emperor pierced Chang'e’s heart after she had stopped fighting, and she fell while holding White Rabbit.
• Du Yu seized the Northern Emperor and punched at him, shouting that Chang'e had already come to her senses.

Du Yu struggled to trust the Northern Emperor after he killed a woman, then reunited with Xie Bi'an, Ox-Head, and Horse-Face. Xie Bi'an revealed that a strange influence was making Underworld colleagues turn on one another and warned that Ox-Head and Horse-Face might be affected next.

• Du Yu told the Northern Emperor to leave, but the Northern Emperor refused and said he would do what he believed was right.
• Xie Bi'an arrived with Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and the Northern Emperor approached them suspiciously while Du Yu kept his distance.
• Xie Bi'an took Du Yu along with him, and the Northern Emperor followed behind as they traveled together.
• Xie Bi'an asked Du Yu about their sworn brotherhood and admitted that he had briefly felt Du Yu should die before remembering what Du Yu had done for him and Old Eight.
• Xie Bi'an warned Du Yu that Ox-Head and Horse-Face might be bewitched after seeing colleagues slaughter one another, and said he had come to discuss a plan.

Du Yu learned that the Sage had ordered an immediate retreat because their side was doomed to lose, while Xie Bi'an prepared to cover his escape. Xiao Qi revealed that Xiao Nian had tried to protect Xie Bi'an and Xie Bi'an from a terrible fate, leaving Du Yu questioning his role and the sacrifices he had made.

• Du Yu told Xie Bi'an that the Northern Emperor had killed Cui Jue after Cui Jue attacked him with the Death-Urging Edict, and Xie Bi'an vowed the matter would not end there.
• Xiao Qi relayed the Sage's order for Du Yu to take his companions and withdraw, while Xie Bi'an offered to cover Du Yu's escape and warned that their side would be defeated within half a day.
• Xie Bi'an explained that evil thoughts could not be eliminated and worried that Zhan Qisheng's soul inside Du Yu might make him a target.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Xiao Nian had tried to stop Xie Bi'an and Xie Bi'an from becoming Underworld Enforcers because the Sage knew they would die horribly in the Legend of Nüwa Mends the Sky.
• Du Yu asked whether Xie Bi'an resented him for changing their lives, and Xie Bi'an said their sacrifices had preserved stability while pointing out how much Du Yu had suffered for helping others.
• Du Yu began questioning whether anyone appreciated his work for the Legend Management Bureau and what he had gained from it.

Du Yu confronted Horse-Face over his attempt to kill him and deduced that Horse-Face was jealous of his relationship with Dong Qianqiu. The chapter ended with Du Yu slapping Horse-Face after he blamed Du Yu for stealing Qianqiu’s heart.

• Du Yu told Xie Bi'an that he had realized his past actions had made others resent him.
• Du Yu questioned Ox-Head and Horse-Face about why they had sought him out, and Horse-Face declared that he intended to kill him.
• Du Yu ruled out money and power as Horse-Face’s motives and guessed that Horse-Face wanted to kill him over a woman.
• Du Yu concluded that Horse-Face loved Dong Qianqiu and argued that killing him would not make Qianqiu love Horse-Face.
• Horse-Face blamed Du Yu for stealing Qianqiu’s heart, and Du Yu slapped him for making a trumped-up accusation.

Du Yu confronted Horse-Face and decided to attack Great Dark Heaven, but Black Impermanence demanded that he erase Zhan Qisheng from the Eight Directions Ghost Record. As White Impermanence intervened, Du Yu learned that an old misunderstanding might explain Black Impermanence’s grudge, while Fan Wujiao revealed the pain behind his desire for revenge.

• Du Yu rebuked Horse-Face for trying to kill him and challenged him to fight, then told Xie Bi'an he wanted to launch an all-out assault on Great Dark Heaven.
• Black Impermanence arrived and demanded that Du Yu renounce the Eight Directions Ghost Record and let Zhan Qisheng’s soul disappear.
• Du Yu refused, and Black Impermanence attacked him, but Xie Bi'an caught the chain and challenged his claim that Zhan Qisheng killed Su Xiaoxiao.
• Du Yu asked Zhan Qisheng about Su Xiaoxiao and learned that Zhan had once promised Black Impermanence help before leaving without hearing what he needed.
• Black Impermanence told Xie Bi'an that his unresolved hurt felt like a thorn in his heart and that he truly felt pain.

Black Impermanence remained determined to kill Zhan Qisheng, and White Impermanence agreed to hold him off for one hour so Du Yu could kill Great Dark Heaven. Du Yu flew to confront Great Dark Heaven while Shiranui Asuka and Xie Yujiao fought Black Monks and received unexpected help.

• Black Impermanence rejected White Impermanence and Xie Bi'an's pleas, insisting that the world owed him a Su Xiaoxiao.
• Xie Bi'an offered to hold Black Impermanence off for one hour, and Du Yu vowed to kill Great Dark Heaven before the hour ended.
• Du Yu asked Ox-Head and Horse-Face to save Black and White Impermanence if they tried to kill each other, then flew toward Great Dark Heaven with the Northern Emperor.
• Shiranui Asuka and Xie Yujiao struggled against Black Monks, and Shiranui Asuka summoned Ghost Howl, who backed away from the attackers.
• An unseen helper cut down the Black Monks surrounding Shiranui Asuka and Xie Yujiao.

Shiranui Fire God and the others arrived to take Shiranui Asuka away, warning that a catastrophic future was approaching. Asuka refused to abandon Du Yu’s side and pressed Fire God for the timing of the coming Lines.

• Shiranui Fire God flirted with Xie Yujiao, who threatened him with an Array Flag until Tsukimi Sake intervened.
• Tsukimi Sake told Shiranui Asuka to gather her belongings and leave because the battle was about to be lost.
• Shiranui Asuka refused to leave Du Yu and the others behind, despite Fire God warning that the Lines would soon cover China.
• Shiranui Fire God revealed that he foresaw hundreds of billions or trillions of Lines appearing across China within one to two hours.

Shiranui Asuka revealed that she loved Du Yu and chose to stay in China, prompting the Shiranui Time Masters to stand with her. Du Yu found Nezha badly burned in battle with a monk wielding Samadhi True Fire, and the chapter left him facing the blazing skeletal opponent.

• Shiranui Asuka urged the Shiranui Time Masters and Jin Jianglang to leave, but said she could not abandon China.
• Asuka confessed that she was in love with Senior Du Yu and asked the others to leave without her.
• Tsukimi Sake and the other Time Masters chose to fight alongside Asuka and bring their brother-in-law home.
• Du Yu flew toward a nearby battle and found Nezha gravely wounded by a monk's Samadhi True Fire.
• Du Yu tried to extinguish the flames, but they clung to his hands until Nezha drew them back onto himself.
• Nezha urged Du Yu to flee while the charred skeletal monk stood before them, still wreathed in flames.

Nezha sacrificed himself to attack the monk who had absorbed his Samadhi True Fire, while Shuten Doji led the Armed Monster Alliance toward the great Buddha after realizing the monsters were unaffected by its spell. A girl from the Inner Yellow Springs also arrived with her followers, determined to defend their home from the invaders.

• Nezha told Du Yu that Samadhi True Fire was burning him from within and that he intended to take the monk down with him.
• Nezha sang the song Du Yu had taught him and transformed into a fiery lotus that charged at the monk; Du Yu admitted the song gave him no power and vowed to avenge him.
• Shuten Doji and the Great Tengu observed the Immortals killing one another, while the monsters remained unaffected by the great Buddha's spell.
• Shuten Doji ordered the ten thousand monsters of the Armed Monster Alliance to race toward the great Buddha.
• A girl accompanied by Li Lianying and other followers arrived and declared that they would fight to protect the Inner Yellow Springs from the invaders.

Cowherd searched the chaotic battlefield for Weaver Girl while the Immortals fought among themselves. A Can told him Weaver Girl had fallen, and Cowherd asked who had killed her, unaware that the killer was standing there.

• Meng Po and Cowherd realized Mo Liqing, Mo Lishou, and other Immortals were fighting one another, while Strong Woman urged them to attack the Great Buddha.
• Cowherd led his forces into the battlefield to search for Weaver Girl, then split from Zhi Er, who went to find a way to break through the Great Buddha.
• Cowherd found Liu Ling, whose evasive answers made him suspect Weaver Girl was in danger.
• A Can told Cowherd that Weaver Girl had fallen, and Cowherd asked him and Liu Ling who had killed her.
• Liu Ling and A Can realized that Weaver Girl's killer was standing right there.

Cowherd sought to kill Xie Yujiao for Weaver Girl’s death, even after learning she was Du Yu’s woman, and advanced to True Immortal before confronting her. Shuten Doji arrived with his allies but refused to help Xie Yujiao, leaving her facing Cowherd alone.

• Cowherd rejected Liu Ling and A Can’s attempts to stop him, saying he would kill Xie Yujiao and then accept Du Yu’s judgment.
• Cowherd advanced to True Immortal and left to find Xie Yujiao.
• Cowherd attacked Xie Yujiao, but Shiranui Asuka shoved her aside and Yukigyo’s cry diverted Cowherd’s strike.
• Yukigyo protected Shiranui Asuka and sent for Shuten Doji, who arrived with the Great Tengu and Ibaraki Doji.
• Shuten Doji refused to help Xie Yujiao, saying her life or death did not matter to him.

Cowherd confronted Xie Yujiao over Weaver Girl’s death, and the others learned that You Si had killed her. Xiao Qi relayed Sage’s order to let Xie Yujiao die, warning that she had become You Si and was aligned with Time.

• Shiranui Asuka tried to protect Xie Yujiao, but Cowherd said he had come to avenge his wife, Weaver Girl.
• The Great Tengu recognized Cowherd, and Xie Yujiao denied killing Weaver Girl before realizing another Xie Yujiao might have done it.
• Xie Yujiao asked Shiranui Asuka whether she had been hiding something, while Asuka contacted Xiao Qi for help.
• Xiao Qi learned that You Si had killed Weaver Girl in Du Yu’s timeline, unlike the events in her own timeline.
• Xiao Qi relayed Sage’s order to let Xie Yujiao die, explaining that she was You Si and that her death would also erase You Si in their timeline.

Shiranui Asuka chose to leave Xie Yujiao behind rather than let the conflict between Shuten Doji and Cowherd escalate into a battle. She went with Shuten to join Brother Fire God in attacking the Great Buddha, while Cowherd stayed with Xie Yujiao and sent the Inner Yellow Springs forces to help the monsters.

• Shuten Doji asked Cowherd to spare Xie Yujiao, but Cowherd refused and declared that he would stake his life for Weaver Girl.
• Zhi Er and Strong Woman arrived with thousands of thugs from the Inner Yellow Springs and joined Cowherd's side.
• Shiranui Asuka stepped between the two groups and asked them not to fight, then decided to leave with Shuten Doji to attack the Great Buddha.
• Asuka apologized to Xie Yujiao, who accepted her choice, and Shuten Doji led the monsters away.
• Cowherd told Zhi Er and Strong Woman to help the monsters while he stayed behind with Xie Yujiao.

Cowherd attacked Xie Yujiao, believing she had killed Weaver Girl, until Meng Po intervened and saved her. Cowherd spared Xie Yujiao at Meng Po’s request, but severed his ties with Meng Po and gave up his position as West Street’s boss.

• Xie Yujiao fought Cowherd with arrays and magic treasures but was overwhelmed and disarmed.
• As Cowherd prepared to kill Xie Yujiao, Meng Po stopped his iron club and asked him to spare her.
• Meng Po offered to pay Xie Yujiao’s debt by cutting off her own hand, but Cowherd stopped her.
• Cowherd agreed to spare Xie Yujiao, while vowing to keep pursuing his revenge.
• Cowherd gave Meng Po the West Street badge, relinquished his position as its boss, and walked away.