Chapter Summaries

Du Yu stopped fighting Hera and went with Shiranui Asuka to the Temple of Athena, where they spent the evening with Gorgon. When Poseidon attacked Gorgon, Ramla restrained Du Yu and forced him to watch; after Poseidon left at dawn, Du Yu rushed to Gorgon, who lay gravely injured.

• Du Yu ended his fight with Hera after Dong Qianqiu warned that killing her could bring war, then teleported with Shiranui Asuka to the Temple of Athena.
• Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka rested at the temple while Gorgon prayed to Athena, and Du Yu watched the stars.
• Poseidon arrived at the temple and attacked Gorgon, while Ramla bound Du Yu and prevented him from intervening.
• Poseidon left at sunrise, the restraints on Du Yu vanished, and Du Yu ran to the badly injured Gorgon.

Du Yu confronted Athena over her cruel punishment of Gorgon, but Athena transformed the injured woman into a serpent-like monster. Athena revealed that jealousy and her lost chance to marry Zeus drove her revenge, and Du Yu recognized Gorgon as Medusa.

• Shiranui Asuka examined Gorgon's severe injuries while Gorgon insisted on worshipping Athena and asking forgiveness.
• Athena arrived and prepared to punish Gorgon, but Du Yu challenged her and urged her to deal with the man who had violated Gorgon.
• Gorgon accepted Athena's judgment, and Athena cursed her legs to fuse, her tongue to fork, her voice to hiss, and her skin to become covered in green scales.
• Athena transformed Gorgon's golden hair into venomous snakes and made her eyes turn yellow, with a gaze that could turn men to stone.
• Athena admitted that she blamed Gorgon for ruining her chance to marry Zeus, then named her Medusa, and Du Yu recognized the famous monster.

Du Yu failed to save Medusa from Athena but warned her of her fate and let her flee, then decided his work correcting Athena’s legend was finished. Back on Mount Olympus, he found the injured Ganymede asking to be thrown into the river of stars, and learned that he would become Aquarius.

• Athena turned Gorgon into Medusa, and Du Yu narrowly escaped being petrified when he met her gaze.
• Medusa set off to hide, while Du Yu warned her that Athena would pursue her and told her how she would die in the future.
• Dong Qianqiu explained that the world corrected contradictions in history and could be destroyed if a flaw proved irreparable.
• Du Yu concluded that Athena’s legend no longer needed correction, said goodbye to Ramla, and took Shiranui Asuka through a Portal to Mount Olympus.
• Du Yu found the injured Wine Flask, who revealed that Zeus had smashed him after tasting his bitter wine and asked to become a star.
• Dong Qianqiu told Du Yu that Ganymede would be cast into the river of stars and become Aquarius.

Du Yu and Shiranui Asuka returned to the Legend Management Bureau, where the immortals welcomed them with applause instead of punishment. After learning that Japan could not handle the dangerous 'Izanagi' legend alone, Du Yu assembled a team and weighed whether they should enter it; the chapter ended with Qu Xi asking whether having her memories washed away would make her forget the past.

• Du Yu apologized to the gods for his actions during the legends, but Xiao Qi showed him the many gifts the immortals had sent, and the gods applauded him and Shiranui Asuka.
• Du Yu asked Shiranui Asuka whether she truly wanted him to enter 'Izanagi,' and she explained that Japan's Time Masters could not correct the legend and needed to learn China's methods.
• Du Yu gathered Zhan Qisheng, Qu Xi, and Yingning to form a 'Legend-Clearing Squad' for the team's first group mission.
• Shiranui Asuka explained that Izanagi and Izanami possessed the 'Thought-Manifestation Art,' which could make their words and thoughts become reality.
• Du Yu feared the danger of the creator gods' power, but Zhan Qisheng agreed to consider the mission, Yingning said she would go with him, and Qu Xi asked whether her memories would be erased if she asked the gods to wash them away.

Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka entered the Japanese creation legend to act as the God who guided Izanagi and Izanami. Asuka’s seasickness left Du Yu to improvise, and the pair created their first island, Onogoroshima.

• Du Yu realized the legend’s contradiction: God was said to guide Izanagi and Izanami even though no other gods existed, so the group decided to take on that role.
• Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka traveled to the High Plain of Heaven, where Asuka repeatedly vomited from seasickness.
• Izanagi and Izanami mistook the newcomers for gods, and Du Yu gave them a sharpened piece of wood to stir the sea.
• Izanagi and Izanami’s belief transformed the wooden stick into a spear, and they drew a drop of mud from the seabed.
• Izanami called the mud an island as God had instructed, and it expanded into a vast, flourishing island that Izanagi named Onogoroshima.

Shiranui Asuka guided Izanagi and Izanami through the creation of Onogoroshima, the Heavenly Pillar, and the High Plain of Heaven, then watched them through the Yata Mirror. Du Yu suddenly suffered repeated attacks with no visible attacker, and he entered his inner world after hearing two women fighting there.

• Du Yu carried the seasick Shiranui Asuka onto Onogoroshima, where she confirmed the island's name and urged Izanagi to plant his spear.
• Izanagi and Izanami transformed the spear into the Heavenly Pillar, and Shiranui Asuka persuaded them to raise the High Plain of Heaven into the sky.
• Shiranui Asuka instructed Izanagi and Izanami to live together, then the group struggled to reach the floating High Plain of Heaven and found food waiting there.
• Shiranui Asuka used the Yata Mirror to project Izanagi and Izanami, but Du Yu was suddenly struck by unseen forces and began clutching his chest in pain.
• Yingning and Zhan Qisheng searched for an attacker as Du Yu realized the blows seemed to come from within him, closed his eyes, and heard two women fighting in his inner world.

Du Yu reunited Zhongli Chun and Chada in his inner world after they fought because they could not understand each other, then warned Zhongli Chun not to use the demonic strength that had awakened during her battle. Back in Takamagahara, the group waited for Izanagi and Izanami to discover the line needed to advance, and Shiranui Asuka celebrated when they said it.

• Chada and Zhongli Chun fought in Du Yu’s inner world until Du Yu stopped them and discovered that Chada had left his Translation Talisman aside.
• After Chada retrieved the talisman, Zhongli Chun learned he was Du Yu’s friend and apologized for attacking him.
• Du Yu told Zhongli Chun she had slept for ten days and warned her that using the strength born from anger could turn her into a Demon and make her forget him.
• Du Yu introduced Zhongli Chun and Chada to each other, then awoke to find Zhan Qisheng, Yingning, Qu Xi, and Shiranui Asuka watching over him.
• After waiting in Takamagahara, Du Yu and the others watched Izanagi and Izanami speak the required line, and Shiranui Asuka announced that they could proceed.

Du Yu and the others supervised Izanagi and Izanami as they began creating Japan, but their attempt to produce a child went wrong when their comments transformed the newborn into a giant leech. Du Yu was left confronting the monstrous result and scolding the two gods.

• Izanagi and Izanami circled the Heavenly Pillar, praised each other's appearance, and embraced before Shiranui Asuka turned off the image to shield the children watching.
• After they resumed the image, Izanami asked how to give birth, so Shiranui Asuka sent Zhan Qisheng to explain.
• Zhan Qisheng told Izanagi and Izanami that a child would come out of the woman's body after mating, and Izanami gave birth to a baby with her Thought-Manifestation Art.
• Du Yu checked the newborn's nose and mouth and patted his bottom until he cried, following advice from the immortals watching.
• Izanagi and Izanami called the baby ugly and compared him to a filthy leech, transforming him into a giant leech that Du Yu dropped in fright.

Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng watched Izanagi and Izanami turn their first child into a leech, but Shiranui Asuka explained that the woman speaking first had made the birth inauspicious. After Izanagi spoke first on their next attempt, the pair gave birth to Japan’s eight great islands and six more, until Asuka rushed to stop them from creating further islands.

• Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng left Izanagi and Izanami after their first child became a leech, then brought the pair to Shiranui Asuka for an explanation.
• Shiranui Asuka said Izanami speaking first after circling the Heavenly Pillar had caused the inauspicious birth, and Izanagi and Izanami returned to try again with him speaking first.
• Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to Awaji Island, then produced the other seven great islands of Japan and six additional islands.
• When Izanami prepared to give birth again, Shiranui Asuka rode with Zhan Qisheng to Onogoroshima, while Du Yu, Qu Xi, and Yingning followed.
• As Izanami was about to speak after another birth, Shiranui Asuka shouted that the child was different and might be a god.

Du Yu’s team discovered that the Izanagi legend required little more than guiding Izanagi and Izanami through their story. Meanwhile, Gorgon stormed the Heavenly Court, fought the Queen Mother of the West, and revealed herself as the sovereign of Greece’s gods, Emperor Gorgon Medusa.

• Shiranui Asuka called Izanagi’s child a god, and Izanagi and Izanami accepted the claim as Du Yu and the Legend Management Bureau realized the legend was easy to manage.
• Star Lord Metal Virtue reported that a powerful woman had wounded the Heavenly Court’s defenders and broken through the Southern Heavenly Gate.
• The Queen Mother of the West dispatched immortals to defend the Heavenly Court, but the woman reached the Legend Management Bureau and fought Nezha and Yang Jian.
• Weaver Girl gave the woman a Translation Talisman, and the Queen Mother of the West fought her as she attacked with lightning and seawater.
• The woman transformed into a serpent monster, and Weaver Girl recognized her as Medusa and warned that she had come for Du Yu.
• Medusa confirmed that she wanted Du Yu and declared herself the sovereign of Greece’s gods, Emperor Gorgon Medusa.

Medusa arrived in the Netherworld and challenged the Queen Mother of the West, who overwhelmed her before agreeing to meet her challenge in the future. When Medusa met Du Yu, conflicting memories revealed that a Flashback had changed history, leaving the immortals to question what had really happened.

• The Queen Mother of the West used Thunder Manifestation to force Medusa to withdraw her Divine Ability, and Medusa challenged her to a future fight.
• The Queen Mother of the West led Medusa to the Legend Livestream Room, where Dong Qianqiu found Du Yu surrounded by the many gods Izanagi and Izanami had just given birth to.
• Dong Qianqiu told Du Yu that Medusa had come to see him, but she and the immortals did not remember Du Yu saving Medusa as he claimed.
• Zhan Qisheng questioned Dong Qianqiu about Zeus and concluded that a Flashback had altered the world's history, while Du Yu and those inside the legend retained different memories.

Dong Qianqiu explained that a flashback was a memory that survived history’s correction, convincing Du Yu that he had saved Medusa. As Izanami died giving birth to Kagutsuchi, Izanagi killed the infant and mourned his wife, while Shiranui Asuka told him how to reach Yomotsu Hirasaka to retrieve her.

• Dong Qianqiu explained the Mandela Effect and flashbacks, and Du Yu accepted that his memories of saving Medusa were real.
• Shiranui Asuka delivered Kagutsuchi as Izanami suffered fatal burns, and Izanagi watched without reacting until Izanami confirmed she was dying.
• Izanagi named his sword the Ten Fist Sword and killed Kagutsuchi, then buried Izanami on Mount Hiba.
• Qu Xi tried to persuade Izanagi to forget his painful memories, but he refused and said pain gave life meaning.
• Shiranui Asuka told Izanagi he could find Izanami at Yomotsu Hirasaka, and the place formed after he believed in it.

Du Yu and the others followed Izanagi to Yomotsu Hirasaka, where Izanagi’s attempt to retrieve Izanami turned into a frantic escape. They were trapped when Izanagi imagined they could not outrun the ghosts pursuing them.

• At the Legend Management Bureau, Medusa asked the Queen Mother of the West about Du Yu’s role, and the Queen Mother warned Medusa not to harm him.
• Izanagi entered a cave believing it led to Yomotsu Hirasaka while Shiranui Asuka prepared for the coming battle.
• Izanagi found Izanami behind the Gate of Yomi, saw her rotting appearance, and fled in horror as she chased him.
• Shiranui Asuka ordered Du Yu and the others to run, and thousands of ghosts appeared behind Izanami.
• Izanagi declared that the group could not escape, causing them to slow down and then stop as the ghosts closed in.

Du Yu and the others fought Izanami’s pursuing ghosts and Yellow Springs Army while Shiranui Asuka’s summons failed to help. They learned the legend’s escape trick, but Izanagi refused to believe his hair ornament could become a grape field.

• Izanami sent the Yomotsu-shikome and Yellow Springs Army after Du Yu and his companions, forcing Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng to fight their way through.
• Shiranui Asuka summoned Ghost Howl, but the little black dog only played tricks, and True Lord Erlang recognized him as one of the Six Divine Hounds.
• Shiranui Asuka summoned Myriad Bone Workshop, who refused to help because he had other plans, then tried and failed to call Snow Woman by phone.
• Yingning revealed her true form and helped hold off the weak enemies as Zhan Qisheng asked how Izanagi escaped in the legend.
• Shiranui Asuka explained that Izanagi’s discarded hair ornament became a grape field that distracted the female ghosts, so Du Yu urged Izanagi to throw his ornament away.
• Izanagi rejected Du Yu’s request, insisting that an ordinary hair ornament could not turn into a grape field.

Du Yu tricked Izanagi into diverting the female ghosts with grapes, then the group fled the Yellow Springs Army using three walnuts that exploded with immense power. They escaped through the opening at Yomotsu Hirasaka while Izanagi warned Izanami that crossing it would kill her.

• Du Yu got Izanagi to say a tongue twister that sent the female ghosts rushing to eat a magically grown vineyard, letting the group retreat.
• The Yellow Springs Soldiers pursued them, and Izanagi led the group toward an opening at the edge of Yomotsu Hirasaka.
• When the army surrounded them, Shiranui Asuka found a walnut tree, and Du Yu persuaded Izanagi to throw three walnuts as if they were peaches.
• The walnuts unleashed a devastating blast that destroyed the Yellow Springs Army, while Zhan Qisheng and Yingning shielded the group from the shock wave.
• The group escaped through the opening as Izanami attacked, and Izanagi warned her that leaving the Yellow Springs Realm would kill her, stopping her pursuit.

Du Yu and the others witnessed Izanagi create Japan's three gods from eye gunk and nasal filth before being pulled out of the legend. Back at the Legend Management Bureau, Medusa revealed that she had killed several Greek gods and asked Du Yu to use their weapons to unite China's Divine Realm.

• Izanagi washed himself after leaving Yomi, and Shiranui Asuka explained that his discarded clothes and grime would become gods.
• Izanagi created Amaterasu from his left eye gunk, Tsukuyomi from his right eye gunk, and Susanoo from an object in his nose, while Du Yu and the spectators retched.
• Dong Qianqiu's staff pulled Du Yu and the others out of the legend before Du Yu could see how Susanoo was born.
• Medusa introduced herself to Du Yu and said she had killed Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Athena.
• Medusa handed Du Yu the gods' weapons and asked him to kill China's rulers, unite its Divine Realm, and stand with her at its pinnacle.

Du Yu rejected Medusa’s plan to unite China’s Divine Realm by force, while the Queen Mother of the West identified the lightning attacking Medusa as a long-delayed transformation tribulation. The chapter ended with Weaver Girl giving Medusa a guide to surviving tribulations after accidentally handing her a romance novel.

• Du Yu told Medusa he would not harm China’s rulers and returned her divine artifacts, insisting that fighting was not the only way to survive.
• Medusa heard thunder, mistook the heavenly lightning for Zeus’s vengeful spirit, and used the Thunderbolt Spear to divert nine bolts.
• The Queen Mother of the West explained that the lightning was Medusa’s transformation tribulation, which had intensified because Medusa kept avoiding it.
• The Queen Mother of the West warned Medusa that the tribulation would eventually strike without pause and told Weaver Girl to give her a guide.
• Weaver Girl accidentally handed Medusa her romance novel, then blushed and replaced it with the Minutes of the Three Hundred and Twentieth Tribulation Conference and Provisional Regulations on the Latest Feasible Methods of Weathering Tribulations.

The Queen Mother of the West agreed to seek a way to help Medusa survive her imminent transformation tribulation, while Du Yu learned that his earlier interference had badly derailed the White Snake Legend. The chapter left him realizing he might need to find a green snake to fill Xiao Qing’s role.

• Du Yu persuaded the Queen Mother of the West that Medusa would not turn against them, and she agreed to help despite the danger of Medusa attaining the Dao.
• The Queen Mother of the West proposed having a stronger demon beast undergo its tribulation alongside Medusa so it would draw most of the heavenly lightning, and Weaver Girl asked the Four Sea Dragon Kings to search for candidates.
• Weaver Girl reported that the only recorded candidate due to undergo a tribulation soon was Sihuang, a tiger demon with twelve hundred years of cultivation, whom the Queen Mother of the West deemed too weak.
• Du Yu found Shiranui Asuka speaking with Erlang Shen and learned that he had been advising her on training spirit beasts before they returned to the Legend Livestream Room.
• Dong Qianqiu warned Du Yu that the White Snake Legend had gone badly astray: Bai Suzhen had missed Xiao Qing and Old Mother of Mount Li, and her cultivation and journey to repay Xu Xian were also off course.
• Du Yu realized that the story might need a green snake to take Xiao Qing’s place.

The Legend Management Bureau held a meeting about having Medusa play Xiao Qing in the White Snake Legend, and Medusa agreed to enter the legend after her soul was temporarily extracted. Du Yu changed the chosen team to himself, Medusa, and Shiranui Asuka, then argued that they needed to enter the story before the Broken Bridge Meeting so Xiao Qing and Bai Suzhen could become close friends.

• Du Yu explained that the Bureau needed Medusa to play Xiao Qing because the legend lacked a second snake demon, and Pu Songling reassured Medusa that Xiao Qing was more like Bai Suzhen’s younger sister than her servant.
• Fan Xiaoguo proposed temporarily extracting Medusa’s soul to give her an Operator’s constitution, and Medusa agreed to the plan for Du Yu’s sake.
• Dong Qianqiu initially selected Du Yu, Medusa, and Zhan Qisheng, but Du Yu persuaded her to replace Zhan Qisheng with Shiranui Asuka because he planned to cause a major upheaval inside the legend.
• Du Yu objected to beginning at the Broken Bridge Meeting and asked when Bai Suzhen first underwent her Transformation Tribulation.

Du Yu and the Legend Management Bureau prepared to use the White Snake Legend to help both Bai Suzhen and Medusa survive their heavenly tribulations. After descending into the story as Monk Huijing, Du Yu hurried to find the two women and watched Medusa protect Bai Suzhen from a lightning strike, though Bai Suzhen still distrusted her.

• Du Yu arranged Bureau support and supplies for the White Snake Legend, while the Queen Mother of the West took responsibility for obtaining elixirs and Fan Xiaoguo agreed to contact the Seventh Master and Eighth Master.
• Three days later, Du Yu, Shiranui Asuka, Medusa, and Black Impermanence prepared to descend; Black Impermanence drew Medusa's soul from her body and warned her she had seven days to return.
• Du Yu descended outside Hangzhou as Huijing, a Jinshan Temple monk and Fahai's disciple, then learned that Medusa and Bai Suzhen had begun their tribulations together.
• Du Yu used Zhongli Chun's possession to race toward the tribulation site, where he found Bai Suzhen suspicious of Medusa's claim to be her younger sister.
• Medusa intercepted a lightning strike aimed at Bai Suzhen with a Round Shield, which crumbled, while Bai Suzhen prepared her own magic treasures.