Chapter Summaries

Ao Zhantian realized Shui Mingzi might have concealed his intentions as they reached a lake, where a water beast attacked and Xiao Hua’s python-dragon form refused to help. At Biqingyu, Fairy Jing returned under the Great King’s order and learned the region was holding the Qingbo Feast amid an attack by human cultivators.

• Ao Zhantian suspected Shui Mingzi had not been honest about his plans, then faced a water beast while Xiao Hua’s python-dragon form ignored the attack.
• Fairy Jing arrived at Biqingyu, broke through its demon-light defenses with her Heart Shell, and presented the Great King’s order to a mountain patrol envoy.
• The patrol envoy told Fairy Jing that Biqingyu was holding the Qingbo Feast.
• A flower-basket flying artifact carrying human cultivators was intercepted by demons, and the cultivators were captured after a brief battle.
• Fairy Jing asked why human Daoist cultivators had attacked Biqingyu, and the patrol envoy began explaining the recent events after learning she had been away for nearly two hundred years.

Fairy Jing traveled through Biqingyu to pay respects to its Demon King, using her Demon King Token to enter the Demon King's Cave. The Demon King rebuked her for arriving late, then summoned her to answer questions.

• The mountain patrol envoy explained that the Qingbo Feast invited delicacies, and Fairy Jing guessed that the Demon King of Guzhong Mountain had inspired the idea.
• Fairy Jing flew toward the Demon King's Cave, protected herself from the dangerous lights and shadows, and presented her Demon King Token to General Xishui.
• Fairy Jing used her Heart Shell and the five-colored beast hide to reveal a vortex and entered Biqingyu's Demon King's Cave.
• The Demon King scolded Fairy Jing for coming late and threatened to punish her, but acknowledged that her jade slip had pleased the ancestor.
• The Demon King called Fairy Jing to rise and answer questions, and she asked what he wished to know.

Fairy Jing learned that Xiao Hua had been held in Di Tian Water Prison for over a hundred years and was sent there by the Demon King to question him about a mysterious object. She reached the prison, where its snail maiden overseer questioned her connection to Xiao Hua before letting her proceed.

• The Demon King told Fairy Jing that Xiao Hua was imprisoned in Di Tian Water Prison and ordered her to find out where he had seen the mysterious object.
• Fairy Jing suspected the Demon King planned to use the Qingbo Feast to lure Xiao Hua's allies and feared Xiao Hua would be killed when it began.
• A water snake demon escorted Fairy Jing toward Di Tian Water Prison, passing fourteen patrol squads on the way.
• At the prison entrance, the snail maiden questioned Fairy Jing about her identity and whether she knew Xiao Hua.
• The snail maiden accepted Fairy Jing's claim that she was unfamiliar with Xiao Hua and allowed her to enter the mountain prison.

Fairy Jing entered the Di Tian Water Prison to find Xiao Hua and descended through its brutal, layered prisons to the base of the fire pillar. She used a sea pearl to approach the pillar and discovered Xiao Hua pinned beneath it, his body reduced to a tiny black shadow.

• The water snake sent a fish-shaped beast-hide scout beneath the fire pillar while Fairy Jing’s divine sense recoiled from its heat.
• Clam demons hurled a wounded turtle demon into the pillar, where its flames burned it to ash, and an armored demon arrived to escort Fairy Jing.
• Fairy Jing followed the armored demon through layers of prisons and saw Demon Race members and humans tortured and thrown into the fire pillar.
• At the bottom, the armored demon pointed Fairy Jing toward the cave floor but let her approach the pillar’s extreme heat without warning her.
• Fairy Jing used a sea pearl to shield herself with waterlight and cleared flames around the pillar’s base.
• Fairy Jing found Xiao Hua’s head pressed face-down beneath the enormous fire pillar.

Fairy Jing visited the imprisoned Xiao Hua and was overwhelmed by guilt, unaware that Little White Dragon was impersonating him. After a powerful demon woman drove her away, Fairy Jing left without learning where Xiao Hua had seen the seven-colored conch, then stopped the water serpent as it led her back to the King.

• Fairy Jing recognized Little White Dragon, who was disguised as Xiao Hua, and believed Xiao Hua resented her for his imprisonment.
• Little White Dragon provoked the fire pillar, which struck him with nine blasts while Fairy Jing watched in anguish.
• Fairy Jing questioned Xiao Hua about the seven-colored conch, but Little White Dragon did not know the answer.
• A powerful woman descended, blamed Fairy Jing for Xiao Hua's fate, and overwhelmed her with sixth-grade Yuan force.
• Fairy Jing told Xiao Hua that the King would free and reward him for revealing the conch's location, then left with the water serpent.
• At the mountain exit, Fairy Jing stopped the water serpent before it could return her to the King.

Fairy Jing deceived the water snake and left with the beast hide, while Yao Ji remained devoted to Little White Dragon despite his captivity. After the King summoned her, Fairy Jing returned toward the fire pillar as a Golden-Winged Great Peng appeared over Demon King's Cave.

• Fairy Jing took the multicolored beast hide from the water snake and sent him back to report to the King.
• Yao Ji argued with Little White Dragon about Fairy Jing, then used her powers to make a green moon before apologizing for his imprisonment.
• Days later, a snail woman summoned Yao Ji to Demon King's Cave, and Little White Dragon urged her to dress before she left.
• The snail woman kissed Little White Dragon and departed, while Yao Ji flew toward Demon King's Cave after hearing Fairy Jing had been summoned.
• Fairy Jing returned to the bottom of the fire pillar with the beast hide, and a Golden-Winged Great Peng crossed the storm clouds above the marsh.

Peng Jun, Ni Quan, and Biqing discussed the mysterious Seventh Great Sage before turning to the Qingbo Feast and Xiao Hua. Ni Quan confronted Biqing over why he had once helped capture Xiao Hua despite knowing he was a Dragon Master from Dragon Island.

• Peng Jun and Ni Quan met Biqing in the marshes, and the three went to Biqing's Demon King's Cave.
• Peng Jun told Biqing and Ni Quan that an omen at the Great Sacred Hall foretold the Seventh Great Sage would surpass every Great Sage before him.
• Biqing dismissed the matter of the Seventh Great Sage and invited the others to discuss the Qingbo Feast and Xiao Hua.
• Ni Quan asked why Biqing had set a trap to capture Xiao Hua and suppress him in Biqingyu, despite Xiao Hua's ties to Dragon Island.

Bi Qing, Ni Quan, and Peng Jun argued over Xiao Hua’s identity and what to do with him, only to learn that their assumptions about whether he was human or Dragon Race conflicted. When news arrived that something had happened in Di Tian Water Prison, the three Demon Kings and Bibo rushed there.

• Bi Qing said his ancestor had ordered him to search Xiao Hua’s soul after the Qingbo Feast, and Peng Jun and Ni Quan agreed to the plan.
• Peng Jun insisted Xiao Hua was human, while Bi Qing and Ni Quan were startled by the claim and questioned whether they had misidentified him.
• Peng Jun revealed that his soul artifact had confirmed Xiao Hua was the Xiao Hua he sought, though he withheld how he knew.
• Bi Qing asked Bibo whether Xiao Hua was human or Dragon Race, and she repeatedly answered that he was of the Dragon Race.
• Bibo accused Li Jing of scheming against her after realizing the human descendant had questioned Xiao Hua in Di Tian Water Prison.
• A messenger announced trouble at Di Tian Water Prison, and Bibo and the three Demon Kings hurried there.

Fairy Jing found Little White Dragon imprisoned in the fire pillar and mistook him for Xiao Hua, then sacrificed herself in an attempt to break his restriction. Her power froze and weakened the pillar, allowing Little White Dragon to begin lifting it.

• Fairy Jing descended into Di Tian Water Prison and found Little White Dragon at the base of the fire pillar.
• Fairy Jing confessed her regret over drinking Forgetfulness Water and mistook Little White Dragon’s refusal to accept her affection for resentment.
• Fairy Jing shattered her Heart Shell and sacrificed her body and Nascent Soul to unleash her power against the restriction.
• Fairy Jing’s sea pearl burst, releasing waves of water that froze the fire pillar and loosened its restriction.
• Little White Dragon felt the restriction weaken and began lifting the fire pillar.

Little White Dragon nearly escaped Di Tian Water Prison, but Demon King Bi Qing restored the fire pillar and captured him again. The Demon Kings discovered that he was a dragon rather than Xiao Hua, and they debated whether to kill him or await orders from Azure Moon Sky.

• The shelled demon tried to reinforce the fire pillar, but Little White Dragon broke it apart until Bi Qing intervened and suppressed him again.
• Little White Dragon secretly swallowed a faint humanoid figure wrapped in soul threads as the fire pillar closed around him.
• Bi Qing killed the shelled demon after Bibo admitted she had left to pursue Fairy Jing, and the three Demon Kings descended to inspect the prison.
• Bi Qing questioned Little White Dragon about Li Jing and the jade pupil, while Little White Dragon insisted he did not know the object's origin and praised her sacrifice.
• Bi Qing exposed Little White Dragon's dragon body, and Little White Dragon mocked the Demon Kings for mistaking him for Xiao Hua for hundreds of years.
• Ni Quan suggested killing Little White Dragon and luring humans into a trap, while Peng Jun asked Bi Qing to wait for word from Azure Moon Sky.

Little White Dragon waited for the Dragon Island Envoy to rescue him from Biqingyu, but the envoy left after learning he was neither Xiao Hua nor a True Person. The envoy’s warning that Dragon Island would not protect every dragon left Little White Dragon shocked and without hope of aid.

• Biqing received word that the Dragon Island Envoy had arrived and told Peng Jun and Ni Quan that the envoy threatened to Bloodwash Biqingyu if it held a dragon of the Dragon Race.
• Biqing, Peng Jun, and Ni Quan went to welcome the envoy while Bi Bo stayed behind with Little White Dragon.
• Bi Bo confronted Little White Dragon about hiding his identity, and he explained that he had not wanted to put her in a difficult position.
• The Dragon Island Envoy arrived, extinguished much of the fire pillar, and asked Little White Dragon whether he was Xiao Hua or a True Person.
• After Little White Dragon answered that he was neither, the envoy refused to rescue him and warned him to obey local laws and customs.
• Little White Dragon called after the departing envoy in disbelief, asking whether he had come to save or humiliate him.

Bi Qing traded a Qiankun Ring full of Origin Stones to the Dragon Island Envoy for his Dragon Artifact bracer after the envoy declared Little White Dragon was not a Dragon Race teacher. Two strange little creatures broke into Biqingyu and were captured by Peng Jun and Ni Quan, leaving Bi Qing to question the marten about its identity and purpose.

• The Dragon Island Envoy told Bi Qing that Dragon Island would not interfere in his private grudge with Little White Dragon, then prepared to leave Biqingyu.
• Peng Jun and Ni Quan detected a little marten and a little dog, who escaped their spatial restraints and fled toward Biqingyu.
• Bi Qing offered the Dragon Island Envoy a Qiankun Ring full of Origin Stones in exchange for his bracer, and the envoy accepted.
• Peng Jun captured the marten and Ni Quan captured the dog, so the Dragon Island Envoy stopped to watch as Bi Qing questioned the marten.

Little Yellow and Xiaohei reached Biqingyu to find Xiao Hua, whose aura they sensed inside, but the Demon Kings captured them and argued over who would take them. Little Yellow agreed to go with Peng Jun to Zheqiong Ridge if Xiaohei could come too, while the brothers remained in Biqingyu and Little Yellow began feeding on a Blood Dance Beast.

• Biqing questioned Little Yellow and Xiaohei, who said they were brothers from Jiancong Ridge and had come to attend the Qingbo Feast.
• The Dragon Island Envoy tried to entice the brothers to the Dragon Palace, but Xiaohei reminded Little Yellow that their parents feared water, and Biqing ordered them kept under guard.
• Little Yellow and Xiaohei secretly discussed sneaking into Biqingyu to find Xiao Hua, whose aura Little Yellow sensed there.
• Peng Jun and Ni Quan disputed who could take the two captives, and Little Yellow agreed to go with Peng Jun as long as Xiaohei came too.
• Biqing ordered bloody food for the hungry brothers, and Little Yellow released silver radiance onto a Blood Dance Beast, making it struggle in terror.

Xiaohei and Little Yellow devoured the Blood Dance Beast, then fell into a struggle over which Demon King would claim them. Biqingyu detained the pair and planned to place them with Xiao Hua, while preparing a Qingbo Feast intended to lure humans and demons into a bloody banquet.

• Little Yellow absorbed the Blood Dance Beast’s blood and phantom, and Xiaohei swallowed its body.
• Peng Jun, Ni Quan, and Biqingyu argued over Xiaohei and Little Yellow, then Peng Jun and Ni Quan left the pair in Biqingyu’s care until after the Qingbo Feast.
• Biqingyu freed Xiaohei and Little Yellow from the Demon Kings’ restraints, then bound and sent them away under guard.
• Xiaohei and Little Yellow realized Biqingyu suspected their motives and hoped he would place them with their father, Xiao Hua.
• Biqingyu decided to suppress the pair and bring them together with Xiao Hua, then chose a mountain ridge as the site of a feast where his demons would eat human flesh and drink human blood.

Ying Bo led the Luoyi Merchant Alliance through secret routes to a hidden underground gathering place, where he discovered that thousands of his clansmen had chosen to join his effort to rescue Xiao Hua from Biqingyu. He learned that the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range disciples were also converging on Biqingyu, despite an impending Immortal Palace campaign against their home.

• Ying Bo used a paper crane, a spirit mouse, and other concealment methods to lead his clansmen through the hills toward a hidden underground space.
• Ying Bo found thousands of Luoyi Merchant Alliance clansmen waiting there, and the Great Elder explained they had refused to stay behind after learning of Xiao Hua's imprisonment.
• Ying Bo thanked the clansmen but warned that they needed careful plans to rescue Xiao Hua without destroying their clan or the Merchant Alliance.
• Ying Bo told the elders that Confucian cultivators had discovered the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and that the Immortal Palace was preparing a campaign against it.
• Ying Bo reported that Xiong Yi and the other human and demon disciples had left to gather near Biqingyu, while Li Xiang stayed behind to defend the mountain.

Ying Bo coordinated a simultaneous attack on Biqingyu with the Creation Sect disciples, while Chang Yu arrived with thousands of cultivators to join Lan Dianzi. Lan Dianzi and Chang Yu went searching for Xiong Yi, whose expected arrival had been delayed, and reached a dangerous black pool without finding him.

• Ying Bo agreed with the Great Elder to send trusted clansmen to guide the Creation Sect disciples and coordinate a surprise attack on Biqingyu.
• Chang Yu led thousands of Creation Sect disciples through the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons, losing more than forty percent of his group along the way.
• Lan Dianzi welcomed Chang Yu and learned that Xiong Yi had not arrived as expected.
• Chang Yu insisted on joining Lan Dianzi to search for Xiong Yi, and they set out with more than a dozen late Golden Core disciples.
• Lan Dianzi and Chang Yu reached a pitch-black pool surrounded by perilous terrain, but they still had not found Xiong Yi.

Lan Dianzi revealed that he had no intention of rescuing their imprisoned Master and planned to eliminate Chang Yu to secure control of the Creation Sect. Chang Yu tried to escape, but an unseen Nascent Soul cultivator joined Lan Dianzi and crushed him.

• Lan Dianzi argued that rescuing Master from the Origin Energy Eighth Rank Demon King would sacrifice the Creation Sect and its disciples for little chance of success.
• Chang Yu accused Lan Dianzi of abandoning Master and demanded that Lan Dianzi let him go rescue him alone.
• Lan Dianzi admitted he had planned to kill Chang Yu because Chang Yu could threaten his control of the Creation Sect.
• Chang Yu used his bird of prey and a blood-essence technique to flee, while Lan Dianzi crushed the bird and an ally attacked Chang Yu with a giant hand.
• Chang Yu broke through the first attack with his shuttle-shaped magical treasure, but another Nascent Soul cultivator trapped the treasure with a crimson halo.
• A second giant hand seized Chang Yu from below and crushed his physical body as he tried to escape.

Lan Dianzi and True Lord Qingxu killed Chang Yu and the Golden Core disciples who witnessed the ambush, then Lan Dianzi concealed the truth from Xiong Yi. Xiong Yi led the Creation Sect disciples to relocate and planned to wait for Ying Bo near Biqingyu.

• Chang Yu's body was destroyed, and after Lan Dianzi struck his Nascent Soul, Chang Yu detonated it rather than be captured.
• True Lord Qingxu seized and sacrificed the Golden Core disciples in Chang Yu's blast, then took Chang Yu's flying shuttle; he and Lan Dianzi discussed Lan Dianzi's plans to gain control of the Creation Sect.
• Xin Ping's battered Nascent Soul emerged from a lotus in the pool and fled after the others had left.
• Lan Dianzi told Xiong Yi that Chang Yu and the disciples had died fighting a Demon Race patrol, and Xiong Yi accepted the account and ordered the group to move.
• Xiong Yi led more than ten thousand Creation Sect disciples to a new location and decided to wait several more days for Ying Bo near Biqingyu.

Xiong Yi received word that Ying Bo had committed more than six thousand clansmen to help rescue Xiao Hua, and he ordered the disciples to attack Biqingyu in three days. At Biqingyu, the Qingbo Feast began as Zhang Daoran, Xunkong Shangren, Zhai Xingzi, and Gu Suqiudi arrived at its border, resolved to face what came together.

• Lan Dianzi worried that Ying Bo had not sent news, but Xiong Yi trusted him and sent Lan Dianzi to investigate when the scouting bird spotted his approach.
• Ying Bo's clansmen told Xiong Yi that Ying Bo had taken more than six thousand clansmen by another route while they guided the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range disciples; Xiong Yi thanked them and ordered an assault on Biqingyu in three days.
• Biqing and the other Demon Kings celebrated the Qingbo Feast as snow began to fall, and Biqing ordered the feast drums and demon formation activated when the human guests approached.
• Zhang Daoran, Xunkong Shangren, Zhai Xingzi, and Gu Suqiudi reached Biqingyu's boundary and withdrew their divine senses from its protective illusions.
• Zhai Xingzi promised Gu Suqiudi that he would formally seek her hand if they survived, and Gu Suqiudi agreed that she wanted to become his true wife.

Zhang Daoran, Xunkong Shangren, and Zhai Xingzi faced the Demon Race while trying to reach Xiao Hua, with Gu Suqiudi staying back because of her injuries. Xunkong Shangren was wounded by a Demon General, Zhang Daoran became trapped by a Great Roc, and Zhai Xingzi prepared to fight another enemy.

• Zhang Daoran and Xunkong Shangren vowed to accompany True Person Xiao to the Gu Su family to propose marriage if they survived, as five Demon Generals and over a thousand soldiers surrounded them.
• Xunkong Shangren attacked a Demon General with Xiaotian and shattered its shell, but the shell fragments pierced him and forced him to evade another assault.
• Zhang Daoran used Piaoxue against a Great Roc, but the Roc broke through his ice attacks, trapped him in flames, and prevented his escape.
• Zhai Xingzi faced another Demon Race member and told the injured Gu Suqiudi to stay back and hold the line.