Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua confronted the Heads of the Four Great Families over the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin and Xin Xin’s imprisonment, while warning them that Immortal Emperor Gouchen was manipulating both sides. As Wenqu approached a breakthrough, Xiao Hua ran out of time to stall and brought out the Kunlun Mirror.

• Xiao Hua accused Nangong Tianzhi of planning to seize the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin and predicted that the other three family heads would appear.
• Dongfang Qionghao, Ximen Jianzhong, and Beiming Chouqing emerged and confirmed that the Four Great Families wanted the method.
• Xiao Hua said he would trade the method for Xin Xin’s release, but the family heads refused to set aside their pride and make the exchange.
• Xiao Hua realized Immortal Emperor Gouchen might have sent Wenqu to help him as part of a scheme, but he still defended Wenqu as his friend.
• As Wenqu’s emotions began to settle, Xiao Hua took out the Kunlun Mirror and declared that he would rely on love and strength to face the Four Great Families.

Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect faced the Four Great Families as the Nangong Family deployed its army and Beiming Chouqing called out his troops. The forces gathered for battle at Chaomu Cliff, with both sides’ formations ready to clash.

• Beiming Chouqing rejected Dongfang Qionghao’s plea to avoid battle, while Xiao Hua declared that defeating the Four Great Families would make a fitting betrothal gift for Xin Xin.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to summon two hundred thousand Creation Sect Iron Army soldiers, who formed the Duotian Star Array.
• Nangong Tianzhi activated the Nangong Family’s Weapon Storing Banner and summoned two hundred thousand golden-armored disciples, who formed golden chrysanthemum battle formations.
• Wen Qu said his heartache had turned into battle intent, and Xiao Hua prepared to fight beside him.
• The Creation Sect and Nangong Family armies gathered at Chaomu Cliff as their battle intent stirred the clouds and winds.
• Beiming Chouqing summoned Beiming Noble House troops with a Troop Stationing Order, and Wen Qu recognized it as an ancient Sacred Military Artifact.

Xiao Hua and the Four Great Families deployed vast armies at Chaomu Cliff, each side summoning hundreds of thousands of disciples and forming powerful battle arrays. As both forces reached nine hundred thousand troops, Xiao Hua ordered the Creation Sect to attack, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Xiao Hua summoned another two hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples, whose Mao Ri Demon Devouring Immortal Array threatened the Beiming Noble House formation.
• Ximen Jianzhong struck the Troop Recall Gong and summoned two hundred thousand Ximen Noble House disciples, while Xiao Hua called forth another Creation Sect formation.
• Nangong Tianzhi realized the Creation Sect had six hundred thousand disciples, and Dongfang Qionghao summoned three hundred thousand Dongfang Noble House troops with the Troop Gathering Drum.
• Xiao Hua summoned more Creation Sect forces, and three hundred thousand disciples, including dragons, formed the Ji Shui Washing Heart Formation against the Four Great Families.
• The Four Great Families and the Creation Sect each fielded nine hundred thousand disciples, and Xiao Hua ordered his warriors to kill.

The Creation Sect’s nine hundred thousand disciples clashed with the Four Great Families as Xiao Hua and his allies confronted the family leaders and their powerful Confucian Sages. Xiao Hua began fighting Nangong Tianzhi, and the battle turned toward a contest of strength and True Qi.

• The Creation Sect’s four battle units charged the Four Great Families’ forces, beginning a massive battle at Chaomu Cliff.
• Xiao Hua summoned Thunderclap True Person and the Heavenly Man, then lent the Heavenly Man Yuan Ya’s bone spear.
• The Four Great Families’ leaders decided to proceed with their plan to capture Wenqu and obtain the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin.
• Dongfang Qionghao bypassed Xiao Hua and attacked Wenqu, while Nangong Tianzhi and several Confucian Sages surrounded Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua exchanged blows with Nangong Tianzhi and resisted attacks from the surrounding Confucian Sages with his durable golden body.
• Nangong Tianzhi and the Confucian Sages unleashed streams of True Qi to attack Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua battled Nangong Tianzhi and several ninth-grade Literary Saints, then used their confidence in close combat to turn the fight in his favor. After killing two Literary Saints and being struck by Nangong Tianzhi, he flew toward a third opponent, revealing that he had borrowed the force of the palm strike.

• Xiao Hua countered Nangong Tianzhi and the other Literary Saints’ spatial attacks with a giant hand of lightning, and their collision unleashed a storm that disrupted both armies below.
• Xiao Hua rushed through the storm and attacked the Literary Saints at close range, catching them off guard with his fists and kicks.
• Xiao Hua’s punch collapsed one Literary Saint’s body and swallowed his remains into the void.
• Xiao Hua kicked a second Literary Saint, collapsing his body and leaving him gravely injured.
• Nangong Tianzhi struck Xiao Hua with all his strength, but Xiao Hua used the force to fly toward a third Literary Saint.

Xiao Hua overwhelmed Nangong Tianzhi’s Literary Saints and broke the Vast Qi River with the Spirit Severing Primordial Light Sword Gourd. As Nangong Tianzhi fled and a new phenomenon appeared in the distance, the celestial being clashed with Ximen Jianzhong while trying to reach Dongfang Qionghao.

• Xiao Hua struck Nangong Pinghu’s shoulder and spared his life after badly injuring him, while the other Literary Saints fled.
• Nangong Tianzhi unleashed his Vast Qi River, but Xiao Hua’s Spirit Severing Primordial Light absorbed the Aurora Primordial Magnetism and turned it back on him.
• Nangong Tianzhi tried to escape toward Dongfang Qionghao, but Xiao Hua severed part of his secondary body with the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Xiao Hua sent Spirit Severing Primordial Light threads against Nangong Family disciples, piercing their middle dantians without directly killing them.
• The celestial being confronted Ximen Jianzhong, who summoned sword intent and blocked his way to Dongfang Qionghao.
• The celestial being attacked Ximen Jianzhong with a Devil Dragon released from his bone spear.

Heavenly Human battled Ximen Jianzhong and several Literary Saints, revealing the power of the Heavenly Human White Bone and his three-headed, six-armed form. The fight remained unresolved as Ximen’s sword pierced Heavenly Human’s heart, while Heavenly Human struck back at the Literary Saints.

• Ximen Jianzhong and the Literary Saints attacked Heavenly Human with Heaven and Earth Sword Intent and flying swords, but Heavenly Human’s bone spear shattered Ximen’s giant sword.
• Ximen Jianzhong revealed the Yulan Ascension Sword and unleashed its deadly sword intent, forcing Heavenly Human to fuse with the Heavenly Human White Bone.
• Heavenly Human transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form and used three beams of light and his bone spear to counter Ximen’s sword attack.
• Heavenly Human wounded and killed a Literary Saint, while Ximen Jianzhong pierced Heavenly Human through the heart with the Yulan Ascension Sword.
• Heavenly Human’s spear-wielding hands emerged from the void and pierced two Literary Saints through their chests.

The celestial being survived Ximen Jianzhong’s sword strike and drove off the attacker, while Thunderclap True Person faced Beiming Chouqing. Beiming trapped Thunderclap in his Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram, but Thunderclap unleashed six-colored spirit fire to break free.

• The celestial being kicked two Literary Saints from the sky, revealed that he had three hearts, and seized Ximen Jianzhong’s sword with lightning, forcing Ximen to teleport away.
• Thunderclap True Person agreed to fight Beiming Chouqing after Dongfang Qionghao named him as the opponent, while Wenqu accepted Dongfang’s challenge.
• Beiming Chouqing released his Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram, suppressing Thunderclap’s lightning techniques and trapping him inside an invisible lotus that sealed off his senses and power.
• Thunderclap True Person sensed a Daoist aura within the diagram, then summoned a six-colored spirit flame and prepared to break free.

Thunderclap True Person broke Beiming Chouqing’s formation and drove him away, while Wenqu and Dongfang Qionghao debated the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin before fighting. Wenqu’s stronger Confucian technique initially overwhelmed Dongfang, but Dongfang revealed a bamboo ability that drained Wenqu’s giant hand and sent deadly qi toward him.

• Thunderclap True Person shattered Beiming Chouqing’s Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram and wounded several hidden Literary Saints with six-colored spirit fire.
• Beiming Chouqing cut off his burning giant hand and fled after hearing Dongfang Qionghao’s voice, while Thunderclap True Person pursued the wounded Literary Saints.
• Dongfang Qionghao moved Wenqu to another location above Chaomu Cliff, where Wenqu recited the Song of Tomorrow and reflected on the passing of time.
• Wenqu told Dongfang Qionghao that the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin would be made public, but Dongfang refused to withdraw and said he still had to capture Wenqu.
• Dongfang Qionghao offered to join forces and help Wenqu become Immortal Emperor, but Wenqu refused and urged the Four Great Families to withdraw before the battle escalated.
• Wenqu’s five-colored giant hand broke Dongfang Qionghao’s attack, but Dongfang revealed a bamboo technique whose colorless flowers drained Wenqu’s power and sent death qi surging toward him.

Wenqu resisted Dongfang Qionghao’s attacks with his Confucian cultivation and the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, while the Four Great Families summoned their own saintly figures. The families’ Laozi images were shattered by the true Saints who appeared through Wenqu, leaving the four heads in shock at his genuine Literary Star realm.

• Wenqu used life qi to transform Dongfang Qionghao’s deathly bamboo aura into new shoots, then blocked the Sage Master’s Ruler with the Heaven and Earth Pagoda.
• Dongfang Qionghao summoned Ximen Jianzhong, Nangong Tianzhi, and Beiming Chouqing, and the four family heads combined their powers to reveal two saintly images of Laozi.
• Xiao Hua recognized the images as Laozi, the vanished Saint, and realized the Four Great Families carried his inheritance.
• Wenqu summoned the Saints who had illuminated his Wenqu Star, whose voices and brushes confronted the two Laozi images.
• The Saints shattered the Laozi images and forced the clear light back into the four family heads, who staggered in fear at Wenqu’s true Literary Star realm.

As Xiao Hua and his allies struggled to contain the Immortal Palace Star River and rescue the trapped disciples, the Four Great Families’ leaders fled and an imperial force attacked. Wenqu finally confronted the Lord of Shangqing Palace, whose Xuanyuan Sword stirred a painful memory.

• The Immortal Palace Star River descended over Chaomu Cliff, and Dongfang Qionghao, Ximen Jianzhong, Nangong Tianzhi, and Beiming Chouqing escaped without rescuing their disciples.
• Xiao Hua ordered Tianren to use the Kunlun Mirror to gather the Creation Sect and Four Great Families’ disciples while Xiao Hua collected the innate heavy water and Fengwu blocked the star river sand.
• Thunderclap True Person entered the darkness to confront the Immortal Palace procession after Fengwu’s power revealed him as a Starry Sky Great Sage.
• Thunderclap True Person fought the procession accompanying Fifth Princess Qingqing, while the Lord of Shangqing Palace appeared and attacked Xiao Hua with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Wenqu recognized the Lord of Shangqing Palace and sent nine sword intents against the Xuanyuan Sword’s phantom, forming a flexible sword that revealed the image of an immortal maiden.

The Lord of Shangqing Palace halted his strike when he saw Pear Blossom Fairy’s image, and Wenqu explained that her remaining resentment had faded. After learning the verse left in the Nine Stars Sword Pellets, the Lord of Shangqing Palace believed Pear Blossom had forgiven him, and the chapter ended with him asking Wenqu to deal with the Star River Great Formation.

• The Lord of Shangqing Palace cried out for Pear Blossom and stopped his Xuanyuan Sword strike, revealing the face of Li Xiubai.
• Wenqu told the Lord of Shangqing Palace that Pear Blossom Fairy’s image and the resentment within the Nine Stars Sword Pellets had disappeared.
• Wenqu recited Pear Blossom’s verse, and the Lord of Shangqing Palace concluded that she had understood his reasons and forgiven him.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace’s heart was untied, while the Lord of Taiqing Palace arrived and revealed that he was True Person Mingjian.
• Wenqu bowed to the two Lords of Liangqing Palace as his former masters, and they acknowledged his strength and their changed relationship.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace said he would leave the Star River Great Formation in place and asked Wenqu to handle it while two immortal friends still resisted the Heavenly River.

Wenqu and Thunderclap True Person broke through the Star River Great Formation, and Thunderclap True Person defeated Princess Qingqing’s guards and wounded her while taking the formation plate. Wenqu used the plate to shut down the formation, while Thunderclap True Person left with it and remembered Qingqing’s furious, embarrassed expression.

• Wenqu broke through the Star River Great Formation as Xiao Hua collected its stars and Feng Wu blocked them.
• Thunderclap True Person killed several Literary Saints and Immortal Soldiers and Generals, then ignored Princess Qingqing’s demand to stop.
• Thunderclap True Person killed Gu Xianyun, struck down the canopy, and wounded Princess Qingqing without killing her.
• Thunderclap True Person took the formation plate from Princess Qingqing’s bodice and departed as the surrounding Literary Saints withdrew.
• Wenqu used the pendant to reveal the formation plate and shut down the Star River Great Formation, then returned the pendant to Thunderclap True Person.

After defeating the Four Great Families at Chaomu Cliff, Xiao Hua spared their surviving disciples and learned the Immortal Palace had arranged the conflict as a trap. The Lord of Shangqing Palace began revealing the true story behind the Tender as Water Sword, leaving Xiao Hua still needing to search for Xin Xin’s Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.

• Wenqu chose to spare the surviving Four Great Families disciples, and Xiao Hua agreed before Tianren let them leave Chaomu Cliff.
• Feng Wu departed after greeting the palace lords and promising to await Xiao Hua at the Great Sacred Hall, while Thunderclap True Person and Tianren led Creation Sect’s remaining disciples away.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace explained that the Immortal Palace had secretly ordered him to establish the Star River Great Formation, though he had not known its purpose.
• The Lord of Taiqing Palace told the Lord of Shangqing Palace that Xiao Hua had stormed the South Heaven Gate for Princess Xinxin, easing the lord’s suspicion and earning his apology.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace began telling Xiao Hua and Wenqu the true history of Pear Blossom Fairy and the Tender as Water Sword, explaining that she had forced her way to the South Heaven Gate to demand an explanation from him.

The Lord of Shangqing Palace explained how Pear Blossom Fairy died and how the Soft Water Tender Love Sword fragments became nine Sword Pellets on Xiaoyu Continent. Xiao Hua and Wenqu revealed that Xiao Hua found the pellets in the Thunder Control Sect treasury and later gave them to Wenqu, leaving the Lord of Shangqing Palace to learn where his lost token of love had gone.

• The Lord of Shangqing Palace recounted how Pear Blossom Fairy charged at him, was killed by the Empress, and entered reincarnation, while the Soft Water Tender Love Sword shattered and disappeared.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace and the Lord of Taiqing Palace created reincarnated incarnations on Xiaoyu Continent, where they became Li Xiubai and True Person Mingjian and sought the sword fragments.
• Li Xiubai and True Person Mingjian hid their true purpose, left records in a cave, and later reincarnated again after their incarnations faced a life-or-death crisis.
• Wenqu realized that Xiao Hua’s Nine Stars Eclipse the Sun Sword Pellets were the Soft Water Tender Love Sword fragments and that Pear Blossom Fairy’s consciousness had shaped Wenqu’s emotions.
• Wenqu corrected the Lord of Shangqing Palace’s mistaken reference to Jiang Kingdom, then told him that Xiao Hua had obtained the fragments from the Thunder Control Sect treasury.
• Xiao Hua described how he found the Sword Pellets, and Wenqu explained that Xiao Hua later gave them to him after they became sworn friends.

Xiao Hua and Wenqu explained their experiences in the Mo Ran Black Forest to the Lords of Shangqing and Taiqing Palace, who revealed the dangers of their incarnation technique. Wenqu exchanged the Soft Water Tender Love Sword for the Xuanyuan Sword, and the two Lords departed with the sword reunited.

• Wenqu and Xiao Hua recounted their time in the Mo Ran Black Forest, including how the Sword Intent was divided between You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan.
• The Lords of Shangqing and Taiqing Palace explained that their incarnation technique could cause deadly backlash because Human Realm incarnations could not generate their own vital essence.
• Xiao Hua and Wenqu avoided discussing how Xiao Hua reached the Three Great Continents, then prepared to leave Chaomu Cliff.
• Lord of Shangqing Palace asked Wenqu for the Soft Water Tender Love Sword so he could seek Pear Blossom Fairy’s forgiveness and learn about her reincarnation.
• Wenqu agreed to trade the sword for the Xuanyuan Sword, erased his Primordial Spirit projection from the Sword Pellets, and handed them over.
• Lord of Shangqing Palace reunited the nine Sword Intents with his Sword Pellets, thanked Wenqu and Xiao Hua, and departed with Lord of Taiqing Palace.

Xiao Hua and Wenqu searched Chaomu Cliff for Princess Xinxin, but the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal they found was empty, revealing that the Immortal Emperor Gouchen had misled them. They left for the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, planning to confront Gouchen at Changsheng Town.

• Wenqu gave Xiao Hua the Xuanyuan Sword, then used the Mountain River Seal while Xiao Hua sent tens of thousands of Creation Sect disciples to search the abyss.
• The disciples quickly brought back a Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal, and Wenqu broke its seals while Xiao Hua faced down an Immortal Palace Inspector.
• The crystal held no sign of Princess Xinxin, and Xiao Hua angrily accused Gouchen of deceiving him.
• Xiao Hua and Wenqu searched Chaomu Cliff with their disciples but found no second crystal, confirming their search had been a trap.
• Wenqu urged Xiao Hua to return to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and intercept Gouchen at Changsheng Town, and Xiao Hua ordered the disciples to publicize their victory over the Four Great Families.

After Xiao Hua returned victorious to the Creation Sect, the public celebrated his stand for Princess Xinxin while he and his avatars gained a deeper understanding of human, dragon, and devil nature. He then questioned whether the Four Great Families had truly committed their full strength at Chaomu Cliff.

• Star Picking Tower publicized the cause of Xiao Hua’s feud with the Four Great Families, and stories of his devotion to Princess Xinxin spread across Cangxian Continent.
• Xiao Hua discussed with Wen Qu how Qiongqiong’s publicity had turned the Four Great Families and the Immortal Palace into targets of public criticism.
• Xiao Hua returned to the Creation Sect, accepted the Kunlun Mirror from Tianren, and gathered his avatars in Creation Dao Palace.
• The Heaven and Earth Laws descended upon True Person, Demon Venerable Slayer, and Wu Daoist, who each realized they had attained their own nature; Wen Qu’s body also rippled.
• Xiao Hua reminded his avatars that they must not fight one another, and they agreed that their fortunes were bound together.
• Xiao Hua told the gathered Masters of the Sect that the Four Great Families’ forces at Chaomu Cliff seemed to have held back, leaving him uncertain about their true strength.

Xiao Hua and his avatars discussed the mysterious Laozi and the vanished Hangu Pass before returning to cultivation. Meanwhile, Chun Zang and his disciples reached the outskirts of Changsheng Town, where Zhen Jie teased Zhen Kong and Dragon Horse Zhen Feng.

• Xiao Hua questioned why Laozi, a major Confucian Saint, had left no doctrine or school and wondered whether Hangu Pass could explain his disappearance.
• Wenqu and Thunderclap True Person returned to the space to cultivate, followed by Demon Venerable Slayer and the other avatars.
• Xiao Hua sat alone in the Creation Dao Palace, troubled by puzzlement, sorrow, and homesickness.
• Chun Zang and his disciples arrived near Changsheng Town, and Zhen Kong told Chun Zang that their journey to seek scriptures was nearly over.
• Chun Zang praised Zhen Kong's newfound devotion, while Zhen Jie mocked Zhen Kong and Dragon Horse Zhen Feng for their apparent devotion to Buddhism.

Chun Zang returned to Changsheng Town after three hundred years of seeking scriptures, drawing the leaders of Buddhism, Confucianism, the Demon Race, and the Creation Sect to welcome him. As the assembled powers discussed the ceremony, Great White Golden Star asked Immortal Emperor Gouchen to release Xin Xin from prison.

• Chun Zang stepped into Changsheng Town at sunset, and a Buddhist lotus appeared as Rāgaratna Tathagata and Namo Great Wisdom Manjushri Bodhisattva arrived with their followers.
• Immortal Emperor Gouchen appeared from the east, while Phoenix Sage and Peng Sage arrived from the north to represent the Demon Race.
• The leaders exchanged greetings and argued over which Buddhas had come to welcome Chun Zang, until Immortal Emperor Gouchen tried to redirect the discussion to the returning pilgrims.
• Xiao Hua arrived with Thunderclap True Person, Wenqu, and celestial being, then greeted the leaders and exchanged pointed remarks with Immortal Emperor Gouchen.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng questioned why Wenqu stood with Xiao Hua, and Immortal Emperor Gouchen explained that Wenqu was helping search for Xin Xin’s Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.
• Great White Golden Star urged Immortal Emperor Gouchen to release Xin Xin, arguing that her imprisonment and the completion of the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin had repaid her fault.