Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua revived Cai Zhuoxia, reuniting her with Li Zongbao after hundreds of years apart. After leaving the couple together, Xiao Hua admitted he missed Fairy Hongxia but still hesitated to see her.

• Xiao Hua used the Soul Bridge, life force, and true qi to revive Cai Zhuoxia, and the resulting celestial phenomenon freed Li Zongbao from his restraints.
• Cai Zhuoxia awoke, repeated her final requests from before her death, and asked Xiao Hua to deliver her silk pouch to Zongbao and look after the Cai Family of Luyang.
• Li Zongbao heard Cai Zhuoxia's words, reached the crystal coffin with Xiao Hua's help, and promised to marry her and never leave her again.
• Cai Zhuoxia recognized Li Zongbao, and the two reunited as Xiao Hua carried them to a mountaintop and departed.
• Xiao Hua told Wu Daoist that he missed Fairy Hongxia but did not dare visit her, while Wu Daoist asked whether they would keep waiting.

Xiao Hua wrestled with his complicated feelings about Fairy Hongxia before Thunderclap True Person returned with Mo Qingyuan from Mingxi. Xiao Hua advised Mo Qingyuan about pursuing a Nascent Soul, and the reunion ended with Mo Qingyuan asking about the Spring Return Merchant Guild.

• Xiao Hua admitted to Wu Daoist that he feared explaining his ties to Ziming and Princess Zixia to Fairy Hongxia, then accepted that his path differed from Li Zongbao’s devotion.
• Thunderclap True Person returned without the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism, explaining that the Kunlun Mirror could not contain its power, and brought back Mo Qingyuan.
• Xiao Hua subdued Mo Qingyuan’s Wood Dragon Shears and learned that Mo Qingyuan had reached late Golden Core after centuries of cultivating his puppet-refining method.
• Xiao Hua advised Mo Qingyuan to address his lifespan limit before seeking to conceive a Nascent Soul, prompting Mo Qingyuan to ask to join Xiao Hua’s sect; Xiao Hua refused.
• Mo Qingyuan resolved to seek Rejuvenation Pills from the Spring Return Merchant Guild, and Xiao Hua asked what the guild was after learning it belonged to the Thunder Control Sect.

Xiao Hua gave Mo Qingyuan cultivation resources and urged him to treat others kindly, then reunited with Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia after her revival. Li and Cai planned to travel back to the Cai family together, while Xiao Hua declined to accompany them because he had other matters to attend to.

• Xiao Hua told Mo Qingyuan about his expulsion from the Thunder Control Sect and heard that Mo knew little about the Spring Return Merchant Guild.
• Xiao Hua gave Mo Qingyuan Rejuvenation Pills and jade slips containing a Spirit Severing cultivation method and methods for sword formations and puppets, urging him to help promising juniors.
• Mo Qingyuan thanked Xiao Hua and departed, resolving to cultivate and live by his teachings.
• Thunderclap True Person returned with Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia, who thanked heaven and earth for Cai Zhuoxia's revival at Xiao Hua's urging.
• Xiao Hua advised Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia to be patient with one another, and Cai Zhuoxia said she would explain matters to her younger sister if needed.
• Li Zongbao invited Xiao Hua to visit the Cai family, but Xiao Hua declined to go with them and offered to send them back; Li and Cai chose to travel at their own pace.

Xiao Hua reunited Li Zongbao with the resurrected Cai Zhuoxia and brought them to Gu Yu and Ye Yin before departing. Gu Yu refused Xiao Hua’s offer to join the Creation Sect and left for the Void Sky Sword Sect, while Ye Yin agreed to escort Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia to the Cai Family of Luyang; their talk of Xiao Hua’s power ended with Cai Zhuoxia worrying about Hongxia.

• Xiao Hua gave Cai Zhuoxia cultivation supplies and brought her and Li Zongbao to meet Gu Yu and Ye Yin.
• Li Zongbao explained how Gu Yu had traveled with him, and Cai Zhuoxia thanked Gu Yu and invited her to accompany them; Gu Yu declined and wished them well.
• Xiao Hua offered to have a disciple accept Gu Yu, but she refused to leave the Void Sky Sword Sect and set off to return to Sword Master Chong.
• Ye Yin offered to send disciples to protect Gu Yu, then agreed to escort Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia to the Cai Family of Luyang.
• Ye Yin suggested Xiao Hua surpassed Mahayana because he could restore the dead to life, and Cai Zhuoxia worried that Xiao Hua might ascend before Hongxia.

Xiao Hua and his companions failed to find a way to break the Taiqing Sect’s hidden immortal formation, so he turned to settling an old debt of gratitude. After rescuing Ji Yu and Ye Yun, he revealed Bai Fei’s scheme to take Ye Yun’s Absolute Fiend Profound Yin, leaving Ye Yun and Ji Yu to consider what might happen if Bai Fei learns they survived.

• Demon Venerable Slayer and Feng Wu reported that the Heaven, Earth, and Human Peaks concealed Buddhist, demonic, and Daoist formations that they could not break.
• Xiao Hua and his companions concluded that attacking the peaks could trigger changes to the immortal formation and cause upheaval, so they resolved to seek its flaw instead.
• Xiao Hua said he would first obtain the Metal-Wood Primordial Magnetism in Mingxi before rescuing the Empress trapped beneath the formation.
• Xiao Hua released Ji Yu and Ye Yun from the Kunlun Mirror and told them he had saved them from the Blood Sea; he also reported that Bai Fei had survived and reached the Lost Land.
• Xiao Hua revealed that Bai Fei had been using Ye Yun to obtain her Absolute Fiend Profound Yin, and Ye Yun offered him the Wind Phantom Wheel to return to Bai Fei.
• Ji Yu worried that Bai Fei might learn they were alive, but Xiao Hua said he did not expect her to harm them over her secrets or Ye Yun.

Xiao Hua brought Dai Er and Yuan Ya to northern Xi Kingdom to search for the Empress, whom Dongshan Yi had imprisoned centuries earlier. They found no trace of the demon array, but Xiao Hua realized their search area might be too far from Xuntian City and continued toward it, leaving the Empress’s fate uncertain.

• Xiao Hua revealed his identity as Zhang Xiaohua, arranged for Ji Yu and Ye Yun to join the Creation Sect, and traveled to northern Xi Kingdom.
• Xiao Hua released Dai Er and Yuan Ya near the place where Dai Er and the Empress had once been ambushed, but his search found no trace of the demon array.
• Dai Er feared that the Empress had died and asked to pursue Dongshan Yi, while Xiao Hua agreed that she and Yuan Ya could investigate Xi Kingdom and the Creation Sect’s prospects there.
• Xiao Hua reconsidered the search location after learning Xuntian City was several hundred thousand li away and led Dai Er and Yuan Ya toward it to look for clues.
• After several days of careful searching, Xiao Hua, Dai Er, and Yuan Ya still found no demon array, and Dai Er grew increasingly worried.

Xiao Hua realized that the formation imprisoning Xie Yuan might be a Daoist and soul formation rather than a demon formation, and he uncovered it beneath the hills. Dai Er recognized the Cocoon of Light protecting Empress, but Xiao Hua warned that the corrupted formation had begun to penetrate it.

• Dai Er confirmed that the hills were where she and Empress had been ambushed, while Xiao Hua detected a distant buried soul formation but no demon formation.
• Xiao Hua questioned Dai Er about the Tianyu Sacred Realm and reasoned that Xie Yuan and Dongshan Yi might have learned Daoist cultivation arts and soul techniques.
• Dai Er recalled green light and shadows around the formation that had trapped Empress, so Xiao Hua returned with her and Yuan Ya to investigate the buried formation.
• Xiao Hua used a Hand of Thunder to draw out a soul formation containing a sealed space, and he concluded that Empress was likely inside.
• Xiao Hua warned that mutated green seal characters had eroded the sacred protection and begun seeping into the Cocoon of Light, though they had not yet reached Empress's soul.
• Dai Er explained that the Cocoon of Light was a treasure that could preserve its occupant but would eventually vanish and annihilate the person it protected.

Xiao Hua tried to free Xie Yuan from the Cocoon of Light but stopped when the formation’s disturbance threatened her life. Fairy Yingzhuo arrived possessed by Dongshan Yi and attacked Xiao Hua, who ordered Yuan Ya to subdue her; Dai Er then revealed her Swan Clan form and unleashed a powerful aura.

• Xiao Hua explained that disturbing the Cocoon of Light would endanger Xie Yuan and waited for Dongshan Yi, while warning Dai Er to strengthen her will.
• Xiao Hua’s attempt to pull the soul formation’s dark-green bands caused the sacred light to react, so he released them and stopped.
• Fairy Yingzhuo arrived, identified herself as a cultivator of the Xunyan Sect, and recognized Xiao Hua as the survivor of Shang Hua Ming.
• Fairy Yingzhuo attacked Xiao Hua with Jian Si Tian Lei, and Xiao Hua revealed that Dongshan Yi had possessed her before ordering Yuan Ya to strike.
• Yuan Ya pierced Jian Si Tian Lei with his demonic spear and pinned Dongshan Yi, while Dai Er revealed her true form and unleashed a vast sacred aura.

Dai Er and Xiao Hua confronted Dongshan Yi as she tried to release Xie Yuan from the soul formation, and Xiao Hua exposed her attempt to use a forbidden art. Dongshan Yi revealed her motives and the Heavenly Pure Feather’s significance, while Dai Er realized it could help her contact the Empress.

• Dai Er demanded that Dongshan Yi release Xie Yuan and agreed that she and the others would not harm her, but Dongshan Yi began activating a forbidden technique on the soul formation.
• Xiao Hua severed Dongshan Yi’s connection to the formation with a green seal character, exposing her Spirit Swapping Technique and injuring her.
• Dongshan Yi admitted she had trapped Xie Yuan to seize her Wind Clan body, hoping to prolong her life, and revealed that she sought the Demon King’s Void Profound True Water and the Heavenly Pure Feather.
• Dongshan Yi recognized Dai Er as the little duck she had nearly killed centuries earlier and mocked her ties to Xie Yuan and Mossa the Demon King.
• Dai Er realized the Heavenly Pure Feather hidden in her body could help notify Xie Yuan, and explained that Mossa had treated the Empress with respect.

Xiao Hua used Dai Er’s Heavenly Pure Feather and his own techniques to free Xie Yuan from Dongshan Yi’s Spirit Exchange Formation and cleanse her curse. After Xie Yuan reunited with Dai Er, she met Xiao Hua and Yuan Ya, whose awkward introduction left tension between them.

• Dai Er revealed the Heavenly Pure Feather, and Xiao Hua used Three Corpse Yin Thunder to clear the filth around the soul formation.
• The Heavenly Pure Feather activated beneath the moonlight, allowing Xiao Hua to extract the green light and destroy Dongshan Yi’s Spirit Exchange Formation.
• Xiao Hua used the Heaven Cleansing Earth Purifying Art to remove the curse from Xie Yuan, who returned to human form after the collapsing space settled.
• Dai Er tearfully embraced Xie Yuan, then told her that Xiao Hua had rescued her; Xie Yuan thanked Xiao Hua and asked about Little Yellow.
• Xiao Hua introduced Yuan Ya to Xie Yuan, but she tried to stop his bow and shifted aside when he ignored her power, leaving Yuan Ya displeased.

Xie Yuan appointed Dai Er as Tianfu Palace’s Holy Maiden after the Heavenly Pure Feather recognized her, and Dai Er chose to keep the name Yuan Dai. Xiao Hua encouraged Yuan Ya to pursue her, then questioned Dongshan Yi about the destruction of Shang Hua Ming; Dongshan Yi revealed the ambush and how she had lured Fairy Yingzhuo into a trap.

• Xie Yuan told Dai Er that she would become the Wind Clan’s Holy Maiden, and the Heavenly Pure Feather settled on Dai Er to confirm its choice.
• Dai Er rejected Xie Yuan’s suggested name of Xie Dai and insisted on being called Yuan Dai before leaving with Xie Yuan for the Myriad Monster Realm.
• Xiao Hua defended Xie Yuan against Dongshan Yi’s insults, then encouraged Yuan Ya to pursue Dai Er and promised Creation Sect’s support.
• Xiao Hua asked Dongshan Yi which Nascent Soul cultivators had destroyed Shang Hua Ming, and Dongshan Yi recounted how three cultivators ambushed Little White Dragon and killed Xiao Yuehong, Gong Mingwei, and Zhang Qingxiao.
• Dongshan Yi explained that she had given Fairy Yingzhuo a cultivation technique with hidden tricks, drawing her into a trap while she sought a breakthrough.

Xiao Hua imprisoned Dongshan Yi and set out with Yuan Ya for the place where the Creation Sect began. Meanwhile, Ye Xixiang welcomed Fairy Hongxia to Xuntian City to discuss an alliance between the Ye and Cai families.

• Xiao Hua revealed that Dongshan Yi had possessed Fairy Yingzhuo and that True Person Liukong had died in the lightning tribulation, while Xunyunzi had survived and become a Grand Elder.
• Xiao Hua sealed Dongshan Yi and sent Huang Tong to imprison her with the little snow wolf.
• Yuan Ya chose to remain with Xiao Hua, and the two headed for the place where the Creation Sect had taken root.
• Ye Xixiang and Xiao Mao welcomed Fairy Hongxia at Xuntian City, and Ye Xixiang praised her before she asked why the Ye family wanted an alliance with the Cai family.

Fairy Hongxia and Ye Xixiang entered Xuntian City to discuss an alliance between the Cai and Ye families, while Xiao Hua descended with Yuan Ya to meet old acquaintances. Xiao Hua reunited with Gen Qing and Xun Shu, ending the chapter among Thunder Control Sect disciples.

• Ye Xixiang welcomed Fairy Hongxia to Xuntian City and praised her sincerity in pursuing an alliance between the Ye and Cai families.
• Fairy Hongxia reunited with Xiao Mao and reminded Ye Xixiang that the Ye family should reward him if the alliance succeeded.
• Xiao Hua decided to approach a group of cultivators while concealing his cultivation, and he lowered Yuan Ya's realm to early Golden Core.
• Xiao Hua recognized Gen Qing and Xun Shu aboard a flying boat, and Xun Shu realized who he was and wept with joy.
• Gen Qing rushed to Xiao Hua, and the two tearfully reunited after years apart as Xun Shu and Gen Yu greeted him.

Xiao Hua reunited with Gen Qing, Xun Shu, and Gen Yu and agreed to accompany them to Fire Fierce Mountain, where the Thunder Control Sect had sent them to mediate a conflict. As they traveled, a powerful cultivator’s pressure struck their flying boat, leaving Gen Yu collapsed and the boat tumbling.

• Gen Yu recognized Xiao Hua as the benefactor who had once saved Qiong Yun Ling from starvation and excitedly paid his respects.
• Gen Qing explained that he was escorting disciples to Fire Fierce Mountain at Hall Master Gen Sheng’s request, while Xun Shu described the mountain’s decline and its internal factions.
• Xun Shu told Xiao Hua that Ganlei Zi had died and Fairy Xuanhua had become sect leader, and that Ganlei Zi had once tried to pardon and reinstate him.
• Xiao Hua agreed to accompany Gen Qing and the others to Fire Fierce Mountain, and Gen Yu resumed flying the boat toward their destination.
• An early Nascent Soul cultivator’s pressure swept over the flying boat, causing its radiance to fade and the boat to tumble as Gen Yu collapsed.

Xiao Hua, Gen Qing, and Sun Qian were ambushed by Chen Yi and Tongmu City cultivators, who planned to kill them and seize control of the Creation Sect. When Chen Yi ordered the attack, Xiao Hua revealed Yuan Ya’s overwhelming power, leaving Chen Yi trapped and begging for mercy.

• Chen Yi confronted Gen Qing and Xiao Hua, declaring she intended to settle old grudges and capture Xiao Hua.
• Sun Qian arrived to protect Gen Qing and revealed that Chen Yi planned to kill him, Zheng Chong, and her to silence them.
• Chen Yi admitted her scheme and ordered True Person Yiqing to help capture Xiao Hua while her disciples killed everyone else.
• Xiao Hua activated Yuan Ya’s power, and Yuan Ya’s immense pressure sealed the area and immobilized Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi failed to escape and pleaded with Xiao Hua to spare her.

Yuan Ya killed Chen Yi and the Tongmu City cultivators, while Xiao Hua reunited with Gen Qing, Sun Qian, Xun Shu, and Gen Yu. Xiao Hua gave them gifts, including Immortal Peaches that restored some of Gen Qing’s lifespan, and the group remained together as Gen Qing began to recover from his grief.

• Xiao Hua refused to forgive Chen Yi, and Yuan Ya killed her and the other Tongmu City cultivators with a single strike of his demonic spear.
• Gen Yu revealed that he revered Xiao Hua and considered himself a disciple of the Creation Sect, prompting Xiao Hua to realize how widely his influence had spread.
• Xiao Hua gave Xun Shu a storage bag and offered Gen Qing spiritual items to restore his lifespan before helping him pursue Nascent Soul.
• Xiao Hua gave Immortal Peaches to Gen Qing, Sun Qian, Xun Shu, and Gen Yu, then told Gen Yu to gather the fallen cultivators’ belongings.
• Gen Qing ate an Immortal Peach, and his white hair darkened and some of his wrinkles faded as his lifespan was restored.

Xiao Hua traveled with Gen Qing and the others toward Fire Fierce Mountain, sharing what had happened to Xue Xue and Naihe and explaining that he was hiding his cultivation to draw out the mastermind behind his past pursuit. He taught the group about forming a Nascent Soul as they arrived near the mountain, leaving them eager to hear more.

• Sun Qian and Gen Qing resolved the knots in their hearts and Xiao Hua predicted that both would form Nascent Souls within ten years.
• Xiao Hua agreed to accompany Gen Qing to Fire Fierce Mountain and recounted his connection to the mountain through his training with Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua told the group that Xue Xue and Naihe had sacrificed themselves to help him escape two Nascent Soul pursuers, and that he was concealing his cultivation to uncover their mastermind.
• Xun Shu asked to become a disciple of one of Xiao Hua's powerful disciples, but Xiao Hua affectionately offered to teach her himself.
• Xiao Hua taught Gen Qing, Sun Qian, Xun Shu, and Gen Yu about forming a Nascent Soul during the journey, then promised to preach again if he established a sect.

Xiao Hua accompanied Gen Qing and the Thunder Control Sect group to Fire Fierce Mountain, where they learned that True Person Jinglü had also arrived. Disguised as Zhang Xiaohua, Xiao Hua met Huo Qilin and prepared to assess the situation and settle his old grudge.

• Gen Qing sent a communication talisman to Fire Fierce Mountain after Xiao Hua urged him not to delay.
• Huo Feng received the group and warned that Fire Fierce Mountain's situation might require a Nascent Soul Grandmaster to handle safely.
• Xiao Hua told Gen Qing and Xun Shu that True Person Jinglü was his enemy and revealed that Jinglü had once pursued him from the Qiang He Sea to the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua acknowledged that he was preparing for ascension, astonishing Xun Shu and the others.
• Xiao Hua changed his appearance and introduced himself as Zhang Xiaohua when Huo Qilin arrived to greet the group.

Xiao Hua, posing as Zhang Xiaohua, learned that Huo Qilin had invited him to help secure the Fire Fierce Mountain Sect Leader position, but the negotiations with True Person Lan Yu grew tense. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua overhearing Lan Yu privately question Huo Pengfei about his identity and whether Huo Qilin had committed to their plans.

• Huo Qilin asked whether Shengyunzi would attend and warned that True Person Jinglü might oppose them, while Xiao Hua demanded to know what the gathering was about.
• Huo Qilin left to welcome True Person Lan Yu, and an elder explained that Qilin hoped to unite Fire Fierce Mountain as its Sect Leader.
• True Person Lan Yu arrived, and Xiao Hua introduced himself as Zhang Xiaohua; the two exchanged sharp words over his identity and manners.
• Huo Qilin revealed that he had invited Lan Yu and Shengyunzi to help him take control of Fire Fierce Mountain, and Xiao Hua asked what reward he would receive.
• Huo Pengfei apologized for the poor explanation, and Xiao Hua overheard Lan Yu privately ask whether Qilin had decided to proceed and which Xi Kingdom sect Xiao Hua belonged to.

Xiao Hua and True Person Lan Yu joined Huo Qilin’s faction in Fire Fierce Mountain’s struggle to choose a Sect Leader, while learning that the faction’s support was tied to a sealed supreme treasure. The duel was moved to Dove Fire Peak, and True Person Lan Yu warned that rival Nascent Soul cultivators might also enter the conflict.

• Huo Pengfei told True Person Lan Yu that Huo Furong and Huo Luan had offered Fire Fierce Mountain’s supreme treasure to secure his help, while Xiao Hua agreed to hear Huo Qilin’s case.
• Huo Qilin received a Flowing Fire message postponing the duel for ten days, but Huo Pengfei argued that the opposing faction was waiting for its allies, so Huo Qilin refused the delay and headed to Dove Fire Peak.
• Huo Qilin explained that Fire Fierce Mountain’s three factions had planned a duel to choose a Sect Leader, with outside Nascent Soul cultivators invited to assist in exchange for the sealed treasure and a hundred years of service.
• Xiao Hua questioned the risks of helping Huo Qilin and dividing the unknown treasure, while True Person Lan Yu said they first had to secure the Sect Leader position and judge each other’s contributions.
• True Person Lan Yu warned Xiao Hua that awakened clan bloodlines had strengthened rival powers in Meng Kingdom, so Huo Furong and Huo Luan might have recruited other Nascent Soul cultivators.