Chapter Summaries

Yue Mingxin told Zhang Xiaohua how she and Yang Haoya obtained the Purple Phoenix Hairpins, fell in love while recovering from their injuries, and built Mochou City together. She recounted Yang Haoya leaving her to seek Buddhist cultivation at Great Forest Temple, and the chapter ended as she began describing her return to Mochou City.

• Yue Mingxin explained that she, Yang Haoya, and Huan Wuxin captured three ancient treasures, including two Purple Phoenix Hairpins and the Demon Refining Pot.
• Yue Mingxin said she and Yang Haoya recovered together on Yi Xiang Peak, fell in love, and exchanged their Purple Phoenix Hairpins as tokens.
• Yue Mingxin recalled that she and Yang Haoya built Mochou City beside Nameless Lake, where he called himself Night Wind and named her Mo Chou Nu.
• Yue Mingxin said Yang Haoya left for Great Forest Temple to learn Wisdom Sword Severing Love Strands, refusing to return when she confronted him there.
• Yue Mingxin took back the Purple Phoenix Hairpin she had given Yang Haoya, returned to Yi Xiang Peak, and named its palace Mocu Palace.
• Yue Mingxin said she left both Purple Phoenix Hairpins in Mocu Palace and returned alone to Mochou City.

Yue Mingxin’s fading Primordial Spirit told Zhang Xiaohua of her love for Yang Lang, left him a wooden hairpin, and warned that something was wrong with Great Master Xuan Kong. Her story made Zhang Xiaohua fear that his relationship with Meng faced a similar conflict, and he left Mochou City troubled before returning to Poyang Town.

• Yue Mingxin mourned Yang Lang, explained the meaning of Yi Xiang, and revealed that Great Master Xuan Kong had summoned her to settle their grievances at Nameless Lake.
• Before her Primordial Spirit projection vanished, Yue Mingxin gave Zhang Xiaohua her wooden hairpin and began warning him about Great Forest Temple and Xuan Kong.
• Zhang Xiaohua reflected on Yue Mingxin’s tragic love and worried that his differences with Meng could force him to choose between love and the Immortal Path.
• Zhang Xiaohua returned to Poyang Town, where Li Jinfeng and Qu Zhigao prepared carriages for their journey home.
• When the carriage driver pleaded to keep his job to support his family, Zhang Xiaohua let him drive and promised to pay him double.

Zhang Xiaohua arranged for Mei Qinglian’s coffin to be taken back to Nanzhao Town, then discussed Yue Mingxin’s tragic love with Li Jinfeng as they traveled. Their conversation ended with Zhang Xiaohua claiming that Li Jinfeng would need his approval for Qiutong’s marriage because she was connected to the Big Dipper Sect.

• Li Jinfeng asked Zhang Xiaohua to arrange for Mei Qinglian’s coffin to be returned to her family’s burial grounds in Nanzhao Town, and Zhang Xiaohua agreed to pay for the journey and preserve her remains.
• Zhang Xiaohua and Li Jinfeng departed Poyang Town with the coffin in a third carriage, driven by Qu Zhigao and two hired drivers.
• Li Jinfeng asked why Zhang Xiaohua looked gloomy after finding the people he had sought, and Zhang Xiaohua admitted that killing them had troubled him.
• Zhang Xiaohua recounted Yue Mingxin’s story, and Li Jinfeng reasoned that she had understood and forgiven Yang despite his pursuit of the Immortal Path.
• Li Jinfeng suggested Zhang Xiaohua might understand heartbreak, so Zhang Xiaohua claimed that Qiutong could not marry without the approval of her Big Dipper Sect senior brother, leaving Li Jinfeng stunned.

Zhang Xiaohua travels with Li Jinfeng and Qu Zhigao toward Pingyang City, then flies ahead to intervene when the Lotus Escort Agency is confronted by road bandits. He defeats their leaders and stops the remaining bandits, leaving them begging for mercy.

• Li Jinfeng explains why he would not ask Zhang Xiaohua to persuade Ou Yan on his behalf, and Zhang Xiaohua refuses to share what is troubling him.
• Qu Zhigao offers to let Zhang Xiaohua travel ahead, but Zhang Xiaohua stays with the vulnerable travelers until he senses a commotion nearby.
• Zhang Xiaohua flies ahead and finds the Lotus Escort Agency facing Chieftain Bian and more than a hundred bandits over an increased road toll.
• After the Lotus Escort Agency wins two duels, Chieftain Bian demands an additional toll, and Zhang Xiaohua challenges him.
• Zhang Xiaohua defeats Chieftain Bian and the other chieftains, then orders the remaining bandits to stop fleeing.
• The bandits drop their weapons and beg Zhang Xiaohua to spare them.

Zhang Xiaohua rescued Yuan Changqing’s escort from bandits and learned that two Misty Sect disciples had failed to find Qu Zhigao on a secret mission. The group waited for the missing travelers while Zhang Xiaohua questioned the disciples about their search.

• Zhang Xiaohua defeated the bandits who had attacked Yuan Changqing’s escort, and Yuan Changqing arranged for them to leave without taking payment.
• Chieftain Bian honored his promise to let the escort pass freely and led his men away after Zhang Xiaohua warned him off.
• Yuan Changqing introduced Zhang Xiaohua to Lu Da and Ke Nanli, who recognized his connection to Great Sect Leader Zhang.
• Lu Da and Ke Nanli revealed that Great Sect Leader Zhang had secretly sent them to find Qu Zhigao, but they had searched Qiu Long Mountain and nearby towns without success.
• Zhang Xiaohua told Lu Da and Ke Nanli that he had asked his second brother to arrange the mission and questioned why they had not found Qu Zhigao.

Zhang Xiaohua entrusted Qu Zhigao, Li Jinfeng, and their carriages to Lu Da, Ke Nanli, and Yuan Changqing before leaving for Yaoshan. There, a strange surge of Primordial Qi led Bai Yanqiu and Shuiyunjian’s True Persons to suspect that Yaoshan itself was the Immortal Manor, prompting them to consider clearing the mountain of rival sects.

• Zhang Xiaohua reunited Qu Zhigao and Li Jinfeng with Lu Da and Ke Nanli, who agreed to escort the convoy to Huanxi Mountain Villa.
• Zhang Xiaohua gave Li Jinfeng jade talismans, entrusted the convoy to Yuan Changqing, and left alone for Yaoshan.
• A strange buzzing and a powerful wave of air swept over Yaoshan, stirring the gathered searchers and drawing more minor sects past the blockade.
• Bai Yanqiu and Shuiyunjian’s three True Persons sensed the surge of Primordial Qi and discussed the Immortal Manor’s power.
• Bai Yanqiu and the True Persons concluded that Yaoshan might itself be the Immortal Manor, then True Person Haofeng proposed clearing the mountain of rival disciples.

Alliance Leader Zhang and Abbess Jingyi weighed their plans for the Yao Mountain Immortal Mansion while discussing the Misty Sect and the unexpected influence of Zhang Xiaohu. A sudden eruption of Primordial Qi startled both camps, leaving them to investigate the mountain.

• Alliance Leader Zhang erupted in anger over the Righteous Path Alliance’s losses, blamed the Incense-Passing Cult for the Immortal Path expert’s attacks, and resolved to destroy the Misty Sect after the search for the treasure.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Yan reported that the Righteous Path Alliance had found nothing on Yao Mountain and that Shuiyunjian, Great Forest Temple, and the Incense-Passing Cult had sent no one up the mountain.
• Alliance Leader Zhang ordered his disciples to search carefully, then sent more men to investigate when Yao Mountain hummed and released a surge of Primordial Qi.
• Abbess Jingyi and her followers discussed Shuiyunjian’s interest in the Immortal Mansion and admitted that Zhang Xiaohu had exceeded their expectations by consolidating the Misty Sect.
• Abbess Xuezhen revealed that she had sent people to Misty Manor to gather intelligence, and Abbess Jingyi welcomed the news.
• Another surge of Primordial Qi struck, and Abbess Jingyi, Shuqing, and Shujie flew out of the wooden house.

Abbess Jingyi and the Incense-Passing Cult celebrated the Primordial Qi erupting beneath Yao Mountain and resolved to seize its Immortal Mansion. News that Zhang Xiaohu might have attained Immortal cultivation and subdued powerful Incense-Passing Cult and Righteous Path Alliance figures left Abbess Jingyi deeply perplexed.

• Abbess Xuezhen learned from an outer disciple that the Misty Sect had undergone a great change and ordered further investigation.
• Shuqing and Shujie absorbed the Primordial Qi, then told Abbess Jingyi that the Incense-Passing Cult had to claim the Immortal Mansion.
• Abbess Xuezhen reported that Zhang Xiaohu supposedly possessed Immortal cultivation, but Abbess Jingyi and Chen Chen doubted the claim.
• Junior Sister Yan suggested that Immortal experts connected to the Misty Sect might have helped Zhang Xiaohu, while Peacock asked where the recently seen Immortal cultivators had come from.
• Abbess Jingyi ordered Ming Qing and Gao Kunheng brought to her for questioning and learned that they, Wang Lun, and Liu Bin reportedly obeyed Zhang Xiaohu.
• Abbess Jingyi wondered how Zhang Xiaohu could have subdued Ming Qing and his more than two thousand Wuming Hall disciples within a few months.

Bai Yanqiu proposed that the Four Immortal Path Sects take control of the Yao Mountain treasure search and impose order on the mountain. While Abbess Jingyi was away, Changge authorized the Incense-Passing Cult to prepare to seize and detain sect disciples who remained on its side of the mountain.

• Abbess Jingyi sent Peacock to hear Bai Yanqiu's proposal and went alone toward Great Forest Temple's camp.
• Bai Yanqiu urged the Four Immortal Path Sects to clear ordinary Martial Way practitioners from Yao Mountain, search the mountain by sections, and form a law-enforcement team.
• Bai Yanqiu told Liang Cangxu to organize Shuiyunjian's elites and drive people away from the southern foothills.
• Changge reported Bai Yanqiu's plan to Abbess Xuezhen, who agreed that the law-enforcement proposal could be considered.
• With Abbess Jingyi still absent, Changge ordered the outer disciples to gather and, after two hours, capture and send remaining sect disciples from the western side to Shuiyunjian.

Changge and Abbess Jingyi realized Shuiyunjian might have occupied Yaoshan’s southern side to find the entrance to the immortal estate, then ordered the remaining sect disciples cleared from the mountain by force. As the slaughter began, the dead were mysteriously drained of their blood, while the sects below sought help from Great Forest Temple.

• Abbess Xuezhen arranged for the Incense-Passing Cult to help Shuiyunjian clear Yaoshan, and Shuiyunjian issued warnings from all four sides demanding the remaining disciples leave.
• Changge and Abbess Jingyi suspected Shuiyunjian had taken the southern side because the entrance to the immortal estate might lie there, so Abbess Jingyi sent disciples to search that area.
• After the warnings expired, Abbess Jingyi ordered the Incense-Passing Cult to kill those who remained, and the four sects’ disciples charged up Yaoshan.
• Shuiyunjian disciples killed a Qionghua Island disciple despite his surrender, and his blood seeped into the earth as his corpse dried; the other slain disciples underwent the same change.
• The sects below Yaoshan realized the four sects would show no mercy and urged one another to seek Elder Changsheng’s help at Great Forest Temple.

As Shuiyunjian and the other factions cleared Mount Yao, Great Forest Temple tried to persuade the remaining disciples to leave and shielded those who fled to the northern side. After the monks began forcibly driving them down, Master Chang Geng ordered protector disciples to search the northern peaks for anyone left behind.

• Families gathered outside Great Forest Temple's camp and begged Master Chang Xing to save their relatives on Mount Yao.
• Master Chang Xing explained that Great Forest Temple had warned the disciples and would protect those who came down, but the crowd mostly dispersed to form an alliance against the Four Immortal Path Sects.
• Master Changsheng told Master Chang Xing to drive the disciples off Mount Yao, seal the acupoints of those who refused, and kill anyone found hiding during a later search.
• Great Forest Temple's disciples descended from the summit and sealed the acupoints of the northern-side disciples, kicking them down the mountain.
• Master Chang Geng ordered protector disciples to ascend Mount Yao and clear every northern peak.

The Four Immortal Path Sects continued searching Yao Mountain as martial-world sects gathered under Old Master Shang to demand access. True Person Haoyun attacked the delegation with a fiery artifact, leaving Old Master Shang engulfed in burning sparks.

• Master Chang Geng sent Protector disciples up Yao Mountain, then ordered the remaining Great Forest Temple disciples to search it as cries of suffering echoed from the summit.
• The Four Immortal Path Sects carried down the dead, while Old Master Shang arrived with more than a thousand people representing 104 martial-world sects.
• Old Master Shang demanded that Bai Yanqiu let martial-world sects search Yao Mountain alongside the immortal-path disciples and claim any treasures they found.
• Bai Yanqiu questioned how the groups would settle ownership and warned that allowing anyone to seize treasures could bring more bloodshed.
• True Person Haoyun interrupted the discussion and launched sparks from a flute-like Dharma artifact at Old Master Shang and the delegation.
• The sparks set Old Master Shang’s clothes, skin, hair, and saber sheath ablaze, causing him to cry out and struggle to brush them away.

True Person Haoyun and True Person Haofeng tested their empowered magical artifacts, killing Old Master Shang and many others as an immortal mansion began to appear above Mount Yao. The crowds rushed toward the blood-red light and fell into a mass slaughter, while Shuiyunjian raised a barrier and an invocation sounded from the Great Forest Temple’s direction.

• True Person Haoyun burned Old Master Shang and nearby people with the Fiery Flame Flute, while True Person Haofeng killed another crowd with his Lightning Cone.
• True Person Haoyue and the others spotted a growing point of light above Mount Yao and recognized it as an immortal mansion or passage to the Immortal Realm.
• The light spread blood-red radiance and powerful Primordial Qi across Mount Yao, drawing the attention of sect leaders and martial artists throughout the area.
• Tens of thousands charged toward the light, and their competition erupted into a slaughter as blood seeped into the earth beneath the mountain.
• True Person Haoyun, True Person Haoyue, True Person Haofeng, and Bai Yanqiu raised a barrier around Shuiyunjian’s camp, leaving the crowd behind it to turn on one another.
• A Buddhist invocation sounded from midair and drew the attention of True Person Haoyun and the others.

Zhang Xiaohu persuaded the Misty Sect elders to stay away from Mount Yao, warning that the immortal estate would draw stronger opponents and that their sect still faced danger. Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaohua raced toward Mount Yao as elders from the Great Forest Temple, Incense-Passing Cult, and Shuiyunjian gathered there and renewed old tensions.

• Zhang Xiaohu used Li Jian’s changing attitude toward a copper coin, silver, and a golden yuanbao to explain why pursuing the immortal estate could be fatal.
• Zhang Xiaohu told the Misty Sect elders to guard the manor, noting that Jingyi had demanded Deputy Sect Leader Ming or Deputy Sect Leader Gao go to Mount Yao.
• Zhang Xiaohua sensed unusual changes in Primordial Qi and warm winds, suspected Mount Yao was stirring, and flew toward it.
• True Person Haoyun saw three monks from the Great Forest Temple and two abbesses from Incense-Passing Cult arrive at Mount Yao.
• Master Yuanwu and Abbess Shujie exchanged barbed remarks about their past, while Abbess Shuqing greeted Master Yuandao.

Abbess Shujie and Master Yuanwu clashed while their leaders urged them to focus on the immortal mansion. Master Yuandao then questioned True Person Haoyun about Master Yuantian’s murder, and Haoyun launched a sudden attack with the help of True Person Haoyue and True Person Haofeng.

• Master Yuandao and Master Yuanwu greeted Abbess Shuqing and Abbess Shujie, and they agreed that they had come to pursue the same immortal opportunity.
• True Person Haoyun identified himself as belonging to Shuiyunjian, prompting the abbesses to discuss the destroyed Divine Blade Sect and the death of Master Yuantian.
• Abbess Shujie attacked Master Yuanwu with her Peach Blossom Whip, and he defended himself with an alms bowl and the Demon Slaying Sword.
• Abbess Shuqing declined to fight Master Yuandao, then agreed to witness his questions to True Person Haoyun.
• Master Yuandao asked Haoyun to show the ritual artifact that resembled the weapon used to kill Master Yuantian.
• Haoyun feigned cooperation, attacked Master Yuandao with a scarlet light, and ordered True Person Haoyue and True Person Haofeng to join the assault.

Great Forest Temple’s Yuandao and Yuanming fought Shuiyunjian’s masters with powerful Buddhist treasures, while Abbess Shuqing intervened against a hidden attack. The battle remained unresolved as a new earthshaking crash interrupted the combatants.

• Yuanwu and Abbess Shujie began fighting, leaving Yuandao and Yuanming to face True Person Haoyun, True Person Haoyue, and True Person Haofeng.
• Yuanming used the Momo Bead against Haofeng, while Yuandao’s Demon Subduing Pestle extinguished Haoyun’s fire and clashed with Haoyue’s Lightning Hammer.
• Haoyun sent a concealed Mystic Bone Needle at Yuandao, but Yuandao caught it in the Two Elements Box and revealed that Great Forest Temple had prepared for the weapon that killed Yuantian.
• Haoyue attacked Yuandao from behind, but Abbess Shuqing blocked the strike with the Plain Cloud Soap White Banner.
• Abbess Shuqing and Haoyue exchanged remarks about their sects’ ancient treasures before an earthshaking crash interrupted them.

The Immortal Path masters’ artifact clash intensified the bloody radiance above Yao Mountain, while Master Yuandao and Abbess Shuqing revealed that they had been waiting to trap two Heavenly Dragon Sect attackers. Di Shitian then joined the fight, and the ambush turned into a battle between the sects.

• Master Yuanwu’s Demon Slaying Sword collided with Abbess Shujie’s Peach Blossom Whip as Master Yuanming’s Momo Bead struck True Person Haofeng’s Lightning Cone, leaving the four masters reeling from the backlash.
• The radiance above Yao Mountain grew brighter and bloodier, and two black-clad Heavenly Dragon Sect disciples attacked Abbess Shujie and Master Yuanming from behind.
• Master Yuandao and Abbess Shuqing revealed their trap, and the masters formed a formation that caught both attackers; Master Yuandao identified one as Di Shitian.
• Di Shitian mocked the formation and charged, prompting the Great Forest Temple and Incense-Passing Cult masters to attack him and his fellow disciple.
• Master Yuanming’s Momo Bead struck the second Heavenly Dragon Sect disciple in the back and sent him tumbling through the air as he spat blood.

Di Shitian’s apparent defeat was revealed as part of a series of feints, but Master Tiangang struck the real Di Shitian and the Heavenly Dragon Sect escaped after a brief counterattack. Master Tiangang and the surviving sect leaders mourned their dead, while Abbess Shuqing left Yao Mountain with the Peach Blossom Whip.

• Master Yuanwu and Abbess Shujie’s group overwhelmed the apparent Di Shitian and killed the black-clothed Heavenly Dragon Sect fighter, but the real Di Shitian emerged and killed Yuanwu and Shujie.
• Di Shitian revealed that he had seen through the ambush and mocked the Great Forest Temple and Incense-Passing Cult before pulling several people into the air.
• A hidden attacker pierced Di Shitian’s back, and Master Tiangang ordered the Great Forest Temple fighters to attack as the Heavenly Dragon Sect tried to flee.
• The fleeing Heavenly Dragon Sect members crushed jade talismans and vanished in black smoke, while Haoyun and the others recognized Master Tiangang.
• Master Tiangang, Master Yuandao, and Master Yuanming lamented Yuanwu and Shujie’s deaths, and Abbess Shuqing took the Peach Blossom Whip and flew east from Yao Mountain.

After the battle over Yao Mountain, the immortal mansion emerged from the void as martial sects prepared for the struggle ahead. Zhang Xiaohua arrived at the mountain to watch, sensed dense Primordial Qi and the stench of blood, and overheard Xiao Qi and Qi Lian.

• Master Tiangang left with Master Yuandao and Master Yuanming after reflecting on the battle and the approaching immortal mansion.
• The slaughter beneath Yao Mountain ended, leaving forty percent of the gathered martial world people dead as the light above the mountain expanded and changed color.
• Abbess Shuqing told Abbess Jingyi about the battle, prompting Abbess Jingyi to question Master Tiangang's motives and prepare the Incense-Passing Cult for the mansion's emergence.
• At dawn, the light revealed an ancient great hall emerging from the void, and it was more than half visible by the time the sun rose.
• Zhang Xiaohua disguised himself and rode toward Yao Mountain, entered past the sect checkpoints, and sensed dense Primordial Qi and a strong smell of blood.
• Zhang Xiaohua overheard Qi Lian ask whether Xiao Qi could walk, and Xiao Qi weakly regretted coming to see the excitement.

Zhang Xiaohua overheard Xiao Qi and Qi Lian resolve to stay and claim the immortal mansion, then incapacitated them to keep them safe. As the bird-nest-like palace above Yao Mountain fully emerged and released Primordial Qi, its bloody light and immense divine sense swept over the gathered crowd.

• Xiao Qi insisted that he and Qi Lian stay at Yao Mountain to seize the immortal mansion, despite their injuries and the danger from the great sects.
• Zhang Xiaohua learned from their conversation that Di Shitian had died and wondered whether Meng had come to Yao Mountain.
• Zhang Xiaohua struck Xiao Qi and Qi Lian's major acupoints so they would sleep for two days instead of joining the struggle.
• The palace above Yao Mountain became fully visible amid thunder and released a surge of Primordial Qi that Zhang Xiaohua absorbed through the Carefree Heart Sutra.
• A deafening sound stopped, the bird-nest-like palace began pulsing with bloody light, and a vast divine sense emerged from within it.