Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xinzhan strengthened his ties with White Jade Capital while planning ahead for the campaign against the Demon Path, then traveled west across the Northern Desert and Western Regions. After witnessing the region’s demonic forces and the wonders of Flame Mountain, he continued north toward Ice and Snow Palace.

• Cheng Xinzhan helped Shi Yiniang advance by teaching her the Eastern Florescence Everlasting Spring Art and giving her Light Pills and Azure Pearls.
• Cheng Xinzhan reviewed his connections in White Jade Capital and planned to use them to banish Demon Fiends from the heavens when the lower world’s demon eradication campaign succeeded.
• Cheng Xinzhan traveled west across the Northern Desert, saw the Blood God Sect’s blood cloud over Western Kunlun, and continued into the Western Regions.
• Cheng Xinzhan observed the demonic dominance of the Northwest and marveled at the fire-covered hills of Flame Mountain, home to Scarlet Smoke City.
• Cheng Xinzhan skirted Flame Mountain and headed north toward Ice and Snow Palace, passing the Heavenly Mountains and the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect.

Cheng Xinzhan traveled in disguise to the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect to learn about the Northwest and prepare to help rescue his martial uncle from the Ice and Snow Palace. After welcoming him to Heaven-Mirror Peak, Shi Zhangji recognized him as the Grand Master, leaving Cheng Xinzhan surprised.

• Cheng Xinzhan disguised himself as a taciturn swordsman and flew into the Tianshan Mountains, planning to seek shelter with the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect and gather intelligence about the demons.
• A gate guard from the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect received Cheng Xinzhan’s visiting card and brought him to the guesthouse while checking his identity.
• Shi Zhangji personally welcomed Cheng Xinzhan and escorted him through the sword sect’s mountain sanctuary to Heaven-Mirror Peak.
• Cheng Xinzhan admired the Heavenly Lake, where countless treasured swords swam beneath the water, and drank tea brewed by Shi Zhangji.
• Shi Zhangji addressed Cheng Xinzhan as the Grand Master, revealing that he had seen through the visitor’s assumed identity.

Cheng Xinzhan visited Shi Zhangji, who explained how Cheng’s bond with the earth revealed his identity and why he had united with frost dust to protect the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect. Shi Zhangji then described the Northern Faction’s expansion and the worsening plight of the Northwest’s righteous sects, leaving Cheng to hear more over their wine.

• Shi Zhangji recognized Cheng Xinzhan because the frost dust responded to him, and he explained how Fifth Realm cultivators could sense others entering their sanctuaries.
• Shi Zhangji told Cheng Xinzhan that he had united with frost dust to remain in the world and safeguard his sect while the Demon Tide threatened it.
• Cheng Xinzhan asked Shi Zhangji about the Northern Faction and explained that the southern Righteous Path planned to drive demons north after defeating the Southern Demon Cult.
• Shi Zhangji said Xuanmen had secured Western Kham and the Eastern Path had taken Wuling, making large-scale movement between the northern and southern demons nearly impossible.
• Shi Zhangji recounted the Northern Faction’s conquest of Longxi and Longdong and its halted advance at Jinyuan, Heluo, and neighboring regions.
• Shi Zhangji and Cheng Xinzhan switched to northwestern spirit wine as Shi Zhangji prepared to describe the fate of the righteous sects deep in the Northwest.

Shi Zhangji and Cheng Xinzhan discussed the unprecedented Demon Tide and whether it signaled a greater demonic tribulation or even a Killing Tribulation. Shi Zhangji outlined the Northwest’s rising demonic sects, revealing that Bing Si’s Di Feilu was its first Fifth Realm cultivator.

• Shi Zhangji described the Northwest’s many Righteous Path sects and the devastating losses they had suffered in the unusually fierce Demon Tide.
• Cheng Xinzhan explained that the world followed cycles of flourishing and decline, and said the current calamity appeared to be a greater demonic tribulation.
• Shi Zhangji asked whether the calamity could become a Killing Tribulation, but Cheng Xinzhan said it was hard to say and recalled Xuanmen, Dragon-Tiger Mountain, and Severing Heaven and Earth.
• Cheng Xinzhan listed signs of the tribulation, including powerful demons emerging, sealed threats escaping, and righteous factions being driven into demonic alliances.
• Shi Zhangji said Demon Cult sects were flourishing while orthodox lineages declined, then described the four Demon Cult factions among the Northern Desert’s seven major sects and their recent rise in power.
• Cheng Xinzhan asked whether Bing Si’s master inherited a Fifth Realm legacy, and Shi Zhangji answered that Di Feilu was Bing Si’s first Fifth Realm cultivator.

Shi Zhangji described how the Northern Faction’s demonic forces had overwhelmed the Northwest’s righteous sects, then explained Blood God Child’s rise in Hehuang. Cheng Xinzhan learned that Deng Yin had escaped his centuries-long seal beneath the Western Sea by using a newly formed baleful intent to master Blood Shadow Divine Light and become Blood God Child.

• Shi Zhangji told Cheng Xinzhan that the Northern Desert’s righteous sects had been driven into hiding or destroyed, while Green Pine Monastery still resisted the demons.
• Shi Zhangji recounted the destruction or retreat of righteous sects across the two Long regions and described the demonic powers led by Jiupanpo and Dharma King Xuanyuan.
• Shi Zhangji explained that Western Liang’s Manjushri Temple had been destroyed, while Leitai Monastery still held its mountain against the demons.
• Shi Zhangji said Blood God Child had seized Western Kunlun and bound his aura to the mountain, the White Star Ribbon, and the Western Sea; Cheng Xinzhan recognized that he was True Person Deng of Emei.
• Shi Zhangji revealed that a new blood-baleful intent had arisen beneath Deng Yin’s underwater prison, giving him the primordial sea of blood needed to cultivate Blood Shadow Divine Light.
• Deng Yin dissolved his body into bloody water while preserving his true spirit, mastered Blood Shadow Divine Light, and took the name Blood God Child.

Shi Zhangji explained how the Blood God Child became an immortal demon and secretly destroyed Western Kunlun before expanding his power across the northwest. He described the devastation of the Xiling Sword Sect and the remaining Hehuang sects still resisting the Northern Faction.

• Juqu Mountain revealed that the Blood God Child could evade acquired restrictions by using Blood Shadow Divine Light, prompting sects across the world to strengthen their defenses.
• The Blood God Child united with the sea’s blood baleful intent, passed his immortal tribulation, and attained the fruition of an earthly immortal.
• The Blood God Child infiltrated Western Kunlun, seized its Sect Master’s body, and spent decades building followers and corrupting the region before destroying the sect.
• Shi Zhangji explained that the Blood God Child later led the Northern Faction to break the Xiling Sword Sect, while Wusaqi gained Fifth Realm power by possessing its Supreme Grand Elder.
• Shi Zhangji told Cheng Xinzhan that the Golden One Palace, Qilian Sword Sect, and Leitai Monastery still resisted together through their mutually supporting defenses.

Shi Zhangji explained the Western Regions’ demonic powers, the fall of the Northern Dipper Palace, and the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect’s efforts to preserve its survivors and oppose the Ice and Snow Palace. Cheng Xinzhan learned that Northern Dipper star gang could aid his demon-slaying work in the south and prepared to face the demons gathered at the ruins.

• Cheng Xinzhan asked why the Northwest Sword Sects kept their gates open, and Shi Zhangji described their pact to preserve fallen sects’ lineages rather than hide.
• Shi Zhangji explained that Scarlet Smoke City had joined the Northern Faction and that the Ice and Snow Palace had absorbed the northern snowfields’ other sects.
• Shi Zhangji revealed that the Ice and Snow Palace had destroyed the Northern Dipper Palace sixty years earlier, while the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect had rescued some of its disciples.
• Shi Zhangji said the Ice and Snow Palace planned to build a branch hall at the Northern Dipper ruins, where the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect was fighting Northern Yin Hall and Eastern Brightness Hall.
• Cheng Xinzhan learned that Northern Dipper star gang could form during the current celestial event and said he had come to gather it for his demon-slaying work in the south.
• Shi Zhangji warned that demons from both halls guarded the ruins, but Cheng Xinzhan welcomed the prospect of gathering the star gang and confronting them.

Cheng Xinzhan traveled across Dragon Head Plateau toward Chessboard Mountain, comprehended the divine ability Shrinking the Earth to an Inch, and painted a night desert scene inspired by his reflections on cultivation and nature. He reached the Northern Dipper Palace and saw Demon Path cultivators building two immense glazed-glass towers without interference that night.

• Cheng Xinzhan left the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect and traveled east through the snowy mountains toward the Northern Dipper Palace.
• While walking across Dragon Head Plateau, Cheng Xinzhan comprehended the Daoist Divine Ability Shrinking the Earth to an Inch and covered three thousand li in a short time.
• Cheng Xinzhan contemplated the starlit, moonlit desert, found peace in his purpose as a cultivator, and painted and named the scene "Clearing the Heart to Contemplate the Dao on a Night Journey."
• Cheng Xinzhan approached Chessboard Mountain and saw Demon Path cultivators constructing two white-glazed towers while others fired bricks and decorations from the plateau's sand.
• Cheng Xinzhan observed that the construction proceeded undisturbed because he had asked Shi Zhangji not to send anyone to attack that night.

Cheng Xinzhan attacked Chessboard Mountain to avenge Xu Yuanbai, forcing Murong Yan and Chen Suxing to defend their Moon Towers. Chen Suxing recognized Cheng Xinzhan as Bright Governance Mountain’s Seventh-Generation Patriarch, and the chapter ended as Murong Yan charged him at close range.

• Cheng Xinzhan’s first sword strike damaged Chessboard Mountain and the Southern Moon Tower, while Murong Yan’s Twelve-Seed Moon-White Beads were driven back.
• Cheng Xinzhan identified himself as a disciple of Three Pure Ones Mountain and said he had come to avenge his friend Xu Yuanbai.
• Chen Suxing recognized Cheng Xinzhan as Bright Governance Mountain’s Seventh-Generation Patriarch after hearing his words about seeking peace of mind.
• Cheng Xinzhan launched a second sword strike, and Murong Yan and Chen Suxing shielded their towers and rallied their injured followers.
• Murong Yan invoked the Western Regions’ favorable conditions and charged Cheng Xinzhan with a crescent halberd.

Cheng Xinzhan explained how he had reshaped his Five-Element Dharma Swords to combine their powers with other magical treasures, then reforged Autumn Water together with his Metal Sword into a stronger Body Sword. Carrying the new Autumn Water while concealing his identity, he went to meet Murong Yan in close combat.

• Cheng Xinzhan described how he had transformed his Wood, Earth, and Water Dharma Swords into sword-rope, sword-stele, and sword-bottle forms, consolidating the functions of other treasures into them.
• After discussing the Body Sword Art with Deng Qingyang, Cheng Xinzhan remembered that Autumn Water was his first sword and decided to make it suitable for close combat.
• Cheng Xinzhan refined Autumn Water and the Metal Sword together, creating a sword that combined Autumn Water's form and water nature with the Metal Sword's sharpness and killing intent.
• Cheng Xinzhan named the new sword Autumn Water and shortened the names of his other Dharma Swords to Crimson Firmament, Azure Pivot, Tai'a, and Tianyi.
• Cheng Xinzhan raised Autumn Water and charged to meet Murong Yan, who was attacking with a crescent-bladed long halberd.

Cheng Xinzhan fought Murong Yan above Chessboard Mountain, then used the moon-mist Dao Domain and the stars to decide to avoid a night battle. Murong Yan returned to the ruins of Northern Dipper Palace and tried to lure Cheng Xinzhan down by revealing the Caring Spirit Hall, where the palace’s dead were enshrined.

• Cheng Xinzhan struck Murong Yan with his Flowing Beads and sword qi, but Murong Yan deployed a moon-mist Dao Domain that resisted his attacks.
• Cheng Xinzhan examined the unusual star configuration, chose not to reveal his Yang Fire, and waited for daylight rather than entering Murong Yan’s domain.
• Murong Yan taunted Cheng Xinzhan, but Cheng Xinzhan continued observing the stars and ignored his provocation.
• Murong Yan pursued Cheng Xinzhan into the sky, but Cheng Xinzhan escaped by stepping through the stars and said he would vanquish demons tomorrow.
• Murong Yan returned to Chessboard Mountain and entered the Caring Spirit Hall, calling out to Cheng Xinzhan that it housed Northern Dipper Palace’s dead.

Cheng Xinzhan arrived at Chessboard Mountain and fought Murong Yan inside Compassionate Light Hall, overcoming the demon fiend’s mirror and time-arresting light with swordsmanship and Void Arts. When Murong Yan spread that light throughout his Dao domain, Cheng Xinzhan adapted with True Martial Taiji Sword and began redirecting the halberd’s attacks.

• Cheng Xinzhan entered Compassionate Light Hall and found that the Northern Dipper Palace disciples had removed its memorial tablets, portraits, and statues.
• Murong Yan attacked Cheng Xinzhan with his halberd and used the Water-Moon Illuminating Spirit Mirror’s light to slow him, but Cheng Xinzhan absorbed the blow with his Dragon-Scale Bamboo Void Realm.
• Cheng Xinzhan recognized the mirror’s Lone Moon Preserving the Years Gang and adjusted to its glare and time-arresting light, fighting Murong Yan to a standstill with Body Sword.
• Cheng Xinzhan wounded Murong Yan’s cheek, and Murong Yan used the moon-mist droplets to spread the mirror’s time-arresting light throughout his Dao domain.
• Cheng Xinzhan was forced from the void and slowed by the light, so he used True Martial Taiji Sword to guide Murong Yan’s halberd strikes aside.
• Murong Yan asked what sword art Cheng Xinzhan was using after Cheng Xinzhan redirected his attacks and tapped the halberd blade.

Cheng Xinzhan broke Murong Yan’s Water-Moon Dao Domain, defeated him, and drove off the Demon Fiends at Chessboard Mountain. After destroying the remaining enemies and collecting the spoils, Cheng Xinzhan examined the starlight snowflake his martial uncle had left him.

• Cheng Xinzhan used the True Martial Taiji Sword to turn the fight against Murong Yan, then discovered that moonlight imbued with the Great Yin Spell’s [Rend] incantation shattered the moon-dew beads in the Water-Moon Dao Domain.
• Cheng Xinzhan broke Murong Yan’s halberd by striking its weakest points, then used Five-Colored Divine Light to seize his heart-protecting mirror and weaken the Dao Domain.
• Chen Suxing emerged from a rift, interrupted Murong Yan’s escape technique, and dragged him away, but Cheng Xinzhan’s Sword Qi struck Murong Yan before the rift closed.
• Cheng Xinzhan followed his martial uncle’s instruction to kill the remaining Demon Fiends, then gathered their treasures and seized the spirit-pearl magic treasure from the Southern Moon Tower.
• Cheng Xinzhan burned both Moon Towers to sand and sat on Chessboard Mountain’s western cliff to examine the starlight snowflake his martial uncle had left him.

Cheng Xinzhan refined Chen Suxing’s spirit breath and contacted his martial uncle after fifty-four years apart. Chen Suxing said he could not yet return to Bright Governance Mountain, but Cheng Xinzhan offered his help and revealed that he had come as an incarnation, leaving Chen Suxing with little reason to refuse him.

• Cheng Xinzhan refined Chen Suxing’s spirit breath and used it to speak with him across the void.
• Chen Suxing explained that the Palace Master had planted something in his heart, then described Murong Yan’s injuries and identified the Water-Moon Illuminating Spirit Mirror as his life-bound treasure.
• Chen Suxing taught Cheng Xinzhan the Northern Yin Hall art Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations.
• Cheng Xinzhan told Chen Suxing he had come to take him home and offered to help resolve his difficulties or complete his plans.
• Cheng Xinzhan revealed that his true body remained at Redwood Ridge and that he had come as an incarnation, prompting Chen Suxing to reconsider refusing his help.

The author reviewed Earthly Immortal’s 2025 publication and readership statistics, thanked readers, and shared New Year wishes. The chapter ended with details of New Year's Day monthly ticket prizes and rewards.

• The author reported a yearly output of 1.6 million Chinese characters and said Earthly Immortal had reached 2.1 million characters and was nearing 500 chapters.
• The author shared Earthly Immortal’s yearly readership, favorites, tips, and comment totals, and thanked readers for their support.
• The author offered readers a New Year blessing inspired by the novel’s imagery and the protagonist’s name.
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After destroying the Moon Towers and driving off the Ice and Snow Palace demons, Cheng Xinzhan stayed at Chessboard Mountain to gather heavenly gang and refine Murong Yan’s Water-Moon Illuminating Spirit Mirror into the foundation of a Yin-Yang Mirror. On the fourth night, the Northern Dipper shone brightly, starlight began falling, and two streaks of Escape Light raced toward it.

• Cheng Xinzhan surveyed his spoils from the battle, including rare yin-affiliated gang and baleful intent, and discussed the fight with Shi Zhangji, who left to act against the wounded Murong Yan.
• Cheng Xinzhan told Chen Suxing that the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect had made its move, and Chen Suxing warned him to stop any reinforcements from Mount Juyan.
• Cheng Xinzhan examined Murong Yan’s treasures and began refining the Water-Moon Illuminating Spirit Mirror as the basis for a Yin-Yang Mirror.
• Cheng Xinzhan waited at Chessboard Mountain, studied the moon and Ice and Snow Palace scriptures, and received brief visits from Northern Dipper Palace disciples.
• On the fourth night, the Northern Dipper blazed and starlight fell like rain as two streaks of Escape Light flew toward it.

Cheng Xinzhan gathered the Northern Dipper Night-Illuminating Gang on Chessboard Mountain while Murong Yan and Qi Zhanxi attacked him with powerful treasures. Cheng Xinzhan seized Qi Zhanxi’s divine shuttle, but Qi Zhanxi’s divine thunder weakened his barrier as the starry rain began drifting away.

• Cheng Xinzhan gathered the falling star dew and used the Snow Toad Spirit Pearl to block Murong Yan and Qi Zhanxi as they arrived.
• Cheng Xinzhan defeated Qi Zhanxi’s silver shuttle with sword qi, then used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to expose and immobilize it.
• Chen Suxing identified Qi Zhanxi and his treasures, while Cheng Xinzhan trapped Murong Yan’s Crescent Moon Wheel in the Snow Toad Spirit Pearl’s barrier.
• Cheng Xinzhan used the Five-Colored Divine Light to seize Qi Zhanxi’s Great Yin Passing-Light Ruyi Divine Shuttle, enraging Qi Zhanxi.
• Murong Yan hurled a divine thunder pellet at Cheng Xinzhan as Qi Zhanxi used his Variegated Pure Water Bottle to draw the starry rain westward.

Cheng Xinzhan used the Three Luminaries Returning to Nonbeing Escape Art to survive Murong Yan’s divine thunder and gathered the Northern Dipper Night-Illuminating Gang. After Qi Zhanxi withdrew and Murong Yan was confronted by Shi Zhangji, Cheng Xinzhan returned to Chessboard Mountain and decided to establish a branch altar there to support the Main Altar in the south.

• Cheng Xinzhan put away the Snow Toad Spirit Pearl and vanished into the starlight as Murong Yan’s second bolt of Great Yin Netherworld-Extinguishing Divine Thunder struck.
• Murong Yan blamed Qi Zhanxi when Cheng Xinzhan reappeared unharmed, and Qi Zhanxi accused Murong Yan of failing to understand their opponent.
• Cheng Xinzhan summoned the Star Gang with the Purple Tenuity Secret Taboo Seal, drawing the star rain away from Qi Zhanxi’s pure water bottle.
• Cheng Xinzhan evaded Murong Yan’s third thunderbolt, and Qi Zhanxi recognized that he had dispersed his body into qi before reclaiming his treasures and leaving.
• Cheng Xinzhan warned Shi Zhangji that Murong Yan still had one thunderbolt, while he continued gathering Star Gang as observers watched from afar.
• Cheng Xinzhan finished gathering the Star Gang, returned to Chessboard Mountain, and told Chen Suxing he planned to establish a branch altar there.

Cheng Xinzhan coordinated preparations for a large-scale ritual to destroy the Green-Robed Ancestor’s demonic stronghold at Rotten Peach Mountain. He secured Northern Dipper Star Gang and the cooperation of allied altars, while He Songshi agreed to help use the Northern Dipper Palace’s damaged altar for both a salvation ceremony and demon-slaying rites.

• Cheng Xinzhan continued performing Thunder Arts at Redwood Ridge as Lion battled blood shadows and cleansed the land of blood energy.
• Cheng Xinzhan received the Snow Toad Spirit Pearl and several Gang and Baleful Intent treasures, then gave them to Lion to strengthen him.
• Cheng Xinzhan contacted Daoist Zhanchang, Wujiu, Master Wen, Daoist Shengying, Wuji, Daoist Nengyue, and You Gaomin, confirming that their altars and Northern Dipper Star Gang were ready for his command.
• Cheng Xinzhan visited the Northern Dipper Palace ruins with He Songshi and obtained the construction plans for its Dipper-Worshipping Altar.
• Cheng Xinzhan asked He Songshi to keep the demon-slaying plan secret and proposed holding a Spirit-Announcing Salvation Ceremony at the altar; He Songshi enthusiastically agreed.

He Songshi and the Northern Dipper Palace survivors raised a star altar at Chessboard Mountain to summon and deliver the sect’s wandering dead, while Cheng Xinzhan prepared a separate Purple Tenuity star ritual to counter Green Robe’s evil arts. The Northern Dipper souls found their way home, and Cheng Xinzhan’s invocation began calling down the Purple Tenuity Emperor.

• He Songshi led the winter-solstice ceremony at the restored Dipper-Worshipping Altar, using the Northern Dipper mirror, Star Banners, and Gang Dew to summon the dead.
• A damaged soul appeared from the Great Desert, recognized as Senior Brother Ma, and entered the Star Rain to depart peacefully for reincarnation.
• Wandering Northern Dipper souls flocked to Chessboard Mountain, regained clarity through the ritual, and followed the Star Rain toward reincarnation as the survivors chanted their scripture.
• Cheng Xinzhan changed his Redwood Ridge altar from a thunder altar into a star altar, replacing the Thunder Ancestor offerings with a tablet to the Great Emperor of Central Heaven, the Northern Pole, and Purple Tenuity.
• Cheng Xinzhan invoked the Purple Tenuity Emperor, and a vast purple Imperial Canopy formed above the altar as he issued a Summoning Order.