Chapter Summaries

At the Five Dragons Monastery, Jade Dawn School inspectors Sima Lingzhen and Hou Wen clashed over Hou Wen’s ominous divination and the danger of the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon. Meanwhile, Cave Lord Huaiwu’s demonic cocoon formed around Chen Heng at Floating Jade Lake, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hou Wen warned Sima Lingzhen that his divination foretold a malignant god and urged him to take the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon seriously, but Sima mocked his concerns.
• The chapter explained that Sima Lingzhen and Hou Wen had been sent to assess Southern Territory Dao lineages, but Fire Dragon High Person had ordered them to wait until Wang Shu’s fate was known.
• Sima Lingzhen summoned his Purple Plain Eight-Directions Palace and departed the Five Dragons Monastery after rebuking Hou Wen.
• A Flower God Manor True Person told True Person Wang that Huaiwu and the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon were likely doomed, while True Person Wang silently worried about Huaiwu.
• At Floating Jade Lake, the demonic light wrapped Chen Heng in a colorful cocoon, and Cave Lord Huaiwu believed his long-awaited plan was succeeding.

Chen Heng resisted the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon’s attempt to possess him while the Golden Light Divine Talisman refined her demonic qi into spiritual qi. In the Water-Moon Mirror Heaven, Ancestor Fu Can revealed that Chen Heng’s father was a formidable diviner, but was blasted apart just as he began to name him.

• Chen Heng recognized Ai Yuan in the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon’s memories and let the Golden Light Divine Talisman dissolve the demon’s qi, enriching its spiritual qi reserves.
• Ancestor Fu Can criticized Chen Heng’s poor cultivation resources, then used Water-Moon Mirror Heaven to draw Chen Heng’s soul out and block divination.
• Ancestor Fu Can explained that he had chosen the talisman’s final moments to speak because Chen Jade Pivot, Chen Heng’s father, had mastered the Central Heaven Dipper Calculations and might discover what he revealed.
• Ancestor Fu Can told Chen Heng that the Chongyu Demon God had erased the Dao Court’s prohibition from the Earth Palace Golden Chapter, allowing the Silent Heaven Palace Saint-Controlling Prayer Great Method to be spread openly.
• Ancestor Fu Can began to reveal Chen Heng’s birth father’s name and location, but an immense crash blasted him apart and destroyed Water-Moon Mirror Heaven.

Chen Heng returned from Water-Moon Mirror Heaven to find himself still trapped in the palace on Floating Jade Lake, while Ancestor Fu Can’s last warning urged him to use his Tai Su Jade Body’s spiritual energy first. Pei Zhi refused to help Fu Can reveal Chen Heng’s origins, and the chapter ended as the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon discovered Chen Heng’s hidden defenses and Cave Lord Huaiwu heard an ominous noise.

• Ancestor Fu Can’s shattered Water-Moon Mirror Heaven collapsed after he told Chen Heng to seek refuge with Chen Runzi and Chen Yuanji, and warned him not to rashly establish Foundation Establishment.
• Pei Zhi confronted Ancestor Fu Can above Floating Jade Lake and explained that Chen Jade Pivot’s rise made helping Chen Heng a risk to the Grand Talisman Palace.
• Ancestor Fu Can proposed sending Chen Heng to the Vermilion Luminescence Sect or the Yuluo Immortal Mansion, but Pei Zhi revealed she had destroyed the Water-Moon Mirror Heaven to make a spectacle of him, not to save Chen Heng.
• The Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon fled Chen Heng after her demonic qi failed and a golden light blocked her attack, while Cave Lord Huaiwu looked toward the southeast after hearing a strange noise.

Sima Lingzhen arrived at Huaiwu Cave and overpowered Cave Lord Huaiwu and the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, then slaughtered the cave’s inhabitants. Chen Heng survived the destruction, while an old Daoist at the Vermilion Luminescence Sect discussed recalling their True Disciple to form her core.

• The Purple Plain Eight-Directions Palace broke Cave Lord Huaiwu’s barrier, and Sima Lingzhen revealed himself as a Golden Core True Person.
• Cave Lord Huaiwu offered Gui Water Essence and his submission in exchange for his wife’s safety, but Sima Lingzhen refused and attacked them.
• Sima Lingzhen subdued the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, burned Cave Lord Huaiwu to death, and captured his Origin Spirit.
• Sima Lingzhen rang a bronze bell and killed the demons and other inhabitants of Huaiwu Cave, while Chen Heng survived beneath the rubble.
• Sima Lingzhen summoned the Refinement Masters, as an old Daoist at Lutai Mountain discussed recalling their True Disciple to form her core.

Longbrow negotiated Senior Sister Shang’s support for Wei Lingjiang’s bid to become Dao Scion, while warning that Wei must form a first-grade core and avoid letting romance hinder her cultivation. The chapter ended with Wei Lingjiang smiling at Floating Jade Lake in the Southern Territory.

• Senior Sister Shang challenged Longbrow’s efforts to recruit her and agreed to support Wei Lingjiang after they negotiated terms.
• Senior Sister Shang warned Longbrow that Wei Lingjiang’s rivals had supporters and that her relationship with Chen Jade Pivot could cost her Red Pine Palace’s backing.
• Longbrow ordered Muyuan to visit the Shangyu Ai, explain that the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon had been eliminated, and tell them to stop interfering with the sect’s True Disciple.
• Longbrow said Zhuojing was waiting at Floating Jade Lake to deal with Wei Lingjiang and left to visit the Jade Dawn School.
• At Floating Jade Lake, Wei Lingjiang set down her teacup and smiled with evident joy.

After Sima Lingzhen killed Cave Lord Huaiwu and the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, Wei Lingjiang planned to bring Chen Heng to the Vermilion Luminescence Sect, while her master warned her that her Dao Scion ambitions and family affairs were coming to a head. The chapter left Chen Heng watching the Purple Plain Eight-Directions Palace, his thoughts unreadable.

• The Ten-Thousand-Li Illumination Talisman’s visions ended after Sima Lingzhen killed Cave Lord Huaiwu and the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, and Wei Lingjiang felt relieved that she had repaid the Ai Clan’s favor.
• Wei Lingjiang discussed trading her sixty-four Dao merits and True Person Yan Xi’s residences for a Lower Court admission token so she could take Chen Heng to the Vermilion Luminescence Sect, while Qingzhi doubted Chen Heng would agree.
• True Lord Zhuojing arrived and praised Wei Lingjiang for resolving the demon crisis, then asked whether her heart had been stirred by Chen Heng.
• True Lord Zhuojing told Wei Lingjiang that True Lord Shang and other elders might support her bid to become Dao Scion, but that True Lord Zhou’s Supreme Unfeeling Dao could complicate matters.
• True Lord Zhuojing revealed that Wei Shao had returned from Void Sovereign Heaven with the Wind-Fire Meditation Cushion after striking a bargain with the Red Essence Molding Ten Thousand Blessings Divine King, leaving Wei Lingjiang pale with shock.
• Chen Heng withdrew his gaze from the Purple Plain Eight-Directions Palace and looked thoughtful.

After Sima Lingzhen dismissed Chen Heng without questioning him, Chen Heng returned to Red Leaf Island and bought a Jiansu Flower for Wei Lingjiang. Meanwhile, Qingzhi was caught eavesdropping on True Lord Zhuojing, who assigned Qingzhi a task involving the Red Essence Molding Ten Thousand Blessings Divine King.

• Sima Lingzhen scolded the Cavern Mystery Refiners for failing to stop the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon, ordered them to patrol for remaining Heavenly Demons, and let Chen Heng leave without asking about his talismans.
• Chen Heng avoided the crowd by masking his face and flew to Red Leaf Island to tell Wei Lingjiang that the Evil Hatred Yin Victory Demon had been eliminated.
• A flower vendor mistook Chen Heng's mask for a sign that he planned to celebrate the Si Encounter Festival with someone he fancied, and Chen Heng eventually returned to buy a Jiansu Flower.
• Qingzhi eavesdropped on True Lord Zhuojing's conversation, but True Lord Zhuojing caught Qingzhi and said Qingzhi would help with the matter of the Red Essence Molding Ten Thousand Blessings Divine King in the Void Sovereign Heaven.

True Lord Zhuojing sent Qingzhi to Ququan Heaven to persuade the Zhulong Great Sage to help recover the Wind-Fire Meditation Cushion, while revealing that Chen Heng was Chen Jade Pivot’s son and urging Qingzhi to conceal the truth from Wei Lingjiang. After hearing Wei Lingjiang’s message from Qingzhi, Chen Heng let go of his attachment to her and realized that opening the Heavenly Eye required extinguishing worldly attachments.

• True Lord Zhuojing appointed Qingzhi as envoy to Ququan Heaven and offered the Five Elements Mutual-Killing Sword as compensation if needed to recover the Wind-Fire Meditation Cushion from Wei Shao.
• True Lord Zhuojing sent Wei Lingjiang back to the Mountain Gate and told Qingzhi that Chen Heng was the son of Chen Jade Pivot, asking her to help conceal the truth.
• Qingzhi passed Wei Lingjiang’s message to Chen Heng, who asked whether Wei Lingjiang had left him any words; Qingzhi said she had not and then left.
• At the lakeside, Chen Heng cast the Jiansu Flower branch into the water and concluded that opening the Heavenly Eye required extinguishing worldly attachments.
• Chen Heng felt his cultivation stir, laughed with relief, and walked away without looking back.

Chen Heng met with Luo Zhang and Hao Qingyan at Floating Jade Lake, where Luo Zhang thanked him for saving him from the purge of Huaiwu’s disciples and gave him an ancestor’s map of the Earth Abyss. Chen Heng left for Blazing Mountain to prepare for his upcoming journey, while a young Daoist watching him concluded that they had no master-disciple destiny.

• Luo Zhang anxiously waited for Chen Heng and explained that Huaiwu’s surviving disciples were being imprisoned, searched, and stripped of their wealth after Huaiwu’s execution.
• Chen Heng arrived at the teahouse, where Luo Zhang thanked him for speaking on his behalf to Xie Tan and Hao Qingyan tried to learn about Chen Heng’s ties to Flower God Manor.
• Chen Heng examined the Earth Abyss map Luo Zhang’s ancestor had drawn and accepted it as useful preparation for his own upcoming entry into the Abyss.
• Chen Heng left Floating Jade Lake to return to Blazing Mountain for secluded cultivation, and Hao Qingyan went back to pack up the leftover feast.
• A young Daoist who had been watching Chen Heng judged him passable but said they had no destiny as master and disciple.

Liang Wenxian rejected Chen Heng as a disciple, and Du Ao failed to persuade him to save Chen Heng from danger. Chen Heng returned to his mountain retreat to cultivate as a Ba Serpent descended on Linjiao Island in the Eastern Sea.

• Du Ao confronted Liang Wenxian over his repeated rejection of potential disciples and reminded him that he had once dismissed Yan Xi, who was now near Pure Yang.
• Du Ao urged Liang Wenxian to take Chen Heng as his disciple, but Liang Wenxian insisted Chen Heng had no destined bond with him.
• Du Ao warned that Chen Heng might not survive much longer and hinted that he wanted to help him, but Liang Wenxian refused to save someone who was neither kin nor friend.
• Liang Wenxian departed for Western Su Province, while Du Ao stayed behind and lamented that he lacked the courage to face Chen Jade Pivot for Chen Yan's sake.
• Two days later, Chen Heng returned to his mountain, greeted Tu Shan Ge, and began cultivating in seclusion.
• A ten-thousand-zhang Ba Serpent plunged into the waves near Linjiao Island in the Eastern Sea, shattering the currents with its roar.

Yue You returned from killing Lord Ji Qu and demanded Linjiao Island honor its promise to lend him the World-Escaping Shuttle. After Yuan Ping tried to stall him, Yuan Ju handed over the treasure and received Lord Ji Qu’s head, but a tremendous disturbance then sent Yue You fleeing at the sight of Jun Yao.

• Yue You calmed the storm around Linjiao Island and told Yuan Ping that he had killed Lord Ji Qu and destroyed Ten-Thousand Vulture Island.
• Yuan Ping suspected Yue You was lying and refused to hand over the World-Escaping Shuttle without proof, so Yue You knocked him unconscious and demanded Yuan Ju return.
• Linjiao Island’s elders opened the island’s restrictions and hosted Yue You while they waited for Yuan Ju.
• Yuan Ju returned, gave Yue You the World-Escaping Shuttle, and received Lord Ji Qu’s severed head in exchange.
• A powerful disturbance shook Linjiao Island, and Yue You fled in panic after recognizing Jun Yao’s arrival.

Jun Yao cornered Yue You above Linjiao Island and overwhelmed him while pursuing the Dipper Talismans and the blood descendants of Chen Jade Pivot. Just as Jun Yao prepared to kill Yue You, Chen Jade Pivot’s divine will appeared and challenged him.

• Yue You tried to persuade Yuan Ju to help stop Jun Yao by promising support for Linjiao Island, but Yuan Ju activated the island’s restrictions and refused to take sides.
• Jun Yao arrived and explained that he had mastered Nine Heavens Within Reach, then struck Yue You down in their first exchange and pursued him with lightning and divine abilities.
• Yue You hid inside the White Elephant Tower and sent out its elephant spirits, but Jun Yao destroyed them and wore away the tower with Southern Crimson-Qi Fire Thunder.
• After the tower collapsed, Yue You used an Ice-Soul True Light Dipper Talisman against Jun Yao, but Jun Yao reappeared and revealed that Yue You’s attack had not killed him.
• Jun Yao knocked Yue You from the clouds and launched a seven-apertured pill at him, but Chen Jade Pivot’s divine will appeared and spoke to Jun Yao.

Chen Jade Pivot manifested outside his Grotto-Heaven and endured his Pure Yang Thunder Tribulation while confronting Jun Yao, who revealed that he had sacrificed his Dao Path. As their Dharma manifestations clashed, Jun Yao intercepted Yue You and cut down his Ba Serpent form, leaving Chen Heng’s capture unresolved.

• Yue You opened the Dipper Talisman’s gateway, allowing Chen Jade Pivot to manifest before Jun Yao despite the danger of Heaven’s punishment.
• Chen Jade Pivot used a Tribulation Immortal patriarch’s talismanic decree to dispel his thunder tribulation while powerful cultivators across the Nine Provinces and Four Seas watched.
• Jun Yao attacked Chen Jade Pivot with multiplying yin-yang saber lights, and Chen Jade Pivot realized Jun Yao had practiced an art that had ruined his Dao Path and shortened his life.
• Chen Jade Pivot and Jun Yao summoned their Dharma manifestations and clashed over the Eastern Sea.
• Yue You fled with Chen Jade Pivot’s order to bring back Chen Heng, but Jun Yao’s Spirit Body intercepted him and used the Yuandu Demon-Slaying Sword to cut his Ba Serpent form in two.

Chen Heng finished refining the beast-bird essence and reached the seventh layer of Qi Refining, then left Blazing Mountain for the Mysterious Truth Sect before his journey to the Earth Abyss. As his Canhe Chariot approached a vast mountain range, he suspected the unusual scene ahead was connected to the Dao Lineage Assessment.

• Chen Heng refined the last of the beast-bird essence, advanced to the seventh layer of Qi Refining, and realized he lacked the resources to continue cultivating.
• Chen Heng assessed his progress in Dao Arts, found his secluded cultivation had reached its limits, and decided to leave for the Mysterious Truth Sect.
• Chen Heng visited Tu Shan Ge, learned that Zhu Wanzhi had left him letters, and asked Tu Shan Ge to wish her success in the Nine Revolutions.
• Chen Heng departed Blazing Mountain in the Canhe Chariot while Tu Shan Ge worried about how Zhu Wanzhi would react when she learned he had not delivered her letters.
• Chen Heng approached a vast mountain range and wondered whether what he saw was related to the Dao Lineage Assessment.

Chen Heng returned to the Mysterious Truth Sect before the Earth Abyss expedition and learned that Yan Ping might target him with a Fire Crow Pot. He reunited with Xu Zhi, offered him a sword and his trust, and was visited by Elder Yan just as the expedition approached.

• Chen Heng saw numerous sect delegations gathered at the Mysterious Truth Sect's Mountain Gate and heard Sun Xiu warn him that Yan Ping had threatened him and possessed a Fire Crow Pot.
• Chen Heng returned to his cave dwelling on Sunset-Glow Peak, then went to find Xu Zhi the next morning.
• Chen Heng found Xu Zhi surrounded by female cultivators seeking Beauty-Preserving Pills, and Xu Zhi later urged him to withdraw from the Earth Abyss assignment.
• Xu Zhi offered Chen Heng the Pulse Abode sword, but Chen Heng gave him the Dazzling Candle sword instead and told him he believed Xu Zhi had not fled from battle.
• Several days later, Elder Yan visited Chen Heng as the Earth Abyss expedition drew near.

Yan Feichen tried to buy an end to his feud with Chen Heng, but Chen Heng refused, and Ai Jian summoned him, gave him protective treasures for the Earth Abyss, and warned him to stay alive. After Chen Heng boarded the vessel bound for the Earth Abyss, Yan Ping declared his hatred and asked whether preparations were complete.

• Yan Feichen offered Chen Heng an authentic mansion-opening method in exchange for ending their feud, but Chen Heng refused and reminded him that his past cruelty had led to Chen Heng's opportunities.
• A Daoist boy sent by Ai Jian interrupted Yan Feichen and escorted Chen Heng to the sect leader's hall using Ai Jian's personal seal.
• Ai Jian gave Chen Heng three Martial Spring Fierce Thunder Talismans and Great Creation Essence Pearls, then asked why Yan Feichen had visited him.
• Ai Jian and the Daoist boy discussed Sima Lingzhen and the Dao Lineage Assessment, while Ai Jian privately worried about Wang Shu and his uncertain ties to the Jade Dawn School.
• Several days later, Chen Heng and the others boarded the Luo Xian Lead Boat bound for the Earth Abyss, and Yan Ping asked his companions whether they had gathered the things he had requested.

Yan Ping prepared to kill Chen Heng and Xu Zhi in the Earth Abyss, while Chen Heng cultivated aboard the Luo Xian Lead Boat and advanced to the eighth layer of qi refining. The boat entered the Earth Abyss and arrived amid a horde of ghosts.

• Yan Ping inspected the moonstone and Red River Sand Yan Du had gathered for a plan to summon spirits and kill Chen Heng.
• Yan Ping revealed that he had tricked Xu Zhi into boarding the Luo Xian Lead Boat and vowed to kill Chen Heng's entire lineage in Lanliang City.
• Chen Heng boarded the Luo Xian Lead Boat, examined his gifts from Ai Jian, and cultivated with Great Creation Essence Pearls until he reached the eighth layer of qi refining.
• The Luo Xian Lead Boat plunged into the Earth Abyss, where the cultivators heard ghostly wails and found themselves surrounded by fiends.

Chen Heng survived the Yin Spirits’ attack on the Luo Xian Lead Boat and descended with the cultivators to the Earth Abyss, where they were left to hunt for treasures. After separating from the others, he waited for Yan Ping and the Yan Household, then asked how many Talisman Coins they had brought.

• Yin Spirits broke through the Luo Xian Lead Boat’s defenses, but Chen Heng repelled those near his cabin with his Thunderfire Thunderclap Bead, and the boat’s Tiger God Spirit Essences drove the ghosts away.
• The Luo Xian Lead Boat descended through the Earth Abyss’s growing yin chill until it reached a vast black plain, where a Steward Office Daoist announced Ai Jian’s rewards for finding Yin Horses or Human-Faced Ganoderma.
• After the lead boat departed, the cultivators scattered across the Earth Abyss, and Chen Heng declined offers to travel with others before flying to a forest of stone pillars.
• Chen Heng waited on a stone pillar until Yan Ping arrived with more than a dozen members of the Yan Household to kill him.
• Yan Ping accused Chen Heng of expecting to die, but Chen Heng asked how many Talisman Coins the Yan Household had brought.

Chen Heng defeated Yan Jia and the Yan clansmen in the Earth Abyss, revealing his ability to absorb the remnants of their True Qi and unleashing the Innate Great Sun Divine Light. After pursuing the wounded Yan Ping for three days, Chen Heng found him bound among burial mounds in a bustling crowd.

• Yan Jia attacked Chen Heng with the Floating-Water Mirage Bead, but Chen Heng feigned being overcome by its mirage vapor and killed him with the Azure-Law Sword.
• Chen Heng took Yan Jia's Blood River Cart Treasure Wheel and absorbed the residual True Qi from his corpse.
• Yan Ping ordered the Yan clansmen to attack together, but Chen Heng blocked their assaults and exposed his ability to drain True Qi from the dead.
• Chen Heng unleashed the Innate Great Sun Divine Light, killing the Yan clansmen and badly wounding Yan Ping, who escaped with protective artifacts.
• Chen Heng pursued Yan Ping through the Earth Abyss for three days and found him bound to a butcher's block near a bustling crowd.

Chen Heng infiltrated a ghost village by disguising his aura and tried to reach the mutilated Yan Ping, but the ghosts turned hostile when the butcher guarded his captive. Music associated with Mountain Pot Elder interrupted the confrontation, while Song Rupu remained bound in a nearby residence and resisted being forced to marry.

• Chen Heng spotted a ghost village and sent several beauties from the Morning Delight Fan inside, where the ghosts tore them apart within moments.
• Chen Heng used the Scattering Radiance and Concealing Form Art to imitate the ghosts' aura and enter the village unnoticed.
• Chen Heng found Yan Ping alive on a butcher's block and tried to kill him, but the butcher claimed him as Mountain Pot Elder's blood food and warned Chen Heng away.
• When Chen Heng prepared to fight, string music sounded, and the butcher and other ghosts cowered at the mention of Mountain Pot Elder.
• Song Rupu struggled against the ghosts restraining him and protested that he did not want to marry or have children.