Chapter Summaries

Elder Qingming used captured Demon Sect spies and the Demon-Slaying Platform to draw their allies out and restore his authority. Mei Erni arrived to claim the prisoners, and Lin Shisan was shocked to see the woman connected to Mu Ling'er and his own forced spying.

• Qingming summoned the Demon-Slaying Platform and chained more than a dozen captured Demon Sect spies to it, declaring he would execute them if no one rescued them.
• Lin Shisan checked the prisoners and felt relieved that Mu Ling'er was not among them.
• As the Demon-Slaying Squad prepared to execute the spies, Mei Erni arrived and declared that they were her subordinates.
• Qingming recognized Mei Erni, while Lin Shisan realized she was Mu Ling'er's Aunt Mei and the woman who had forced him to become a Demon Sect spy.
• Mei Erni greeted Feng Xian'er and surveyed the gathered cultivators before turning her attention back to Qingming.

Aunt Mei confronted Elder Qingming on Lion Peak Mountain and revealed that she had reached the great perfection of the Sky Soaring Realm. After Qingming’s Demon-Trapping Formation was destroyed, she stood ready to take the captured people away.

• Aunt Mei mocked Qingming for his earlier public humiliation of the people he had detained, and Qingming summoned the Golden Light Demon-Trapping Formation to trap her.
• Qingming sent rune-covered chains toward Aunt Mei, but she caught one and crushed it with her hand.
• Aunt Mei unleashed her aura, revealing that she had reached the great perfection of the Sky Soaring Realm, one step below the Three Flowers Realm.
• Aunt Mei struck the formation twice, destroying its central pillar and causing the entire formation to collapse.
• Aunt Mei demanded that Qingming release the dozen or so people, while Qingming stood speechless amid the wreckage.

Elder Cang Xuan revealed that he had spent three hundred years posing as an Immortal Alliance Elder while planting demon gu in the Eight Sects’ Core Disciples. He freed the Demon Sect spies and reunited with Aunt Mei as the Third Protector, leaving Qingming and the afflicted disciples betrayed and in danger.

• Elder Cang Xuan stopped Qingming from confronting Aunt Mei and greeted her as his Second Sister.
• Cang Xuan activated the demon gu hidden in the Core Disciples, causing them to collapse and suffer as black runes appeared on their bodies.
• Ye Xingchen and Lin Shisan were also afflicted, and Feng Xian'er identified Lin Shisan’s mark as demon gu created by Cang Xuan.
• Cang Xuan confessed that he had infiltrated the Immortal Alliance for three hundred years, revealed his late-stage Sky Soaring Realm cultivation, and announced his return to the Demon Sect.
• Aunt Mei recognized Cang Xuan as the Demon Sect’s Third Protector, and he destroyed the remaining formation and freed the Demon Sect spies.
• Qingming realized that Cang Xuan, whom he had trusted and helped make an Elder, had betrayed him all along.

Cang Xuan defeated Qingming and revealed that Lin Shisan carried a Demon Gu meant to consume his cultivation. As Ning Jiuying’s Demon Spirit Clone attacked Lin Shisan, Feng Xian’er intervened, then Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang arrived together on Lion Peak Mountain.

• Cang Xuan blocked Qingming’s sword strike, bound him with silver threads, and declared that someone else would kill him.
• Cang Xuan told Lin Shisan that his Demon Gu would eventually devour his cultivation, then revealed that Ning Jiuying had demanded his death.
• Ning Jiuying’s Demon Spirit Clone lunged at Lin Shisan, but Feng Xian’er shielded him and attacked Ning Jiuying with the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror.
• Feng Xian’er summoned a fire phoenix and threatened to destroy Ning Jiuying’s clone.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang arrived together, startling the assembled cultivators and leaving the battlefield tense.

Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang announced that a Great Fortune Bearer was among the disciples who entered the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm and proposed testing them by summoning the Eye of Rules. When no one volunteered, Yue Wushuang offered to remove the Demon Gu Cang Xuan had planted in them, leaving the disciples to weigh the risk against relief from the curse.

• Chiyangzi arrived at Lion Peak Mountain, freed Qingming, and said he would discuss Cang Xuan later before sealing the gathering inside an Isolation Formation.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang explained that the Eye of Rules’ unusual activity meant a Great Fortune Bearer had likely appeared among the secret-realm disciples.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang asked the Core Disciples to trigger the Eye of Rules so they could identify the Great Fortune Bearer, warning that the test could cause severe injury or death.
• When no one stepped forward, Yue Wushuang revealed that she knew Cang Xuan had planted Demon Gu in the disciples and offered to extract the Gu Poison if they cooperated.

Yue Wushuang and Chiyangzi offered powerful rewards to disciples who tested whether they could stir the Eye of Rules, but every volunteer failed. Yue Wushuang then called Lin Shisan onto the Demon-Slaying Platform, leaving him to face the test despite his fear that it would expose his secrets.

• Yue Wushuang promised volunteers that she would remove their demon gu and grant pills, with greater rewards for anyone who stirred or subdued the Eye of Rules; Chiyangzi added rewards from the Immortal Alliance.
• Lei Potian volunteered first, had his demon gu removed, and failed to stir the Eye of Rules before receiving his rewards.
• Su Wan'er, Murong Xue, and other core disciples tried the test, but none of them stirred the Eye of Rules.
• Yue Wushuang noticed Lin Shisan in the crowd and felt a fleeting, inexplicable unease as she watched him.
• Yue Wushuang called Lin Shisan to the Demon-Slaying Platform, while Feng Xian'er watched calmly and Cang Xuan regarded him with wary interest.

Lin Shisan drew the Eye of Rules back to Lion Peak Mountain, where it watched him without either submitting or erasing him. As the Immortal Alliance and Demon Sect prepared for its possible attack, everyone waited to learn what the Eye's hesitation meant.

• Yue Wushuang sensed the demon gu in Lin Shisan, extracted it, and told him to begin when he was ready.
• Lin Shisan circulated the Nine Yang Wheel-Transferring Cultivation Manual, and the Eye of Rules appeared in the sky and fixed its gaze on him.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang strengthened their protective arrays as the Eye's pressure shook Lion Peak Mountain, but the Eye neither attacked Lin Shisan nor submitted to him.
• Bai Ziyin, Feng Xian'er, Gu Mengli, and Ye Xingchen prepared to protect Lin Shisan while the Eye continued to watch him.
• Zhang Wujun and Han Yansong worked together on a Weakening Array, warning that Lin Shisan might not survive three breaths if the Eye moved to erase him.

Ning Jiuying triggered the demon spirit inside Lin Shisan, provoking the Eye of Rules to attack him as Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang struggled to protect the Demon-Slaying Platform. With the defenses broken and his body and mind failing, Lin Shisan stood to face the next strike and drew Xuanyuan.

• Ning Jiuying arrived at Lion Peak Mountain and used a demonic rune to awaken the demon spirit hidden in Lin Shisan.
• The demon spirit ravaged Lin Shisan's divine sense and released demonic qi, causing the Eye of Rules to turn its killing intent on him.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang reinforced the barrier while Bai Ziyin and Jian Wuhen warned the crowd that approaching Lin Shisan would provoke the Eye of Rules.
• The Eye of Rules shattered the defensive formations with its second pillar of light, leaving Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang unable to rebuild the barrier before the next attack.
• Lin Shisan forced himself to stand despite his injuries and demonic corruption, then drew Xuanyuan as the third pillar of light descended.

Lin Shisan used Gai Jiuyou’s A Thought, Flowers Bloom to survive the Eye of Rules’ fourth strike, but the technique consumed his life and left him helpless as a fifth strike gathered. As the Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror awakened and revealed a fire phoenix, Feng Xian’er recognized it as the Grand Patriarch’s artifact spirit.

• Lin Shisan’s Xuanyuan Sword shattered while blocking the Eye of Rules, leaving him gravely wounded and unable to stop Ning Jiuying’s taunts.
• Lin Shisan activated the black petal’s hidden technique, A Thought, Flowers Bloom, and its lotus dome endured the fourth pillar of light.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang recognized A Thought, Flowers Bloom as Gai Jiuyou’s signature technique, while Lin Shisan felt it consuming his vitality.
• After three breaths, the lotus dome withered and shattered, and the blast threw Lin Shisan into the stone railing as the fifth pillar of light gathered.
• The Nine-Phoenix Heart-Exterminating Mirror blazed, released a giant fire phoenix, and made Feng Xian’er realize the Grand Patriarch’s artifact spirit had awakened.

Lin Shisan endured the Eye of Rules’ final attack after Little Nine sacrificed himself to protect him, but Bai Youyou arrived and halted the annihilation with her Divine Ability. The Eye turned its fury on her as Lin Shisan struggled to stand straight amid the ruined Demon-Slaying Platform.

• Little Nine repeatedly shielded Lin Shisan from the Eye of Rules until his phantom form shattered, leaving the damaged Fire Spirit Pearl in Lin Shisan’s hands.
• The Eye of Rules gathered a strike more than three times stronger, while Lin Shisan, exhausted and burned, forced himself to stand rather than die on his knees.
• Bai Youyou swept in with a sea of petals and used “A Thought, Flowers Bloom” to make a white lotus block and weaken the Eye’s pillar of light, though she was badly wounded.
• Ning Jiuying recognized Bai Youyou as the Netherworld Palace’s Holy Maiden, and the onlookers wondered why she had risked herself for Lin Shisan.
• Lin Shisan straightened his body despite his injuries, while Bai Youyou faced the enraged Eye of Rules with a faint, tragic smile.

The Eye of Rules detonated itself and opened a space-time black hole that swallowed Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou. The survivors were left wondering whether the Eye had sent Lin Shisan somewhere rather than killed him.

• The Eye of Rules collapsed into a singularity and exploded into a space-time black hole that began dragging Lin Shisan toward it.
• Chiyangzi warned everyone to retreat, while the black hole’s suction and warped space injured Feng Xian'er and the surrounding disciples.
• Bai Youyou resisted the suction with drifting petals, reached Lin Shisan, and told him she would stand beside him and die.
• The black hole bound Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou with chains of rule power, then vanished with them into the Void.
• Chiyangzi and Yue Wushuang speculated that the Eye of Rules had sent Lin Shisan away, while Feng Xian'er, Ning Jiuying, and Mu Ling'er watched the empty sky.

After the Little Black Cauldron brought Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou through a rift onto a beach, an elderly couple rescued them and took them to their fishing village. Both woke with amnesia and serious injuries, and Lin Shisan resolved to survive until his memories returned.

• The old man and old woman found Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou barely alive on the beach and brought them home with help from Little Stone.
• Lin Shisan woke with no memories, learned that Bai Youyou was alive, and accepted the name Black-Faced Uncle from Little Stone.
• The old man treated Lin Shisan’s wounds while Lin Shisan discovered that his body retained a faint instinctive strength despite his empty dantian.
• Bai Youyou woke in the inner room with no memories and learned from the old woman that she was recovering from broken ribs and a deep arm wound.
• Lin Shisan agreed to let Little Stone take him to see the sea after he recovered, and resolved to stay alive until his memories returned.

Lin Shisan recovered in the Old Zhou Household and used an uncanny ability to find seafood to help the family through hard times. As he and Bai Youyou grew closer over three months, Little Stone asked them to get married.

• Lin Shisan went gathering seafood with Little Stone and discovered he could sense catches hidden beneath the sand and in the water.
• Lin Shisan brought home enough seafood to feed the household and help the Old Woman earn money, then took on repairs and chores as the Old Man recovered.
• Bai Youyou slowly recovered and began talking with Lin Shisan, accepting the small gifts he brought her.
• After three months, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou had grown accustomed to life by the sea, and Little Stone asked them why they did not get married.

After Little Stone urged Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou to marry, the villagers arranged a modest wedding for them. On their wedding night, Lin Shisan’s attempt to kiss Bai Youyou was interrupted by a sudden pain in his chest, but he later gave in to desire as an eerie red hue appeared in his eyes.

• Little Stone openly wished for Bai Youyou to marry Lin Shisan and give him a little brother, embarrassing them both.
• The old woman privately asked Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou about becoming a couple, and they each agreed.
• The old couple arranged a wedding in three days, and the village held a modest feast for Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou.
• On their wedding night, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou shared an entwined-arm bridal toast and leaned in to kiss.
• A sudden stabbing pain froze Lin Shisan before their lips met, but he dismissed it as the wine affecting him.
• Lin Shisan moved to undress Bai Youyou, then pounced on her as an eerie blood-red hue rippled through his eyes.

When Little Stone was swept toward a gigantic offshore whirlpool, Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou plunged in to save him. The whirlpool swallowed all three and then began to shrink, leaving the Old Man and villagers helpless on the shore.

• The Old Woman discovered that Little Stone had vanished from his bed, and the Old Man said a huge whirlpool had pulled him out to sea.
• An elderly fisherman warned that the whirlpool meant the Sea Dragon King had come to feed, frightening the villagers away from attempting a rescue.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou ran to the shore and saw Little Stone struggling near the whirlpool's center.
• Lin Shisan and Bai Youyou swam into the dangerous current as Little Stone clung to a broken plank.
• A powerful surge dragged Little Stone and the plank into the whirlpool, and Lin Shisan plunged after him.
• Bai Youyou followed them into the whirlpool, which began to shrink as the Old Man and villagers watched in despair.

Lin Shisan fell through an underwater vortex into a hidden grotto, where he found Little Stone captured at a forced wedding between a great python posing as the Sea Dragon King and a woman suppressed by a Golden Talisman Seal. As he prepared to intervene, the Little Black Cauldron on his chest began to heat up.

• Lin Shisan was dragged through the black vortex and landed in a dark stone passage beneath the sea.
• Lin Shisan found no sign of Bai Youyou and followed a red glow through the passage into a vast decorated chamber.
• Lin Shisan saw a great python in wedding robes, a silent woman held down by a Golden Talisman Seal, and Turtleback Old Man officiating their wedding.
• Lin Shisan recognized Little Stone, alive but tied to a pillar as a wedding gift, and realized the woman was likely being forced to marry the Sea Dragon King.
• Lin Shisan clenched his fists to save them, and the Little Black Cauldron against his chest began to grow hot.

Lin Shisan regained his memories while saving Little Stone from a forced wedding in an underwater palace, but his cultivation remained sealed. He awakened the Hornless Dragon True Spirit and wounded the python demon, who then launched a deadly attack that Lin Shisan struggled to evade.

• The Little Black Cauldron restored Lin Shisan’s memories, though his Dantian and spiritual power remained sealed.
• Lin Shisan stepped forward to rescue Little Stone, and the python demon mocked him and attacked.
• Lin Shisan dodged the python demon’s claw and struck him with a physical blow as the Hornless Dragon True Spirit awakened and covered him in phantom scales.
• The woman in the phoenix crown recognized Lin Shisan’s Hornless Dragon True Spirit and stared at him in shock.
• The python demon charged Lin Shisan in fury, and his claw closed to within three inches of Lin Shisan’s forehead.

Bai Youyou rescued Lin Shisan from the python demon’s fatal attack, and the two fought together to protect Little Stone. Lin Shisan wounded the demon with his dragon art, but the demon unleashed his Inner Core and targeted Little Stone, whose life was left hanging by a thread.

• Bai Youyou struck the python demon and joined Lin Shisan, then agreed to rescue Little Stone while Lin Shisan held off their attacker.
• The python demon summoned water spears, and Bai Youyou blocked them with her Green Jade Pendant as Lin Shisan used the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art to evade them.
• Lin Shisan struck the python demon with a dragon-backed punch, breaking the demon’s scales and driving him across the stone platform.
• The python demon summoned his Inner Core to increase his power, and Little Stone collapsed after being overwhelmed by the pressure.
• The python demon revealed that Little Stone was his true target, and Lin Shisan shouted in alarm.

Lin Shisan rescued Little Stone and broke the Spirit-Sealing Seal imprisoning Zi Yuner, revealing her as a princess of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace. With Black Wind terrified and kneeling, Zi Yuner prepared to settle accounts with him.

• Bai Youyou used a petal technique to restrain the python demon while Lin Shisan freed Little Stone from the blue-green rope.
• Lin Shisan asked the bridal-robed woman to cooperate, then struck the Golden Talisman Seal with his Dragon Scale Phantom until it shattered.
• The seal’s destruction restored the woman’s power and revealed her dragon horns; she identified herself as Zi Yuner and Black Wind as a three-hundred-year-old python who had imprisoned her.
• Black Wind recognized Zi Yuner’s status as a princess of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and fell to his knees in fear.
• Zi Yuner thanked Lin Shisan, promised the Purple Sky Dragon Palace would repay him, and turned to settle accounts with Black Wind.

Hei Feng tried to escape Zi Yuner by planting his Divine Sense in Little Stone, but Zi Yuner killed him and temporarily suppressed the seed with his False Spirit Pearl. Since only the Dragon King’s Dragon Pearl could remove it completely, Lin Shisan agreed to accompany Zi Yuner to the Purple Sky Dragon Palace to save Little Stone.

• Hei Feng sent a streak of ghostly blue Divine Sense toward Little Stone, and it entered the child’s sea of consciousness.
• Hei Feng revealed that he could detonate the Divine Sense seed to kill Little Stone and used the threat to try to bargain for his life.
• Zi Yuner crushed Hei Feng with her power and took his False Spirit Pearl, using it to suppress the seed inside Little Stone.
• Zi Yuner explained that the False Spirit Pearl could only protect Little Stone temporarily and that her royal father’s Dragon Pearl was needed to remove the threat completely.
• Lin Shisan agreed to accompany Zi Yuner to the Purple Sky Dragon Palace and ask her royal father to save Little Stone.