Chapter Summaries

Lianshan Xin and his allies backed Xia Xunyang as Great Yu’s future emperor while Xia received the Flame Emperor’s inheritance. Meanwhile, Hong Yun broke off her engagement with Ao Su, provoking the Dragon Palace prince, who then learned that Spirit Mountain wanted to arrange a marriage between him and Lin Ruoshui.

• Lianshan Xin told He Miaojun that Xia Xunyang’s gains had strengthened his own cultivation and claimed he had helped secure part of the Flame Emperor’s inheritance for him.
• Lianshan Xin told Jiang Buping that he supported Xia Xunyang as the next Human Emperor and had found him one of the Nine Cauldrons; Jiang Buping said Xia must relinquish power after a hundred years or he would stop him, even by killing him.
• Qi Shiyun proposed finding Xia Xunyang an empress, and Lianshan Xin said the Heavenly Queen could take Hong Yun as her disciple so she could join the Heavenly Queen Lineage.
• The Heavenly Queen told Jiang Ping'an that Hong Yun might bring about a confrontation between the Dragon Palace and Great Yu, while Ao Su was preoccupied with the Di Hong Clan’s broken engagement.
• Hong Yun and her grandfather refused Ao Su’s demand to return his thirty-million betrothal gift, and Ao Su revealed his Celestial Phenomena Realm strength before Hong Yun left.
• The East Sea Dragon King told Ao Su that Xia Xunyang had become Hong Yun’s new partner and proposed a marriage alliance with Spirit Mountain’s Lin Ruoshui; Ao Su agreed it would be a good opportunity.

Lin Ruoshui learned that Spirit Mountain wanted her to marry Ao Su and appealed to He Miaojun for help, while Lianshan Xin and his allies discussed the Dragon Palace’s broken betrothal and the threat it posed. Xia Xunyang heard that Hong Yun’s actions had derailed her engagement, leaving him grieving as he remembered his dead mother.

• Lin Ruoshui rejected Venerable Jie Kong Wugou’s demand that she marry Ao Su and argued that the Buddha Head’s alliance with the Dragon Palace was part of a larger struggle between Buddha and bodhisattva factions.
• Lin Ruoshui sent He Miaojun a letter addressed to her as “Mother-in-law,” asking for help with Spirit Mountain’s marriage plan; He Miaojun and Lianshan Xin agreed to deal with Ao Su if necessary.
• Lianshan Xin learned from the Heavenly Queen that Ao Su’s former fiancée, Hong Yun, and the Di Hong Clan had complicated the broken engagement, and he considered sending Xunyang after Ao Su before intervening himself.
• Lianshan Xin told Xia Xunyang and Jiang Buping what had happened to Hong Yun; Xia Xunyang doubted the account, then remembered his mother was dead and Thousand Faces was impersonating her, and grief welled up within him.

Xia Xunyang faced pressure to resolve his relationship with Hong Yun while his allies arranged political support for his rise as Human Emperor. The chapter then revealed how Xie Guanhai persuaded the Dragon Palace to attack the Jiang Clique, leading Xie Tianxia to recognize the arriving Dragon forces as ingredients for her table.

• Xie Tianxia, Lianshan Xin, and the others urged Xia Xunyang to let Emperor Yongchang or Thousand Faces test Hong Yun, but Xia demanded seven days to decide.
• Xie Tianxia and Lianshan Xin planned to discuss an alliance with the Dao Chief, and Jiang Buping agreed that Xia should treat Lianshan Xin and the Dao Chief as godfathers.
• Qi Shiyun sparred with Xia Xunyang and beat him while Jiang Buping recalled his lost friends and youthful days.
• The East Sea Dragon King learned that the Unborn Venerable Mother had beaten the Dragon Palace to the Shen Clan and Maitreya had intervened at Kuang Mountain.
• Xie Guanhai convinced Jianma to target the Jiang Clique, claiming its defenses would be weak while its members attended the Dao Discussion Conference.
• The next day, Xie Tianxia saw the Dragon forces arrive and laughed that they had brought themselves to her table.

After Xie Tianxia’s group defeated the Dragon Palace’s attack, she negotiated with Jiang Bufan to secure the Dao Court’s support for Xia Xunyang’s bid to become Human Emperor. Jiang Bufan declared his support, strengthening Xia Xunyang’s path and helping Lianshan Xin advance to the Mid Dharma Form Realm.

• Xie Tianxia’s allies feasted on dragon meat after Jianma and the Dragon Palace forces were driven off, and she planned to use Jiang Buping’s supposed injuries to sway Jiang Bufan.
• Xie Tianxia told Jiang Bufan that Jianma and the Dragon Palace had attacked the Jiang Clique and allied with Spirit Mountain and Xie Guanhai, while Xia Xunyang confirmed that Jiang Buping had allied with her.
• Jiang Bufan initially refused to involve the Dao Court in the coming conflict, but he offered support through his Unordinary Ones and reconsidered after Lianshan Xin hinted at his secrets involving the Unborn Venerable Mother.
• Jiang Bufan declared that he would support Xia Xunyang’s bid for Human Emperor and that Xie Guanhai must die.
• Xia Xunyang’s Human Emperor Dao foundation strengthened, and Lianshan Xin’s cultivation surged to the Mid Dharma Form Realm.

Jianma and the Dragon Palace planned to eliminate Xie Tianxia and advance Ao Su’s claim to the Human Emperor position, while Ao Su’s mother steered him toward Lin Ruoshui and a Spirit Mountain marriage alliance. After learning that Ao Su’s mother was a former demon cult leader, the Unborn Venerable Mother taught Lin Ruoshui her mother dao and proposed a soul-swapping scheme to solve Lin Ruoshui’s troubles.

• Jianma concluded that Xie Tianxia’s presence at the Jiang Clique had been a coincidence and ordered the Dragon Palace to pressure Great Yu and kill her.
• Ao Su’s mother explained that his childhood patience had kept him alive and urged him to pursue Lin Ruoshui, whose descendants might have the potential to become Dao Lords.
• Ao Su agreed to seek a marriage alliance with Lin Ruoshui and asked his mother to recover the Di Hong Clan’s betrothal gifts.
• Lin Ruoshui visited the Unborn Venerable Mother in Western Capital City and reported that Spirit Mountain planned to marry her to Ao Su.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother revealed that Ao Su’s mother had once led a demon cult and taught Lin Ruoshui the mother dao.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother offered to swap Lin Ruoshui’s and Ao Su’s mother’s souls so Lin Ruoshui could become Ao Su’s mother and have Ao Su’s mother take her place to face her lover’s punishment.

Lin Ruoshui rejected the Unborn Venerable Mother's proposal to swap souls with Ao Su's mother, but accepted the complete Mother Dao and discovered it could strengthen her through the demon womb. Meanwhile, the Unborn Venerable Mother set her sights on Hong Yun as her next target.

• Lin Ruoshui refused to exchange divine souls with Ao Su's mother, explaining that she followed the double-standard Dao.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother accepted Lin Ruoshui's refusal, passed on the complete Mother Dao, and suggested that getting Shakyamuni's reincarnation to call her Mother would aid her Dao Integration.
• After the Unborn Venerable Mother left, Thousand Faces warned Lin Ruoshui that she was far weaker than she claimed and cautioned her about the Mother Dao.
• Lin Ruoshui cultivated the Profound Yin Secret Nurturing Demon Fetus Nether Canon and made Maitreya call her Mother, causing her demonic energy to grow stronger.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother located Hong Yun and began plotting to reach her.

Lin Ruoshui discovered that being called a master's wife could strengthen her, while Lianshan Xin discussed the Unborn Venerable Mother's power and Xia Xunyang's cultivation path. After Xie Tianxia destroyed the Jiang Clique, Jiang Bufan advised Jiang Lingxi to separate herself from it and offered the Crown Prince a way forward by inviting him to join the Unjust Way.

• Thousand Faces called Lin Ruoshui his master's wife, and she realized that the title gave her a cultivation boost and planned to seek more disciples to address her as such.
• Lianshan Xin told Xia Xunyang that he was cultivating the Son of Heaven Dao, then learned that Lin Ruoshui had cultivated the Unborn Venerable Mother's inheritance and discussed the Old Mother's strength with her.
• Lin Ruoshui refused Lianshan Xin's proposal to join the Dragon Subjugation Lineage, explaining that her own Dao suited her better, and planned to meet Qi Shiyun and the Chosen One Sons of Heaven in the Divine Capital.
• After Xie Tianxia destroyed the Jiang Clique, the Crown Prince urged Jiang Lingxi and the survivors to accept the loss and seek guidance from Jiang Bufan.
• Jiang Bufan advised Jiang Lingxi to prioritize her own strength over preserving the Jiang Clique, then told the Crown Prince he could not support his succession bid directly.
• Jiang Bufan offered to use the Extraordinary Way to help the Crown Prince reach the Celestial Phenomena Realm if he joined the Unjust Way, and the Crown Prince accepted the proposal.

Hong Yun and Zhong Bicen struggled under the Unborn Venerable Mother’s body-swapping scheme and orders, while Emperor Yongchang considered how to answer pressure from the Dragon Palace, Spirit Mountain, and the Imperial Family. He decided to sacrifice the Imperial Family’s old factions to make way for A-Xin and Xia Xunyang, hoping to extend Great Yu’s fortune by five hundred years.

• Hong Yun concealed her identity from Ao Su and considered how to get rid of him while he asked her to reclaim his betrothal gifts from the Di Hong Clan.
• The Unborn Venerable Mother revealed that Zhong Bicen had been swapped into Hong Yun’s body, ordered her to seize control of the Di Hong Clan, and threatened her if she exposed herself within half a month.
• The Heavenly Queen returned to the Divine Capital with the Dragon Palace Delegation and two Spirit Mountain Bodhisattvas as Emperor Yongchang faced demands to renew the alliance with the Dragon Palace and move against Xie Tianxia.
• Emperor Yongchang told the Heavenly Queen that he trusted Xie Tianxia and planned to use the Imperial Family’s old factions as a pretext to strengthen A-Xin’s path to power.
• The Heavenly Queen revealed that A-Xin wanted Xia Xunyang to become the New Human Emperor, and Emperor Yongchang resolved to sacrifice the Imperial Family to help A-Xin and Xia Xunyang extend Great Yu’s fortune by five hundred years.

Emperor Yongchang and the Heavenly Queen planned to bring Lianshan Xin and Xia Xunyang to the Divine Capital to advance their cultivation, while Lianshan Xin and Xie Tianxia considered the risks of the succession struggle. The chapter ended with an unknown woman urging Princess Yongxing to challenge the Heavenly Queen and take revenge on Zhang A-Niu.

• Emperor Yongchang learned that Ao Su was a Celestial Phenomena Realm dragon prince pursuing Lin Ruoshui and ordered Xia Xunyang summoned for a Crown Prince investiture.
• The Heavenly Queen told Lianshan Xin that Emperor Yongchang planned to help him master the Dragon Subjugation Way and Xia Xunyang master the Human Emperor Dao, and warned him not to seize the throne by force.
• Lianshan Xin learned Xia Xunyang had refined one of the Nine Cauldrons and agreed to go to the Divine Capital with Xie Tianxia's support.
• Xie Tianxia warned Lianshan Xin that the Imperial Family's old retainers might rally behind another candidate, then said he would return to the Xie Clan.
• An unknown woman urged Princess Yongxing to fight the Heavenly Queen, establish New Nine Heavens, and avenge Zhang A-Niu for blinding her.

Princess Yongxing agreed to join her grandaunt’s faction and help remove Emperor Yongchang by targeting Xie Tianxia, whom the Dragon Palace and Spirit Mountain wanted executed. After her grandaunt and a silver-haired relative chose Yongxing as a manageable candidate for the throne, Yongxing revealed that someone else had taken over her body and planned to reenact the Empress’s rise.

• Princess Yongxing’s grandaunt revealed that Yongxing had reached the Dharma Form Realm and urged her to seize the throne, promising support from the imperial elders.
• Her grandaunt said Xie Tianxia was vulnerable after founding the Dragon-Ascension Dao Lineage and urged Yongxing to back an alliance with the Dragon Palace and Spirit Mountain by agreeing to kill her.
• Yongxing agreed to oppose Emperor Yongchang if he rejected the alliance, and her grandaunt left to meet a silver-haired young man next door.
• The silver-haired man and Yongxing’s grandaunt agreed to support Yongxing because she would be easier to control than a more capable candidate.
• Yongxing looked in the mirror and revealed that another person had taken over her body, recalling that she had once taught Yongchang and Yongxing and declaring her intent to rise again.

Xia Xunyang discussed the throne and his prospects with Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun, while the Empress secretly divined against members of the Dragon Subjugation Lineage and was traced in return. After choosing to target the Heavenly Queen, the Empress prepared her next move, and Lianshan Xin returned to the Divine Capital to learn that the Heavenly Queen was pregnant and had been imprisoned.

• Xia Xunyang asked whether the imperial princes and princesses would accept him as Crown Prince, and he explained his ambition and confidence in reaching the Dao Integration Realm.
• The Empress divined against Lianshan Xin from Princess Yongxing's Residence, but his investigation triggered a dangerous backlash and forced her to sever their karmic connection.
• Qi Shiyun identified Princess Yongxing as the princess whose eyes Zhang A-Niu had blinded, and she warned Lianshan Xin that Princess Yongxing was powerful and hostile to the Dragon Subjugation Lineage.
• The Empress divined against Qi Shiyun, but Wusheng Loli traced her in return, prompting the Empress to abandon the investigation and decide to target the Heavenly Queen instead.
• Three days after the Jiang Clique's destruction, Lianshan Xin returned to the Divine Capital and learned that the Heavenly Queen was pregnant, imprisoned, and stripped of her title.

Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Xia Xunyang investigated the Heavenly Queen’s sudden pregnancy and discovered that the Nine Heavens had split, with Princess Yongxing targeting Qi Shiyun and the General’s Residence. Lianshan Xin’s vision revealed that the Heavenly Queen was using the Empress-reincarnation rumor as part of her own plan, and she asked him to gather intelligence and meet her in a dream because the factions might need him as an intermediary.

• Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun, and Xia Xunyang reasoned that the Heavenly Queen’s sudden pregnancy was likely caused by an ancient method and had divided the Nine Heavens.
• Qi Shiyun chose to visit her parents at the General’s Residence, where she and Lianshan Xin uncovered a fake steward working for the Nine Heavens.
• The fake steward accused General Qi’s wife of plotting rebellion and spread rumors that Qi Shiyun was the Empress reincarnated.
• Lianshan Xin saw a memory in which Princess Yongxing ordered the rumor spread, while identifying Xie Tianxia as her real target.
• Lianshan Xin’s vision revealed the Heavenly Queen with the Heavenly Physician, who confirmed her pregnancy, and the Heavenly Queen asked Lianshan Xin to investigate events and meet her in a dream.

Lianshan Xin learned that the Heavenly Queen had become inexplicably pregnant and could not safely end the pregnancy, while she prepared to defend herself against a hidden plot. After Qi Shiyun killed a poisoned steward, Lianshan Xin decided to investigate the Wondrous Sound House before meeting the Heavenly Queen and sought his mother's advice about the pregnancy.

• The Heavenly Physician told the Heavenly Queen that he knew no way to abort her pregnancy and warned that it might endanger her life and cost her the throne.
• The Heavenly Queen asked the Heavenly Physician to support her and arranged a message for Lianshan Xin, while keeping some of her plans hidden in case her enemy could learn them.
• Lianshan Xin realized the Heavenly Queen was deliberately creating misleading information to protect herself from an opponent who might know her arrangements.
• Qi Shiyun killed the steward who had poisoned the tea, and Lianshan Xin memorized the man's appearance so they could later use his identity.
• Lianshan Xin chose to gather intelligence at the Wondrous Sound House before meeting the Heavenly Queen, and said he needed to confirm whether she intended to put her unborn child on the throne.
• Lianshan Xin asked He Miaojun whether the Heavenly Queen could become pregnant and end the pregnancy, and He Miaojun said Lianshan Xin's father could perform an abortion.

Lianshan Xin consulted Lianshan Jingcheng about whether he could help the Heavenly Queen end her pregnancy, but his father urged him to determine what she wanted and focus on securing Xia Xunyang’s rise. Lianshan Jingcheng suspected the fetus might be beyond the reach of both the Buddha Mother’s and Taotie’s inheritances, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Queen’s Buddha Mother inheritance reaching Great Completion.

• Lianshan Xin asked Lianshan Jingcheng whether he could abort the Heavenly Queen’s pregnancy, and Lianshan Jingcheng said he could if she wanted it.
• Lianshan Jingcheng explained that the fetus might be a monstrous being like the Demon Wombs and that Lianshan Xin could potentially deal with it himself.
• Lianshan Jingcheng warned that the Heavenly Queen might be able to devour the fetus with her Devouring Dao Lineage, prompting Lianshan Xin to question whether she truly needed help.
• Lianshan Jingcheng advised Lianshan Xin to prioritize Xia Xunyang’s claim to the throne rather than place all his trust in the Heavenly Queen, and Lianshan Xin went to seek information from his aunt.
• After Lianshan Xin left, Lianshan Jingcheng suggested the fetus might be Shakyamuni, and the Heavenly Queen awakened in the imperial prison as her Buddha Mother inheritance reached Great Completion.

The Heavenly Queen realized her pregnancy might involve Shakyamuni Buddha and feared her plans to oppose the Empress would fail. After Lianshan Xin learned she did not want the child, Lin Ruoshui proposed guiding the Heavenly Queen into the Mother Dao and helping her achieve Dao Integration.

• The Heavenly Queen reached great completion in the Buddha Mother's inheritance and suspected Shakyamuni Buddha's plans were behind her pregnancy.
• Lianshan Xin swore to support Xia Xunyang in the struggle for the throne, then received the Heavenly Queen's message that she would not give birth.
• He Miaoyin showed Lianshan Xin and Xia Xunyang secret intelligence pointing to Princess Yongxing's growing influence and open ties with the Dragon Palace and Spirit Mountain.
• Lin Ruoshui appeared and revealed that she had advanced to the middle Dharma Form Realm, then asked Xia Xunyang to call her Mother.
• Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui suspected the Heavenly Queen might be carrying Shakyamuni Buddha, and Lin Ruoshui proposed helping her enter the Mother Dao and achieve Dao Integration.

Lin Ruoshui proposed using the Unborn Venerable Mother's legacy to help the Heavenly Queen survive her Buddha Embryo, while Lianshan Xin learned that the fetus might be Shakyamuni. Unable to abort it, the Heavenly Queen asked him to bring Emperor Yongchang so he could attempt to seize the child with the Heaven-Seizing Fist.

• Lin Ruoshui persuaded Xia Xunyang to call her Mother and then defeated him in a duel, before deciding to visit the General's Residence and meet more of Lianshan Xin's lineage.
• The Heavenly Queen told Lianshan Xin she sensed a hidden presence in her dream and feared that Shakyamuni, creator of One Dream, Three Thousand Worlds, might be watching.
• The Heavenly Queen revealed that she could not abort the fetus despite trying every method, and feared its birth would destroy political trust between the Imperial Family and the Nine Heavens.
• Lianshan Xin said he could not help if the fetus was a Buddha Embryo, and the Heavenly Queen asked him to find Emperor Yongchang so he could try to seize the child with the Heaven-Seizing Fist.

Lianshan Xin learned that the Heavenly Queen could not abort the Buddha Embryo she was carrying and asked Emperor Yongchang to use Blood Guanyin’s Heaven-Seizing Fist to seize it. When Emperor Yongchang failed, Loli Pingxin proposed that Lianshan Xin use the complete Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist to claim part of Shakyamuni Buddha’s cultivation through his friendship with the Netherworld.

• The Heavenly Queen told Lianshan Xin she would not remain pregnant willingly, asked him to investigate Princess Yongxing, and agreed to consider a risky path toward Dao Integration.
• Lianshan Xin visited Emperor Yongchang in a dream and explained that the Heavenly Queen might be carrying a Buddha Embryo, then relayed her request for him to seize the child.
• Emperor Yongchang twice used Blood Guanyin’s divine art on the Heavenly Queen, but the Buddha Embryo did not budge, disappointing Bone-Scraping Blade, who had hoped to become Shakyamuni Buddha’s brother.
• Loli Pingxin explained that Emperor Yongchang’s incomplete Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist could not affect Shakyamuni Buddha, while Lianshan Xin’s complete version could claim some of his cultivation because Shakyamuni would honor the Netherworld’s relationship.
• Loli Pingxin added that the Unborn Venerable Mother’s Mother Dao Inheritance could also work against Shakyamuni Buddha, leaving Lianshan Xin and Lin Ruoshui a chance to benefit together.

Lianshan Xin coordinated with the Heavenly Queen and Lin Ruoshui to strengthen their position, while Shakyamuni’s response to his Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist empowered Loli Pingxin. As Lianshan Xin arranged to meet Zhuo Biyu and investigate Tian Ji’s sudden rise in power, Tian Ji discovered that the Torch Dragon had approached him over the Picturesque Realm.

• Lianshan Xin encouraged the Heavenly Queen to pursue the Dao Lord path, and she agreed to break with the Nine Heavens rather than give up her child.
• Xia Xunyang pledged to defend Xie Tianxia and support the Chosen of Heaven Vein Masters, while Lianshan Xin arranged to bring Lin Ruoshui to meet the Heavenly Queen.
• Lianshan Xin used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist on the Heavenly Queen’s Buddha Embryo, gaining strength as Shakyamuni’s benefits also greatly empowered Loli Pingxin.
• Lianshan Xin learned from Zhuo Biyu that Tian Ji had nearly reached the Dharma Form Realm and decided to wait for him to make contact.
• Tian Ji recalled that finding a stone eye had revealed Emperor Yongchang as his birth father and triggered a sudden surge in his cultivation.
• The Torch Dragon appeared to Tian Ji and asked whether he wanted a share of the Picturesque Realm.

Tian Ji learned that Lianshan Xin had shifted his support from him to Xia Xunyang, while the Torch Dragon urged him to contend for the throne and destroy the Dragon Subjugation Lineage. The Torch Dragon then revealed its revenge plot and apparent mastery of the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art, as Yin Cunli sensed its return.

• The Torch Dragon offered Tian Ji its power and urged him to use the Heaven-Flipping Stone to pursue the Human Emperor’s throne, while demanding the destruction of the Dragon Subjugation Lineage.
• The Torch Dragon revealed that Lianshan Xin had known Tian Ji’s imperial origins from the start and now supported Xia Xunyang, leaving Tian Ji deeply disappointed.
• Tian Ji considered whether to accept the Torch Dragon’s offer, but privately judged that joining forces with A-Xin to take advantage of the weakened beast might be wiser.
• The Torch Dragon told the Pavilion Master that Tian Ji would serve as its puppet and a means to infiltrate the Dragon Subjugation Lineage, and revealed that it had mastered the Dragon Subduers Immortal Art.
• The Torch Dragon vowed to carry out Mao Fulong’s unfinished ambitions and laughed as the East Sea filled with demonic mist.
• Yin Cunli opened his eyes in the Divine Capital, and the narration confirmed that the Torch Dragon had never died.

Yin Cunli revealed himself as the reincarnated Torch Dragon and planned to take control of the Dragon Subjugation Lineage by exploiting Qi Shiyun’s trust. When Qi Shiyun gathered the Chosen Ones Sons of Heaven, Lin Ruoshui detected Yin Cunli’s hidden power of time, though he remained unaware that she had noticed him.

• Yin Cunli awakened to his identity as Torch Dragon and resolved to eliminate Lianshan Xin as a threat to his succession.
• Yin Cunli persuaded Yuan Xi to join the meeting with Qi Shiyun, while Yuan Xi privately wondered whether his loyalty was an act.
• Qi Shiyun trusted Yin Cunli’s letter and planned to use her Mind-Reading Ability to expose traitors among the Chosen Ones Sons of Heaven.
• Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui advanced to the Middle Dharma Form Realm as power from Lianshan Xin, Qi Shiyun’s master, and the Chosen Ones Sons of Heaven reached them.
• On the fourth day after the Jiang Clique’s destruction, Qi Shiyun introduced Lin Ruoshui as the Master’s Wife, and Yin Cunli unknowingly triggered Lin Ruoshui’s time-related power.
• Lin Ruoshui identified Yin Cunli as the source of the anomaly and concealed that she had detected him.