Chapter Summaries

Mingwang ordered Shui Zhongxing and Bone-Scraping Blade to investigate Lianshan Xin’s family, while Bone-Scraping Blade discovered clues linking them to Yama and Jiang Ping'an. After learning that Blood Guanyin had died and Thousand Faces had disappeared, Mingwang concluded that Lianshan Xin could not be killed, but kept secret that Yama and Jiang Ping'an were the same person.

• Mingwang sent Shui Zhongxing to leave a Yama's Calling Card at Spring Revival Hall and ordered Bone-Scraping Blade to investigate Lianshan Xin’s parents.
• Bone-Scraping Blade found a Peace Charm connected to Jiang Ping'an and suspected that Lianshan Jingcheng was Jiang Ping'an living under another name.
• Lianshan Xin found a Yama's Calling Card bearing the name Xia Fenghua, and Bone-Scraping Blade identified herself as the person named on it before fleeing.
• Shui Zhongxing told Mingwang that Blood Guanyin had died and Thousand Faces had vanished after crossing paths with Lianshan Xin.
• Bone-Scraping Blade urged Mingwang to spare Lianshan Xin, whom she suspected was the Demon Womb, and said He Miaojun might be Yama while Lianshan Jingcheng might be Jiang Ping'an.
• After Bone-Scraping Blade and Shui Zhongxing left, Mingwang revealed to himself that Yama and Jiang Ping'an were one and the same person.

Lianshan Xin learned that the Celestial Master had died at Kuang Mountain, where a strange transformation suppressed anyone entering to the Grandmaster Realm or below. Tasked by the Nine Heavens and the Governor’s Residence with investigating the death and finding the Kuang Furnace, he saw the Celestial Master’s final words—and recognized the warning his father had given him that morning.

• The Wisdom King suspected that He Miaojun might be Yama and decided to let Bone-Scraping Blade investigate rather than risk confronting Yama himself.
• Lianshan Xin questioned He Miaojun and Lianshan Jingcheng about their identities and connections, while Lianshan Jingcheng warned him that the Bone-Scraping Blade might have drained Cao Fuhu’s essence.
• Qi Shiyun told Lianshan Xin that the Celestial Master had died at Kuang Mountain, where a new restriction kept Grandmasters and stronger fighters from leaving.
• Qi Shiyun explained that young Hidden Dragons would be trapped inside Kuang Mountain, while Lianshan Xin could travel between the mountain and the outside world, and asked him to coordinate the investigation.
• Zhang A-Niu and Cao Fuhu assigned Lianshan Xin full responsibility for affairs at Kuang Mountain and gave him the Celestial Master’s final written words.
• Lianshan Xin read the Celestial Master’s warning about discontent, desire, and defying heaven, recognizing it as the same counsel Lianshan Jingcheng had given him that morning.

After the Celestial Master’s death and the madness of a man who returned from Kuang Mountain, Lianshan Xin was named to lead the investigation. Emperor Yongchang ordered him to find the Kuang Furnace after the Heavenly Diviner foretold catastrophe, placing the fate of Great Yu’s Nineteen Provinces on his shoulders.

• Lianshan Xin agreed to await the Divine Capital’s orders, while privately planning to use Kuang Mountain’s isolation to avoid being controlled from outside.
• Emperor Yongchang and the Heavenly Queen learned that Kuang Mountain might become an Immortal Realm Fragment and that ordinary martial artists could not safely investigate it.
• The High Immortal urged them to send Nine Heavens’ young masters into Kuang Mountain, then singled out Lianshan Xin as a suitable candidate.
• The Heavenly Diviner used Future Fruit to divine Lianshan Xin’s journey and suffered severe backlash before foretelling, “The true dragon bleeds; the Dao wanes and the demonic rises!”
• Emperor Yongchang gave Lianshan Xin full authority over Kuang Mountain affairs and ordered him to find the Kuang Furnace for the safety of Great Yu.
• Eunuch Wang delivered the imperial edict to Jiangzhou, leaving Lianshan Xin responsible for the fate of the Nineteen Provinces.

Lianshan Xin learned that Emperor Yongchang knew he was his son and had entrusted him with Kuang Mountain, where an Immortal Artifact fragment could decide Great Yu’s fate. Emperor Yongchang also revealed to Xia Xunyang that he was his biological father and promised him the Crown Prince position if he took control of the Kuang Mountain Secret Realm.

• Lianshan Xin accepted Emperor Yongchang’s decree but told Eunuch Wang he would repay the emperor’s kindness to his sons, while Eunuch Wang recognized that Xin already knew his parentage.
• Eunuch Wang revealed that the Kuang Furnace contained an Immortal Artifact fragment and that Emperor Yongchang would let Xin claim the Crown Prince position if he controlled Kuang Mountain.
• Eunuch Wang explained that Great Yu faced a dynastic crisis as its Immortal protector weakened, and Xin resolved to seize the opportunity while avoiding the risks of becoming Crown Prince.
• Emperor Yongchang privately recruited Xia Xunyang to enter Kuang Mountain, calling him his true trump card after confirming that Xunyang had deliberately lost to Lin Ruoshui.
• Emperor Yongchang showed Xia Xunyang his mother’s portrait in the Hundred Beauties Tower and revealed that Xunyang was his son, not the Prince of Jiujiang’s.
• Emperor Yongchang promised Xia Xunyang the Crown Prince position if he found the Kuang Furnace and controlled the Kuang Mountain Secret Realm.

Emperor Yongchang explained to the Heavenly Queen why he was sending Xia Xunyang and Lianshan Xin to compete for the Kuang Mountain Secret Realm, while Xia Xunyang learned that his mother doubted the emperor’s promises but still feared for his safety. The Crown Prince asked Lin Ruoshui to protect Lianshan Xin, and their meeting ended when the Crown Prince’s Consort confronted Lin Ruoshui over Qi Shiyun and a drug given to the Crown Prince.

• Emperor Yongchang told the Heavenly Queen that he favored Xia Xunyang but saw Lianshan Xin as a possible rival, and that either son might earn the throne by gaining control of Kuang Mountain.
• Emperor Yongchang revealed that the Prince of Jiujiang’s household and five hundred private soldiers could aid Xia Xunyang, while admitting he might later strip the princes of their fiefs.
• Xia Xunyang asked the Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang how much of Emperor Yongchang’s promise she trusted, and she said only thirty percent while urging her son to protect his life.
• Xiao Shunzi summoned Lin Ruoshui to the Eastern Palace, where the Crown Prince gave her a document promising renovations to the Children’s Charity Bureaus and offered further aid for abandoned children.
• The Crown Prince asked Lin Ruoshui to protect Lianshan Xin in Jiangzhou and disclosed that he suspected Xia Xunyang was Emperor Yongchang’s illegitimate son.
• The Crown Prince’s Consort confronted Lin Ruoshui about defeating Qi Shiyun, and Lin Ruoshui asked whether the drug she had given the Crown Prince was still working.

Lin Ruoshui secured the Crown Prince’s cooperation and discussed the Demon Womb, the Dragon Seed, and the Demon Cult with He Miaoyin. Lianshan Xin learned that Emperor Yongchang had taken his father as leverage and prepared for Kuang Mountain, while Cao Fuhu enlisted Bone-Scraping Blade in a scheme against the Prince of Jiujiang before Thousand Faces interrupted them.

• Lin Ruoshui swore a pact with the Crown Prince, who arranged for Lady Wondrous Sound to share intelligence and assist her mission.
• Lin Ruoshui told He Miaoyin that the Crown Prince’s consort carried both a Demon Womb and a Dragon Seed, then urged He Miaoyin to join her journey to Jiangzhou and meet He Miaojun.
• Lianshan Xin discovered that Suo Yuanchu had taken his father away under Emperor Yongchang’s order, and his One Heart Society companions explained the political threat and planned their roles at Kuang Mountain.
• Lianshan Xin sent Tian Ji to stay behind and watch over his father, while Qi Shiyun agreed to enter Kuang Mountain and Zhuo Biyu planned to support them from outside.
• Cao Fuhu asked Bone-Scraping Blade to seduce the Prince of Jiujiang as part of his bid to strip the princes of their fiefs, and Thousand Faces unexpectedly appeared at the window.

Cao Fuhu negotiated with Thousand Faces and Bone-Scraping Blade over the Kuang Mountain struggle, offering cooperation against the Prince of Jiujiang and Xia Xunyang. In the Divine Capital, Emperor Yongchang learned the Crown Prince had invited Lin Ruoshui to the Eastern Palace, then realized he had forgotten to have Lianshan Jingcheng detained; Lianshan Jingcheng sensed danger when strangers confronted him.

• Cao Fuhu admitted his ambitions to Thousand Faces and challenged him to a future duel, while Bone-Scraping Blade arrived and warned that the Cult Master was searching for Thousand Faces.
• Cao Fuhu asserted his authority as Jiangzhou Governor, and Thousand Faces and Bone-Scraping Blade agreed to cooperate with him over Kuang Mountain.
• Cao Fuhu identified Xia Xunyang as a likely rival to Lianshan Xin and persuaded the two elders to help prevent the Prince of Jiujiang from claiming Kuang Mountain's immortal opportunity.
• The Heavenly Queen told Emperor Yongchang that the Crown Prince had openly invited Lin Ruoshui into the Eastern Palace, and Emperor Yongchang suspected she might be the Buddhist Order's new worldly emissary—and possibly his daughter.
• Emperor Yongchang realized he had forgotten to order Lianshan Jingcheng's arrest, while Lianshan Jingcheng confronted people he recognized as outsiders to White Deer Grotto Academy and Nine Heavens.

Lianshan Jingcheng deduced that the Prince of Jiujiang had abducted him to stop Lianshan Xin from gaining influence at Kuang Mountain. Lianshan Xin gathered allies to counter Xia Xunyang and rescue his father, but Thousand Faces was exposed while infiltrating the Prince’s residence.

• Suo Yuanchu admitted that the Prince of Jiujiang had taken Lianshan Jingcheng hostage to pressure Lianshan Xin, whose role at Kuang Mountain threatened the prince’s plans for Xia Xunyang.
• The Prince of Jiujiang revealed to Suo Yuanchu that he hoped Xia Xunyang would claim the Kuang Mountain Secret Realm and its Immortal Artifact, the Kuang Furnace, and ordered Suo Yuanchu to move underground.
• Lianshan Xin learned that Suo Yuanchu and his father had disappeared, and Zhang A-Niu confirmed that Nine Heavens could not openly oppose the Prince of Jiujiang without grounds to act.
• Lianshan Xin learned that Emperor Yongchang had positioned both him and Xia Xunyang to compete over Kuang Mountain; Bone-Scraping Blade agreed to confront Xia Xunyang, while Thousand Faces set out to rescue Lianshan Jingcheng.
• The Prince of Jiujiang recognized Thousand Faces disguised as his secondary consort, revealing that Bone-Scraping Blade had been waiting to ambush him after overhearing his agreement with Cao Fuhu.

The Prince of Jiujiang captured Thousand Faces and tried to recruit him to support Xia Xunyang, then sent him to investigate Lianshan Jingcheng. Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun revealed their Divine Abilities to each other and planned to confront Xia Xunyang at Kuang Mountain, where they were headed as he arrived.

• The Prince of Jiujiang revealed his identity as the Bone-Scraping Blade, dismissed the Demon Cult, and offered Thousand Faces a chance to serve Xia Xunyang.
• Thousand Faces agreed to cooperate conditionally, and the Prince of Jiujiang ordered him to investigate and protect Lianshan Jingcheng, whom he suspected was Jiang Ping'an.
• Lianshan Xin decoded a letter from his father and, with Qi Shiyun, concluded that the Prince of Jiujiang was keeping Lianshan Jingcheng safe for now.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun disclosed that they possessed Destiny Insight and the Mind-Reading Ability, and agreed to work together against the Prince of Jiujiang and Xia Xunyang.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun planned to capture Xia Xunyang at Kuang Mountain and use him to secure Lianshan Jingcheng's safety.
• Zhuo Biyu reported that Xia Xunyang had reached Jiangzhou, and Lianshan Xin set out for Kuang Mountain with Qi Shiyun.

Lianshan Xin returned home to investigate his mother with Heavenly Eye Search while his allies moved against Xia Xunyang. The search showed his parents discussing a Daoist passage on the night the Celestial Master died, leaving Lianshan Xin alarmed by its warning about defying Heaven.

• Qi Shiyun asked Tian Ji to investigate the Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang, and Tian Ji agreed to help Lianshan Xin despite the Nine Heavens' rules.
• He Miaoyin visited He Miaojun and told Lianshan Xin that Lin Ruoshui had been recruited to protect him from Xia Xunyang.
• Lin Ruoshui attacked Xia Xunyang, but Suo Yuanchu intervened and took Xia Xunyang away on the Prince of Jiujiang's orders.
• Lianshan Xin told his mother he planned to enter Kuang Mountain, then used Heavenly Eye Search on He Miaojun.
• Lianshan Xin saw his parents discussing a Daoist passage about contentment and Heaven on the night the Celestial Master died.

Lianshan Xin failed to uncover his mother’s secrets, while Zhang A-Niu killed Suo Yuanchu and forced the Prince of Jiujiang to release Lianshan Jingcheng. At Kuang Mountain, Xia Xunyang and Qi Shiyun fought over the terms of a truce, but Xia unexpectedly defeated her, leaving Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun stunned by the hidden force behind his royal blood.

• Lianshan Xin questioned He Miaojun about the Celestial Master’s final words and the Peace Charm, but she dismissed his suspicions and urged him to be content with his achievements.
• Zhang A-Niu killed Suo Yuanchu, warned Xia Xunyang to relay Nine Heavens’ terms to the Prince of Jiujiang, and demanded that Lianshan Jingcheng be sent home safely.
• The Prince of Jiujiang admitted that Suo Yuanchu had been a triple agent and agreed to release Lianshan Jingcheng while supporting Xia Xunyang’s quest for Kuang Mountain’s immortal opportunity.
• Xia Xunyang met Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun, and they agreed that the winner of their duel would set the terms for their cooperation inside Kuang Mountain.
• Qi Shiyun and Lianshan Xin discovered through their abilities that Xia Xunyang believed he was Emperor Yongchang’s son, while both of them misread the source of his royal strength.
• Xia Xunyang defeated Qi Shiyun in their rematch, leaving her cursing and Lianshan Xin shocked by how badly they had misjudged him.

After losing to Xia Xunyang, Qi Shiyun and Lianshan Xin revealed that his parentage could make him a target of the imperial family, and he agreed to cooperate with them. Meanwhile, the Princess Consort of Jiujiang visited Emperor Yongchang at night with a hidden scheme, but the emperor escaped the romantic calamity.

• Qi Shiyun conceded her fight with Xia Xunyang, and he invited her and Lianshan Xin to discuss an alliance.
• Xia Xunyang disclosed his supposed imperial parentage and tried to recruit them, but Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun warned him that his mother’s affair meant Emperor Yongchang and the Prince of Jiujiang could seek his death.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun invited Xia Xunyang to join the One Heart Society, and he accepted their cooperation while making plans to settle matters with his own contacts.
• The Princess Consort of Jiujiang prepared to use scented poison and her past relationship with Emperor Yongchang to gain leverage over him and secure recognition for Xia Xunyang.
• The Princess Consort of Jiujiang entered the palace at night, but Emperor Yongchang resisted her advances, and the Heavenly Diviner realized the emperor had survived a romantic calamity.

The Heavenly Queen and Heavenly Diviner discussed the Millennium Snow Lotus, Emperor Yongchang’s changed behavior, and suspicions linking the Celestial Master to the Dao Chief. After Emperor Yongchang rejected the Princess Consort of Jiujiang, she was poisoned and headed to Jiangzhou, where she mistook Thousand Faces, disguised as her husband, for the Prince of Jiujiang.

• The Heavenly Queen returned from the Western Capital with news of Demon Daoists and a rumored Millennium Snow Lotus, while the Heavenly Diviner explained that only one lotus remained and warned against pursuing heaven’s secrets.
• The Heavenly Queen asked whether Emperor Yongchang’s loss of interest in women could be a blessing, then resolved to investigate Love Gu and the Celestial Master’s possible connection to the Dao Chief.
• Emperor Yongchang rejected the Princess Consort of Jiujiang and returned to state affairs, leaving her devastated; Nanny Zhou revealed that the failed attempt to transfer Incense Poison had poisoned the princess consort herself.
• Lianshan Jingcheng examined the Prince of Jiujiang, identified his extraordinary vital essence, and received a bowl of his blood before departing to persuade Lianshan Xin.
• Thousand Faces warned the Prince of Jiujiang that he could not safely serve as both prince and Bone-Scraping Blade, so they arranged for Thousand Faces to impersonate him while the prince assumed the Bone-Scraping Blade’s role.
• The poisoned Princess Consort of Jiujiang arrived in Jiangzhou and took the disguised Thousand Faces for the Prince of Jiujiang, initiating intimacy with him.

Thousand Faces, disguised as the Prince of Jiujiang, was drawn into the princess consort’s advances, while Lianshan Jingcheng and He Miaojun investigated the Prince’s extraordinary blood. Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun reached Jianji Abbey and found the Celestial Master’s death might be connected to the princess consort, as the Prince of Jiujiang discovered her near death with Thousand Faces beside her.

• The Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang mistook Thousand Faces for her husband and tried to seduce him, but she realized he was not the Prince of Jiujiang and collapsed after spitting blood.
• Lianshan Jingcheng showed He Miaojun the Prince of Jiujiang’s blood, and they suspected his unusual vitality might indicate a hidden level of cultivation beyond the Grandmaster Realm.
• He Miaoyin reunited with He Miaojun and Lianshan Jingcheng at Spring Revival Hall, where they discussed Lianshan Xin’s return and Xia Xunyang’s release of Lianshan Jingcheng.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun examined the sachets Xia Xunyang had given them, then went to Jianji Abbey and noticed the Celestial Master’s body carried the same fragrance.
• The Prince of Jiujiang entered and found the princess consort dying beside Thousand Faces, who asked for Heavenly Eye to come clear his name.

Thousand Faces impersonated the Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang after she died, while Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun investigated the Celestial Master's death and suspected Zou Jing was hiding something. Nanny Zhou revealed that the princess consort belonged to a twenty-year scheme to use Incense Poison to control Emperor Yongchang, leaving Thousand Faces trapped in her role and facing the Dao Lord's suspicions.

• The Prince of Jiujiang discovered the Princess Consort of the King of Jiujiang dead in Thousand Faces's bed, then forced Thousand Faces to impersonate her and take her place.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun learned that Master White Lotus had visited the Celestial Master shortly before his death, but judged the evidence against him to be an obvious attempt at framing.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun noticed that Zou Jing seemed suspicious and decided to stay at Jianji Abbey and investigate further.
• The Prince of Jiujiang disposed of his wife's body and left Thousand Faces posing as the princess consort, while Nanny Zhou assumed the impersonation was genuine.
• Nanny Zhou told Thousand Faces that the princess consort's lineage had spent twenty years preparing to use Incense Poison to control Emperor Yongchang, and warned that the Dao Lord might question her loyalty after her failure.

Thousand Faces learned that the Celestial Master had secretly served Daoist Bu Ping, then continued posing as the Princess Consort of Jiujiang while following Nanny Zhou’s plans. At Jianji Abbey, Master White Lotus revealed that Daoist Bu Ping had poisoned the Celestial Master with Incense Poison and was preparing to overthrow Great Yu and place an empress on the throne.

• Thousand Faces learned that the Celestial Master had secretly refined pills for the Unjust Way and helped Daoist Bu Ping prepare to raise an army.
• Nanny Zhou told Thousand Faces that the Princess Consort still suffered from Incense Poison and planned to use the Prince of Jiujiang before approaching Emperor Yongchang as a widow.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun welcomed Master White Lotus and Lin Ruoshui at Jianji Abbey, where Qi Shiyun deduced that Lin Ruoshui was the Buddhist Order’s Heavenly Maiden.
• Master White Lotus said the Celestial Master had foreseen his death and asked him to warn the Nine Heavens about a deadly poison.
• Master White Lotus identified Incense Poison as the cause of the Celestial Master’s death and revealed that the Celestial Master had served Daoist Wuping.
• Master White Lotus explained that Daoist Wuping sought to overthrow the Xia Clan, establish an Earthly Daoist Kingdom, and put an empress on the throne.

Lianshan Xin and his companions investigated the Celestial Master’s death and suspected Daoist Bu Ping was scheming to put the Crown Prince on the throne as empress. After confronting Zou Jing and learning he was provoking conflict for the Imperial Court, Lianshan Xin met him privately and discovered he was Jiang Buping, bearer of the Divine Feet Ability, who intended to devour the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability.

• Lianshan Xin proposed that Daoist Bu Ping was backing the Crown Prince as a male empress, and Master White Lotus agreed to report the dangerous suspicion through Spirit Mountain to the Nine Heavens.
• Master White Lotus explained the poison of incense offerings and suggested that the Celestial Master might have taken his own life, while Lianshan Xin wondered whether Daoist Bu Ping was on Kuang Mountain seeking its Immortal Artifact.
• Qi Shiyun and Lianshan Xin questioned Zou Jing, who accused Master White Lotus without evidence and hinted that powerful people wanted the Celestial Master’s death to inflame conflict between Buddhism and Daoism.
• Lianshan Xin backed Qi Shiyun’s decision not to pursue Master White Lotus, then secretly touched her palm before leaving, stirring her feelings.
• Zou Jing summoned Lianshan Xin to a private meeting, where he revealed that he was Jiang Buping, bearer of the Divine Feet Ability, and planned to devour Lianshan Xin’s Heavenly Eye Divine Ability.

Lianshan Xin uncovered Jiang Buping’s possession scheme and defeated his mental attack, gaining part of the Divine Feet Ability. Jiang Buping’s hidden attack left Lin Ruoshui apparently mortally wounded, but Lianshan Xin used his new power to revive her.

• Lianshan Xin deduced that Jiang Buping had possessed Zou Jing and challenged him, forcing Jiang Buping to fight through Zou Jing’s weaker body because of the Unjust Way’s restrictions.
• Jiang Buping attacked Lianshan Xin’s mind, but Lianshan Xin overwhelmed him with memories from his past life and shattered his mental phantom.
• A hidden strand of Jiang Buping’s divine sense possessed the Celestial Master’s corpse, which stabbed Lin Ruoshui while Qi Shiyun fought to stop it.
• Lianshan Xin devoured Zou Jing’s memories and discovered that Jiang Ping’an had once held the Divine Feet Ability before giving its power to Jiang Buping.
• Lianshan Xin gained part of the Divine Feet Ability, woke, and used it to restore Lin Ruoshui, who opened her eyes in Qi Shiyun’s arms.

Lianshan Xin used his newly acquired Divine Feet Ability to possess Lin Ruoshui, then discovered that Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui’s kisses helped heal her and strengthen their abilities. As the three combined their powers in an attempt to save Lin Ruoshui, an infant-like phantom formed in her lower abdomen, and they feared they had conceived half of Maitreya.

• Lianshan Xin possessed the dying Lin Ruoshui with the Divine Feet Ability, and Qi Shiyun realized that he had taken control of her body during their kiss.
• Mingwang watched the aftermath of Lianshan Xin’s battle with Jiang Buping, concluded that Lianshan Xin had united two Divine Powers, and left to plan how to recruit him and gather the remaining powers.
• Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun discovered that Lin Ruoshui had the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability, while Lin Ruoshui learned that they were both Demon Wombs.
• Qi Shiyun kissed Lin Ruoshui while Lianshan Xin joined their Primordial Spirits, and the three began recovering as their souls and divine abilities grew stronger.
• An infant-like phantom formed in Lin Ruoshui’s lower abdomen, and Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun suspected that their combined powers had conceived half of Maitreya.

At Jianji Abbey, Lin Ruoshui, Lianshan Xin, and Qi Shiyun endured Tribulation Lightning as the Demon Womb forming inside Lin Ruoshui became a source of power for all three. After discovering they could repeatedly benefit from the process, they tried again, and three days later Lianshan Xin reached the Grandmaster Realm.

• Lin Ruoshui’s injuries healed as the Demon Womb grew, but its impending rise to the Domain Realm brought Tribulation Lightning down on Jianji Abbey.
• The lightning disrupted the Demon Womb’s formation while its power strengthened Lin Ruoshui, Lianshan Xin, and Qi Shiyun, and they realized Kuang Mountain’s rules had turned Maitreya’s descent into a boon for them.
• Lin Ruoshui, Lianshan Xin, and Qi Shiyun cultivated through the lightning, reaching new heights in their respective realms before the Demon Womb disappeared.
• At Lotus Temple, Jiang Ping'an told Master White Lotus that Lady Wondrous Sound was his junior sister Bi Lian, then vanished by leaving the novice monk body he had used behind.
• He Miaoyin questioned He Miaojun and Lianshan Jingcheng about rumors that Lianshan Xin was a Demon Womb, but they dismissed the idea and concealed the truth.
• Lianshan Xin persuaded Qi Shiyun and Lin Ruoshui to repeat the process; three days later, after digesting his third child, he condensed his qi into astral force and became a Grandmaster.