Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuanzhen explained that she had entered a shattered foreign realm and was using its strange spiritual qi to pursue a breakthrough, while Lei Jun joined her in secluded cultivation. As the aristocratic clans and the Tang Imperial Court prepared for conflict, Lei Jun crossed the Sixth Heaven tribulation and reached the Seventh Heaven Heavenly Connection Realm.

• Xu Yuanzhen told Lei Jun that she had calmed the foreign realm’s spiritual qi, gathered its Martial Dao essence, and barred a Ninth Heaven Confucian cultivator from entering.
• Xu Yuanzhen invited Lei Jun to cultivate beside her, and he used the realm’s Dao Essence to begin preparing for the Seventh Heaven breakthrough.
• Ye Moquan received an invitation from Yellow Master of Pure Yang Palace, agreed to visit Zhongnan Mountain, and sent a letter to Ye Yan while ordering rumors of Xu Yuanzhen’s Ninth Heaven breakthrough to spread.
• Chu Xiuyuan assessed the Buddhist and Taoist factions’ movements, learned that Mount Shu was mobilizing its treasures, and also ordered the rumor about Xu Yuanzhen to spread.
• Ye Yan met Prince of Xun'an Zhang Mu, revealed his new Governing the World realm, and suspected that extensive information about the clans’ plans had leaked to the Tang Imperial Court.
• Lei Jun’s Dao Seal withstood the Sixth Heaven tribulation, and he successfully advanced to the Seventh Heaven Heavenly Connection Realm.

Lei Jun reached the Seventh Heaven Heavenly Connection Realm and joined Xu Yuanzhen as she broke through to the Ninth Heaven Mahayana Realm. After they returned to the Great Tang, Xu Yuanzhen attacked the Jiangzhou Lin Clan while Tang Xiaotang pursued Lin Che, and a mysterious enemy failed to infiltrate Dragon Tiger Mountain after Yao Yuan turned against him.

• Lei Jun drew out the Celestial Master Seal, then used Chu Kun's Fetal Star Dust to cultivate the Life Cultivation Human Writing Talisman and form an emerging Dharma Image Body.
• Xu Yuanzhen passed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and reached the Ninth Heaven Mahayana Realm, then recovered three black spearheads and ashes from the foreign realm.
• Xu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiaotang, and Chu Yu joined the battle in the Northern Frontier; Xu Yuanzhen attacked Lin Litao, Tang Xiaotang chased Lin Che, and Lei Jun went toward Jiangzhou.
• Yuan Mobai, Yao Yuan, and Shangguan Ning prepared Dragon Tiger Mountain for the coming conflict, and Yuan Mobai sent the Celestial Master Sword to Jiangzhou.
• A mysterious person approached Dragon Tiger Mountain to target the Myriad Laws Altar, but Yuan Mobai revealed himself and Yao Yuan admitted his past dealings with the intruder before the person withdrew.

Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun attacked the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s ancestral land, using a weapon forged to break Confucian strongholds to shatter its defenses and leave Lin Che and his clan exposed. Lei Jun killed several Lin Clan elders and Lin Lang, then defeated Lin Chi as the assault continued.

• Lin Che returned to the Jiangzhou Ancestral Land and activated the Lin Clan’s Sacrificial Rite with the Dragon Snake Brush as Tang Xiaotang arrived with the Celestial Master Sword.
• Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun attacked together; Tang Xiaotang used the spearpoint from the foreign realm to break the ancestral land and sever the Lin Clan’s Literary Vein.
• Tang Xiaotang’s lightning struck the disoriented Lin Clan cultivators, while Lei Jun used the Locking Confucian Yoke to restrain Lin Chou and fired his magnetic rails to kill three elderly Lin Clan elders.
• Lei Jun shot down Lin Lang with a Yuan Magnetic Sword Pellet as the Lin Clan rushed to attack him.
• Lin Chi charged Lei Jun, but Lei Jun’s Dipper Mother Spirit Officer Dharma Image overwhelmed Lin Chi’s Sword Qi, and Lei Jun killed him with a palm strike.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang destroyed the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s resistance, killing Lin Che and Lin Chou and breaking the Dragon Snake Brush, while the Clan’s Ancestral Land fell. The chapter leaves the two Lin Clan ancestral lands breached on the same day and reveals that Xu Yuanzhen had defeated Lin Huan in Youzhou, permanently cutting off her path to higher cultivation.

• Lei Jun killed Lin Chi after his Primal Chaos Nine Lights and talismans stopped Lin Chi’s sword strike.
• Lin Che ordered the Jiangzhou Lin Clan members to flee, then fought Tang Xiaotang while Lei Jun blocked his escape and struck him with the Celestial Master Seal.
• Tang Xiaotang broke the Dragon Snake Brush with the Celestial Master Sword, and Lei Jun killed Lin Che with the Celestial Master Seal.
• Fang Du and Chu Peng arrived too late to aid the Jiangzhou Lin Clan, learned its Ancestral Land had fallen, and heard that Xu Yuanzhen had not appeared there.
• Wei Ancheng watched the battle’s unexpected outcome, while Fang Du and Chu Peng learned that news from Youzhou had also changed the situation.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that Xu Yuanzhen had breached the Youzhou Lin Clan’s Ancestral Land and injured Lin Huan, cutting off her path to further advancement.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang gathered the spoils from the fallen Jiangzhou Lin Clan and learned that Xu Yuanzhen had wounded Lin Huan before accepting a battle agreement with Ye Moquan for next summer. The Tang court mediated a temporary peace, while the surviving Jiangzhou Lin Clan was allowed to keep its name if it resettled elsewhere.

• Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun discussed Lin Huan's injury and the standoff in Youzhou, where Chu Yu and Prince Huayang Zhang Rui had helped halt the fighting.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang searched the Jiangzhou Lin Clan's ancestral land and claimed valuable treasures and materials for the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Lei Jun reported that Xu Yuanzhen had challenged Ye Moquan, who accepted a battle agreement scheduled for next summer.
• The Tang court let Lin Yuwei and the surviving Jiangzhou Lin Clan keep their family name, but ordered them to settle outside Jiangzhou.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang prepared to return to Dragon Tiger Mountain, and news spread that Lei Jun had reached the Seventh Heaven Realm and secretly brought the Celestial Master Sword to Jiangzhou.

After the Lin clans’ defeat in Jiangzhou and Youzhou, the other powers assessed the damage and reconsidered their alliances, while Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared for the rise of its newest High Merit Elder. Lei Jun publicly revealed his Seventh Heaven cultivation and received his High Merit talisman at the New Year celebration.

• Fang Du and Chu Peng learned that Lei Jun’s Dipper Mother Star God Dharma Image had helped destroy the Jiangzhou Lin Clan’s formation, and they questioned who had supplied the strange attacks and treasures.
• Ye Moquan and Ye Yan surveyed the ruined Youzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land, discussed the clans’ losses and the leak within their ranks, and planned to investigate the court’s response.
• Chu Xiuyuan and Chu Guolao considered how Dragon Tiger Mountain’s growing strength affected the clans and Buddhist sects, then sent Chu Zhe to Tianlong Temple.
• Xu Yuanzhen returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Yuan Mobai explained that the Mysterious Person had appeared again; they agreed to confine Yao Yuan to the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area for his past crime.
• Lei Jun revealed his Seventh Heaven Realm through a pillar of spiritual light, refined his talisman abilities, and created two Dark Star Hidden Luminaries that he sent drifting through the earth-vein spiritual qi.
• At the New Year celebration, Tang Xiaotang conferred the Three Caverns Five Thunder Talisman on Lei Jun in the Myriad Laws Altar, making him a High Merit Elder of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Lei Jun received the Supreme Clarity Three Caverns Scripture Talisman, became a High Merit Elder, and refined his Seventh Heaven cultivation before preparing to accept his first disciple. At the Ordination Ceremony, guests from across the realm gathered to observe the Celestial Master Mansion, while Lei Jun formally opened his mountain to take Zhuo Baojie as his disciple.

• Lei Jun completed his fourth Talisman Addition, received the sixth volume of the Great Dao Canon of True Orthodox Dharma, and offered sacrifices to the past patriarchs with Tang Xiaotang.
• Lin Shan and Shangguan Hong discussed Lei Jun’s rise, the court’s unease over the Celestial Master Mansion’s victories, and the difficult position of disciples with ties to outside clans; Fang Jian remained composed despite his clan’s split with the sect.
• Lei Jun refined his Natal Methods, transforming them into the Spirit Official Talisman, Heavenly Travel Talisman, Profound Sky Five Thunder Dharma Talisman, Encircling Stars Arrayed Dipper, Two Elements Heavenly Origin Dharma Talisman, and Heavenly Penetration Earthly Thoroughfare Talisman.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun prepared for the Ordination Ceremony, while Lei Jun’s panda disciple protested his formal name, Zhuo Baojie, and asked to be called Gun Gun.
• Lei Jun welcomed Mount Shu Elder He Dongxing and Prince of Xun'an Zhang Mu, who discussed Mount Shu’s role in blocking the Jingxiang Fang Clan and questioned whether the Celestial Master Mansion had received outside aid at Jiangzhou.
• Yuan Mobai presided over the Ordination Ceremony as Tang Xiaotang observed, and Lei Jun served as Transmission Master to formally open his mountain and accept a disciple.

Lei Jun formally ordained Zhuo Baojie as his personal disciple, named him Hua Jie, and guided his rapid foundation-building cultivation. After learning that Xu Yuanzhen possessed Natural-level enlightenment, Lei Jun traveled to Biyou Immortal Mountain and refined the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo into his first Dao Foundation magic treasure, the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo.

• Lei Jun completed Zhuo Baojie's ordination, bestowed his Yin Yang Brush, and gave him the Taoist name Hua Jie while continuing to call him Bao Bao.
• Zhuo Baojie began cultivating the Great Dao Scripture of True Orthodox Dharma and quickly achieved Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Yuanzhen revealed that she had Saint Body bone structure and Natural-level enlightenment, prompting Tang Xiaotang to leave and focus on cultivation.
• Lei Jun entered the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven and went to Biyou Immortal Mountain to refine his treasure.
• Lei Jun used Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, Mountain God Jade, and Nine Abyss True Fire to transform the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo into the Dao Foundation treasure Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo.

Lei Jun refined his magical treasures, trained Zhuo Baojie, and exchanged intelligence with the Seven Luminaries while the Celestial Master Mansion dealt with the aftermath of the Lin Clan battles. As spring approached, Zhang Jingzhen began her breakthrough attempt, and the chapter ended with Ye Moquan at the ruined Youzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land beside an unfamiliar woman.

• Lei Jun refined the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo through repeated cycles and forged twelve Profound Gold Sword Pellets.
• Lei Jun discovered that Zhuo Baojie had bitten several bristles off the Yin Yang Brush, then began teaching him cultivation and talisman crafting.
• Lei Jun considered the political aftermath of the Lin Clan defeats as Ye Yan visited the capital, while the Celestial Master Mansion worked to manage its newly acquired grotto-heavens.
• At a Seven Luminaries gathering, Lei Jun exchanged intelligence with Mercury Water Yao about Zhou Peng and with Future Maitreya about Great Sky Temple and Vajra Temple.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai sensed that Zhang Jingzhen had begun attempting her breakthrough to the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• Ye Moquan continued studying the battle traces at the old Youzhou Lin Clan Ancestral Land, accompanied by a woman who appeared to be about thirty.

Lin Huan and Ye Moquan discussed the Lin clans’ losses, the Capital Academy’s growth, and suspicions that hidden Taoist Sects External Elixir experts had aided the Celestial Master Mansion. Meanwhile, Lei Jun declined Xu Yuanzhen’s invitation to the capital in favor of a Supreme Good Fortune Sign, and at its appointed time a change began beneath Biyou Immortal Mountain.

• Lin Huan gave Ye Moquan a volume of insights into the Wild Desolation Martial Dao while the two discussed the damaged Lin clans and the Southern Sect Lin Clan’s uncertain future.
• Ye Moquan and Lin Huan worried about the Capital Academy’s growing reach and considered whether hidden External Elixir experts connected to the Mount Shu Internal Rebellion had helped the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Lei Jun declined Xu Yuanzhen’s invitation to explore a secret realm in the capital after receiving a Supreme Good Fortune Sign directing him to Biyou Immortal Mountain on the fifteenth of May.
• Lei Jun continued refining the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo while Tang Xiaotang trained beside him, and the bamboo reached seven segments.
• At midnight on the fifteenth of May, Biyou Immortal Mountain began to tremble, and Tang Xiaotang used her golden tiger form to claw into the summit’s rock.

Lei Jun retrieved and stabilized the ancient Mystic Void Mirror, while Zhang Jingzhen reached the Seventh Heaven Realm and became a High Merit Elder. The Dark Side of the Heavenly Book then linked Meng Shaojie and Kang Ming to its Ketu and Rahu shadows, leaving Lei Jun watching as both men encountered the strange starry realm.

• Tang Xiaotang drew the Mystic Void Mirror from Biyou Immortal Mountain, and Lei Jun stabilized it with the Celestial Master Seal while preserving its ancient Dao Essence.
• Zhang Jingzhen emerged from seclusion at the Seventh Heaven Realm, received Tang Xiaotang’s Talisman Addition, and became a Purple-Robed High Merit Elder.
• Zhang Jingzhen searched the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven and Biyou Immortal Mountain for the other half of a Memorial, suspecting it was with Chen Yi.
• Lei Jun noticed that the Dark Star Hidden Luminary Ketu had connected to Meng Shaojie, who decided to return to the capital and report the shadow while wondering if it might be an opportunity.
• Rahu also changed, revealing Kang Ming, a rising Yellow Heaven Path disciple, as its other connected figure.

Lei Jun recruited Kang Ming and Meng Shaojie into the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book’s strange starry realm, then tested his talisman arts and investigated preparations around Xu Yuanzhen’s coming battle with Ye Moquan. He uncovered signs that Prince Huayang Zhang Rui was secretly aiding the aristocratic clans, while Xu Yuanzhen prepared to go to Jinzhou with a countermeasure in mind.

• Lei Jun showed Kang Ming and Meng Shaojie incomplete Taoist Talisman School teachings and a task through the Dark Side of the Heavenly Book, and the two cautiously exchanged information before leaving.
• Kang Ming weighed whether the strange encounter was a trap or an opportunity, while the Yellow Heaven Path’s Peaceful Path Taoist decided to summon Zhao Zongjie to address internal troubles.
• Ye Moquan and Ye Wei prepared their Jinzhou plans, including ritual artifacts made by the Southern Sect Lin Clan for the approaching battle with Xu Yuanzhen.
• Lei Jun developed his Heavenly Penetration Earthly Thoroughfare Talisman and intercepted messages revealing the Southern Sect Lin Clan’s secret preparations for the summer-solstice confrontation.
• Lei Jun told Xu Yuanzhen that Prince Huayang Zhang Rui appeared to be secretly cooperating with the aristocratic clans, and she said she would leave for Jinzhou soon with a return gift prepared.

Xu Yuanzhen confronted Ye Moquan in Jinzhou as the Great Battle began, while Lei Jun received warnings that the conflict involved a wider scheme. He chose to investigate the Zezhou Gao Family’s ancestral land instead of going straight to Jinzhou.

• Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen discussed Ye Moquan’s preparations, and Xu Yuanzhen said she had prepared a return gift before heading to Jinzhou.
• Ye Wei told Ye Moquan that the Southern Sect Lin Clan had finished making the ritual items, while Ye Moquan accepted the risks of his plans.
• Yuan Mie led Great Sky Temple’s monks toward Vajra Temple, intending to investigate its secrets while Dharma King Ji Xiang watched for trouble in Jinzhou.
• Tang Xiaotang briefed Lei Jun on the powerful representatives gathering in Jinzhou, while Mount Shu’s Wei Qiyue searched for the External Elixir cultivators who had aided the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Xu Yuanzhen entered the empty Ye Clan ancestral land and faced Ye Moquan, officially beginning their battle.
• Lei Jun learned that Ye Yan and Chu Xiuyuan had left their ancestral lands, then received four Sign Fortunes and chose to investigate the Zezhou Gao Family’s ancestral land.

Lei Jun infiltrated the Zezhou Gao Clan’s ancestral land and discovered that the Jinzhou Ye Clan was preparing a Four Seasons Military Ritual to support Ye Moquan’s battle against Xu Yuanzhen. He destroyed the ritual’s ancient sword and fought the Gao and Ye Clan forces, leaving Gao Xian shattered after killing Jing Xiang and Ye Zhenxing.

• Yong Xiang confronted Jing Xiang at the Gao Clan ancestral land and urged him to return to Hanging Temple, but Jing Xiang broke Yong Xiang’s killing precept with a Non-Life Flower and left him mortally wounded.
• Lei Jun reached the Gao Clan ancestral land, identified its military ritual as part of the Ye Clan’s preparations, and slipped past its defenses.
• Lei Jun broke the ritual’s ancient sword, disrupted the military formation, and sealed the ancestral land with Yuan Magnetic Force.
• Lei Jun killed Jing Xiang with his paired Five Thunder Formations and beheaded Ye Zhenxing with the Profound Gold Sword Pellets.
• Lei Jun overwhelmed Gao Xian despite the ancestral land’s power and smashed him apart with a relentless chain of punches.

Lei Jun destroyed the Gao Clan’s Autumn Troop Governance ritual and uncovered a vast stockpile of Sharpness-Honing Rock as Xu Yuanzhen fought Ye Moquan at the Jinzhou Ye Clan Ancestral Land. With the Four Seasons Military Ritual disrupted and the Tang Imperial Court intervening, Lei Jun received new ominous Sign Fortunes and began preparing a magic sword.

• Lei Jun killed the attackers at the Gao Clan Ancestral Land, destroyed the ritual’s ancient sword and pavilion, and gathered the buried Sharpness-Honing Rock.
• Lei Jun recognized Monk Jing Xiang’s Non-Life Flowers and considered how the Ye Clan might use them against Hanging Temple before leaving for Jinzhou.
• Xu Yuanzhen battled Ye Moquan, whose Suppressing Divinity Head formation failed against her natural comprehension and Great Vehicle Dao Scene.
• Ye Moquan’s Four Seasons Military Ritual lost its crucial links after the Zezhou and Bodhi Temple rituals were destroyed, while turmoil erupted within Hanging Temple.
• Lei Jun entered Jinzhou and learned from Tang Xiaotang that Xu Yuanzhen had brought out the goods; the Light Sphere then showed him two dangerous destinations and two possible opportunities.
• Lei Jun contacted Yuan Mobai and entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, where a talisman-inscribed magic sword began to form.

Lei Jun used the Celestial Master Sword to destroy Ye Moquan’s Worry-Free Tribulation at Heavenly Joy Mountain while Xu Yuanzhen fought Ye Moquan with her newly refined Li Heng Halberd. Lei Jun killed Ye Han after defeating her defenses with the Celestial Master Seal, leaving Ye Moquan’s battle with Xu Yuanzhen ongoing as a demon invasion threatened Guanlong.

• Lei Jun summoned the Celestial Master Sword and traveled toward Heavenly Joy Mountain while Tang Xiaotang watched the other directions around the Ye Clan Ancestral Land.
• Xu Yuanzhen revealed her Li Heng Halberd, shattered Ye Moquan’s Shattered Loyal Heart, and drew him into her Great Vehicle Dao Scene.
• Ye Moquan activated Worry-Free Tribulation to call down heavenly light, while Chu Yu and Zhang Junhai learned that Northern Frontier demons had secretly crossed the Great River and were heading for Guanlong.
• Lei Jun used the Celestial Master Sword to break through Ye Han’s Iron Heavy Pass and destroy the Worry-Free Tribulation, cutting off the heavenly light supporting Ye Moquan.
• Lei Jun defeated Ye Han’s defenses with the Celestial Master Seal and Celestial Master Sword, then killed her with the seal after she questioned him about her daughter Ye Lingxi’s death.

Lei Jun destroyed Ye Moquan’s Worry-Free Tribulation and sent the Celestial Master Sword to Tang Xiaotang as the Jinzhou Ye Clan Ancestral Land collapsed in a desperate attack. As demons and political rivals opened new fronts across Great Tang, Ye Moquan reached safety in Youzhou but discovered Xu Yuanzhen’s strike was steadily destroying his memory and reasoning.

• Lei Jun collected the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade and the Ye Clan’s ritual scrolls, then sent the Celestial Master Sword to Tang Xiaotang near the Ye Clan Ancestral Land.
• Ye Moquan detonated the Ye Clan Ancestral Land to escape Xu Yuanzhen, while Wei Ancheng and the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King entered the battle and Tang Xiaotang pursued Ye Moquan.
• Xu Yuanzhen recognized similarities between the Thousand Leaf Butterfly King’s concealment abilities and those of the Mysterious Person who had attacked the former Celestial Masters, and chased the demon away from Jinzhou.
• Ye Moquan fled to Prince Zhao Zhang Teng’s stronghold in Youzhou, while news spread that a Great Demon had breached Pure Yang Palace after Vermillion Bird Elder Wang Xuan betrayed it.
• Lei Jun investigated the abandoned Dragon Severing Gully and its connection to the Ye Clan’s Comprehensive Tribulation, while Tang Xiaotang and Wei Ancheng moved east after the pursuit.
• Ye Moquan tried to write to Ye Yan but forgot what he intended to say, realizing Xu Yuanzhen’s wound was rapidly eroding his memory and reasoning.

After the Jinzhou Ye Clan lost its ancestral land, Ye Moquan handed clan leadership to Ye Wei and planned to relocate the family to Cangzhou. As Lei Jun investigated new threats and prepared an experiment at Mount Kuanglu, he and Yuan Mobai discussed the upheaval at Vajra Temple, the Empress’s journey west, and signs that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths might be returning.

• Ye Moquan ordered Ye Wei and Ye Feishan to search discreetly for Ye Han and keep the weakened Jinzhou Ye Clan cautious while it recovered.
• Ye Wei reported that Pure Yang Palace had fallen to the Great Demons, Wang Xuan’s whereabouts were unknown, and a vast golden Buddhist manifestation had appeared around Vajra Temple.
• Ye Moquan appointed Ye Wei as the Jinzhou Ye Clan’s new leader, entrusted him with the Weiqi Star Seal, and decided that the clan would relocate to Cangzhou.
• Wei Qiyue searched the ruins of Heavenly Joy Mountain for the cultivator who had sent the Celestial Master Sword to Tang Xiaotang, found no trace, and sent a message by flying sword.
• Lei Jun chose to travel to Mount Kuanglu to conduct research at Moon Embracing Blessed Land while Tang Xiaotang headed west toward Guanlong and the Western Regions.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that the Empress planned to travel to Chang'an, and they considered whether Vajra Temple’s transformation and other strange events pointed to the reappearance of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Lei Jun uncovered Lin Jian’s hidden notes at Spirit Star Spring and received an auspicious sign pointing him toward Dragon Stream in Yuanzhou, while the Tang court assessed the Celestial Master Mansion’s hidden influence and prepared for new crises. The Southern Sect Lin Clan sent Lin Yuwei and Lin Jinsong east to investigate Lin Jian’s whereabouts, and Lei Jun headed west into Yuanzhou.

• Lei Jun investigated Zhongzhou’s earth-vein differences, visited Luo Haoran at Moon Embracing Blessed Land, and used Spirit Star Spring to refine his written cultivation method.
• Lei Jun discovered Lin Jian’s concealed notes in the drained spring and received a sign warning him away from Changjie Island while pointing him toward Dragon Stream in Yuanzhou.
• Lin Yuwei and Lin Jinsong set out to sea after Lin Jian’s calligraphy changed, leaving the Southern Sect Lin Clan’s affairs to the remaining elders.
• Empress Zhang Wantong ordered preparations for her trip to Guanzhong and heard reports about Great Sky Temple, Sumeru, the Celestial Master Mansion’s hidden influence, and the suspected survival of Gu Han and Wang Xuan.
• Xiao Chunhui reported that Prince Zhao was sheltering Ye Moquan and that Lin Yuwei and Lin Jinsong had gone to sea; the Empress ordered continued monitoring and investigation.
• Lei Jun rejected the dangerous route to Changjie Island, left Mount Kuanglu, and traveled into Yuanzhou to search for Green Plum Stream.

Lei Jun uncovered Lin Jian’s hidden Jade Chen True Water at Green Plum Stream, purified it, and divided it among himself, Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Yuan Mobai. Meanwhile, the Southern Sect Lin Clan found a dangerous Void Gate on Changjie Island, and Lei Jun learned of new developments involving the Tang court, Vajra Temple, and Great Sky Temple before beginning to refine the True Water into the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade.

• Lei Jun broke Lin Jian’s illusion at Green Plum Stream, retrieved the Jade Chen True Water, and traced its remaining sea-sand impurity to Changjie Island in the East Sea.
• Lin Yuwei and Lin Jinsong followed Lin Jian’s spiritual calligraphy to Changjie Island, where Lin Yuwei discovered a Void Gate and Lin Jinsong entered it to investigate.
• Lin Jinsong’s broken sword emerged from the gate bearing the characters for “brutal” and “martial,” and Lin Yuwei reported the dangerous gate and Lin Jinsong’s disappearance to the clan and the Tang Imperial Court.
• Lei Jun purified and divided the Jade Chen True Water, keeping one portion, preparing one for Dragon Tiger Mountain, and giving one to Yuan Mobai.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that the Sumeru Mountain Vajra Division had appeared at Vajra Temple and that Xiao Xueting and the Divine Strategy Army had devastated Great Sky Temple, leaving Yuan Mie among the few survivors.
• Lei Jun trained Zhuo Huajie and refined his Jade Chen True Water with the Great Zhou Heavenly Jade until the jade’s spirituality changed and it rose into the sky.