Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun defended Tang Xiaotang’s Three-Layer Altar from Li Yan and Wei Ancheng as the Worldly Yin Tide surged around Cuo Duan Abyss. Tang Xiaotang completed her breakthrough to the Ninth Heaven Realm, while Lei Jun damaged Wei Ancheng’s Blood Sea Diagram and forced him back into the open.

• Lei Jun sensed Li Yan approaching Tang Xiaotang’s altar and met the Destroyer Li Clan Chief’s blood saber attacks with the Celestial Master Sword and his twin lightning arts.
• Li Yan used his World Slaughtering Demon Eyes and tried to reach the altar as the Worldly Yin Tide erupted, but Lei Jun resisted the attack and struck him back with the Celestial Master Seal.
• Wei Ancheng attacked the altar with his Blood Sea and Blood God Doppelgangers, but Lei Jun protected it with the Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape and shattered the doppelgangers with the Supreme Clarity Jade Sky Immortal Bamboo.
• Tang Xiaotang’s Three-Layer Altar turned completely gold as she completed her breakthrough, and Wei Ancheng began withdrawing with the Blood Sea Diagram.
• Lei Jun used the Celestial Master Sword and Seven Stars Sword, enhanced by Yuan Magnetic Force, to pierce Wei Ancheng and tear the Blood Sea Diagram, forcing Wei Ancheng out of its protection.

Lei Jun helped Tang Xiaotang defeat Wei Ancheng, stayed in the Earth Sea to find the Ziwei Sword, and killed Ye Morong after the latter pursued him. He then used the Nether Rainbow Crystal to strike down Li Yongzong, leaving the Po Li Clan’s retreat in turmoil.

• Tang Xiaotang completed her breakthrough to the Ninth Heaven Realm, trapped Wei Ancheng in her Great Vehicle Dao Scene, and pursued him into the Blood Sea while Lei Jun remained in the Earth Sea.
• Lei Jun followed the Seven Stars Sword’s resonance to Zu Ming Abyss, found the Ziwei Sword, and took it into his possession after promising to return it to Shu Mountain.
• Ye Morong pursued Lei Jun but was caught in a violent calamity at Zu Ming Abyss; Lei Jun pulled him out, killed him, and returned his corpse to the abyss.
• Lei Jun returned near Xiongbo Mountain and secretly prepared a strike against Li Yongzong as the Po Li and Bi Li clans withdrew under Great Tang harassment.
• Lei Jun fired a sky-blue beam through the Nether Rainbow Crystal and struck Li Yongzong in the forehead, leaving a large hole in his head.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang helped secure Great Tang’s victory in the Earth Sea, while new threats emerged around the Ziwei Sword and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom. The chapter ended with the Cangzhou Ye Clan under attack and Ye Moquan realizing that his poor memory had delayed his response until it was too late.

• Lei Jun killed Li Yongzong with a disguised divine arrow, escaped the Prison Abyss Change, and later returned to the Human Realm while Li Yan vowed to question surviving Former Sui remnants and pursue revenge.
• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun that she had killed Wei Ancheng, then gave him the Blood Marrow Jade Body she had found in Wei Ancheng’s den.
• The Nine Li clans broke through the encirclement and fled the Earth Sea, while Great Tang withdrew its army and left guards by the Void Gate; Shen Qubing gave Lei Jun the time-related treasure Dust of Passing Water.
• The Tang Imperial Court rewarded Lei Jun with the Innate Two Forms Essence, and Lei Jun began studying the Ziwei Sword as he prepared his plans.
• Huang Xuanpu instructed Fu Dongsen to focus on the Ziwei Sword and Pure Azure Mansion, and Fu Dongsen received Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi, visitors from Great Ming who began secretly investigating Great Tang.
• After the Cangzhou Ye Clan learned that Ye Morong had killed Li Yongzong, Ye Moquan delayed his response while struggling to remember his plans; a message then informed him that attackers had killed six clan descendants, including Ye Feishan.

After the Cangzhou Ye Clan suffered heavy losses in Li Yan’s attack, Xiao Xueting headed there to join the hunt while Tang Xiaotang prepared new abilities. Lei Jun refined the Ziwei Sword, sensed someone searching for it through the secrets of the void, and left the mountain to investigate the likely connection to the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.

• Li Yan led three Nine Li Great Witches to attack the Cangzhou Ye Clan, killed Ye Feishan, and escaped despite being wounded.
• Ye Moquan arrived after the battle and told Ye Wei to report the attackers so the Imperial Court could pursue them.
• Xiao Xueting left Luoyang with the Mountain River Sword to coordinate the siege against Li Yan and the other Nine Li Great Witches.
• Tang Xiaotang decided to develop perception abilities before seeking out Li Yan, while Lei Jun told her about Shen Qubing and the Dust of Passing Water.
• Lei Jun refined the Ziwei Sword and sensed that someone else was searching for it, likely through the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower.
• Lei Jun alerted Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang, then left the mountain with the Ziwei Sword.

Lei Jun used the Ziwei Sword as bait to draw out its pursuers, and Fu Dongsen found it before Mount Shu’s search party arrived. As Fu Dongsen tried to claim the sword, Chen Donglou appeared, while the Great Tang Mount Shu Sect also discovered a surviving Inner Mount Shu lineage in Yellow Springs.

• Lei Jun hid the Ziwei Sword in an Earth Vein between Zhejiang and Jiangxi and watched as pursuers approached from several directions, including Fu Dongsen, Mount Shu disciples, and other human-realm cultivators.
• Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi crossed the Great River in search of the Ziwei Sword, while Zhang Dongyuan, He Dongxing, and Ji Dongquan left Xiao Ding to pursue it from different directions.
• Yellow Springs opened beneath Shu Mountain, and Zhang Taigang and Xu Duan met Cao Heng, a disciple of Inner Mount Shu, before An Zhiyu arrived from Yellow Springs.
• Fu Dongsen followed a false trail he had planted in the Southern Wilderness, then used his Marsh Mirror and Wind Sword to locate the Ziwei Sword in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi mountains.
• Fu Dongsen tried to capture the Ziwei Sword with his Earth Flag and Heaven Tower, then attacked He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan when they arrived.
• Lei Jun prepared to intervene, but Chen Donglou appeared in the Earth Vein and confronted Fu Dongsen.

Lei Jun, disguised as Chen Donglou, defeated and killed Fu Dongsen in the Earth Vein, taking the Ziwei Sword back into his hands. When Inner Mount Shu forces from Yellow Springs attacked Shu Mountain Xiao Ding, Chen Donglou arrived and killed their leader, Zhou Zheng.

• Chen Donglou used the Seven Stars Sword and a Yuan Magnetic Sword Realm to destroy Fu Dongsen's treasures, then killed him with the Ziwei Sword.
• He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan learned that Inner Mount Shu cultivators had emerged from Yellow Springs and were attacking Shu Mountain Xiao Ding, so Chen Donglou led them there.
• Inner Mount Shu's An Zhiyu, Li Yuanyuan, Mu Sheng, and Zhou Zheng battled the Shu Mountain defenders, while Zhou Zheng used Wang Kun's Evil Soul to seize the Northern Abyss Divine Spear.
• Zhang Dongyuan arrived with the Azure Sky Sword, but Zhou Zheng's forces trapped it with the rising power of Yellow Springs and moved to seize the Southern Bright Fire Cauldron.
• The Ziwei Sword struck the Myriad Souls Banner and freed Wang Kun's Evil Soul, then Chen Donglou arrived and destroyed Zhou Zheng's Pill Furnace and Immortal Soul with the Seven Stars Sword.

Lei Jun, disguised as Chen Donglou, helped the Great Tang Mount Shu Sect repel an Inner Mount Shu attack, recovered the Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade, and left the Ziwei Sword with the sect. As the survivors sealed the Yellow Springs entrance and the defeated Inner Mount Shu returned to Fengdu, Lei Jun studied his new treasure and Fu Dongsen’s Talisman Edict while planning his next search for Huang Xuanpu.

• Chen Donglou slew Mu Sheng and suppressed the Nine Springs as An Zhiyu and Li Yuanyuan escaped with the damaged Myriad Souls Banner.
• Zhang Dongyuan recovered the Ziwei Sword, and the Mount Shu Sect sealed the Yellow Springs entrance with the Northern Abyss Divine Spear.
• An Zhiyu and Li Yuanyuan used souls from three regions in the Yellow Springs to mend the Myriad Souls Banner before bringing it to Fengdu, where their sect’s leader ordered them to avoid further attacks.
• Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi crossed into the Great Tang Human Realm, discussed Fu Dongsen’s death, and decided to report their findings to the Emperor Lord before contacting local allies.
• Lei Jun resumed his own appearance, discussed Huang Xuanpu and the two Great Ming cultivators with Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang, then returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain to study the Nine Springs Ascending Spirit Jade and Fu Dongsen’s Talisman Edict.

Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen studied Fu Dongsen’s Talisman Edicts and considered how Huang Xuanpu might be connected to Daoists from other Human Realms. After Xu Yuanzhen defeated Tang Xiaotang in a fierce open-sea match, Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and began using the Yin Yang Twin Bodies Dharma Talisman and the Innate Two Forms Essence in his own cultivation.

• Lei Jun concealed his surroundings and examined Fu Dongsen’s Talisman Edict, then continued studying it during several days of cultivation.
• Qin Caiwei tended the revived Azure Sea Treasure Tree and worried about the Mount Shu Sect’s crisis, while the Celestial Master Mansion’s disciples discussed the upheaval.
• Xu Yuanzhen returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and agreed with Lei Jun that the Talisman Edicts could not yet trace Huang Xuanpu, so they considered exploiting tensions between him and Daoists from other Human Realms.
• Tang Xiaotang returned and challenged Xu Yuanzhen to an official match; Lei Jun, Chu Kun, and Wang Guiyuan accompanied them to the open sea, where Chu Kun explained the cultivators’ Ninth Heaven realms as the battle began.
• Xu Yuanzhen defeated Tang Xiaotang by exploiting an opening with ordinary Talismans, and Lei Jun and the others calmed the sea after the battle.
• Back on Dragon Tiger Mountain, Chu Kun secluded himself to cultivate his chosen Life Star God divine ability, while Lei Jun studied Xu Yuanzhen’s Yin Yang Twin Bodies Dharma Talisman and began infusing the Innate Two Forms Essence with his magic power.

Lei Jun continued cultivating while the Great Tang faced new dangers involving Yellow Springs, the Vajra Division, and the Nine Li clans. After years of relative calm, Tang Xiaotang emerged from seclusion and prepared to hand the Celestial Master’s duties to Lei Jun, who began another retreat.

• Li Yan and the Nine Li experts escaped Great Tang’s encirclement with help from Sea King Chrysanthemum and returned to the Earth Sea.
• At a Celestial Book Universe gathering, Lei Jun traded an Exhausted Soul Stone for Water Yao’s warning that Ghost King Zong Han was entangled with Yellow Springs; Moon Yao shared news of the Great Song Human Realm.
• The Western White Emperor arrived in the Great Tang Human Realm and ordered Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi to monitor several treasures and factions, including Chen Yi.
• Jialuotu, Master of the Vajra Division, approved a bolder approach toward the Tang court, while Longjia Shangren’s group planned to pursue Chen Yi and select candidates for the remaining Dharma Bells.
• After years passed, Tang Xiaotang emerged from seclusion and presided over the Celestial Master Mansion’s ceremonies; she declared the latest ordinance conferment her last and expected Lei Jun to take over her duties.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that he would preside over the next ceremonies, then entered closed-door cultivation.

Lei Jun advanced to the Eighth Heaven’s third layer and formed his Profound Yellow Universe Divine Court Outer Scene while the Celestial Master Mansion prepared to locate Huang Xuanpu. After the Western White Emperor used a newly forged sword to track the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower, Lei Jun recognized an opportunity to draw Huang Xuanpu out and prepared to investigate with Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang.

• Lei Jun reached the Eighth Heaven’s third layer, formed his Profound Yellow Universe, and discussed its mysteries with Tang Xiaotang.
• Kang Ming weighed the Human Realm Dao Kingdom’s control over the Yellow Heaven Path and secretly considered its future as he watched its members prepare Han Wuyou for tribulation.
• Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen forged matching Ancient Mirrors as a possible countermeasure against Huang Xuanpu, while Kang Ming received one from the master of the Pale Universe in exchange for information.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Chen Yi escaped capture during a battle involving the Cang Province Ye Clan, Great Sky Temple, and the Sumeru Vajra Division, while a mysterious Dan Ding expert took Liu Dongzhuo.
• The Western White Emperor captured Liu Dongzhuo and used his Immortal Soul with the completed Grand Beginning Piercing Flaw Sword to track the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower.
• Lei Jun discovered that another party had located the tower and planned to investigate with Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang while notifying the Tang court and guarding against a trap.

The Celestial Master Mansion and Great Tang coordinated to hunt Huang Xuanpu while Inner Mount Shu returned from Yellow Springs and the Tang court dispatched forces to meet several crises. The search found Huang Xuanpu at the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower, where Tang Xiaotang engaged the Western White Emperor as Huang vanished amid a clash of supreme treasures.

• Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang left Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Celestial Master Three Treasures to pursue Huang Xuanpu and the Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Zong Han opened a Yellow Springs gate in Nanzhao, allowing Inner Mount Shu's Ji Yao, Kang An, Li Yuanyuan, and other experts to enter the Great Tang Human Realm and head for Mount Shu.
• Empress Zhang Wantong ordered reinforcements to respond to Inner Mount Shu and sent Shangguan Yunbo to coordinate with the Celestial Master Mansion, while Zhang Ying and Prince Zhao were assigned to the Nether Abyss crisis.
• Shangguan Yunbo, Chu Peng, Elder Miao Kong, Zongcuo Shangren, and Zhang Rui joined Lei Jun at sea; Tang Xiaotang recognized Zongcuo as a suspicious monk and departed to hunt Huang Xuanpu.
• The Grand Beginning Primordial Tower emerged from the seabed as Huang Xuanpu and the Western White Emperor struggled over it, and Tang Xiaotang attacked while Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun prepared to track Huang.
• Xu Yuanzhen went with Shangguan Yunbo to pursue Huang Xuanpu, while Lei Jun began preparing a ritual to locate him and Tang Xiaotang continued fighting the Western White Emperor.

Lei Jun tracked Huang Xuanpu while Tang Xiaotang fought the Western White Emperor over the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower. After Xu Yuanzhen and Shangguan Yunbo intercepted Huang Xuanpu, Lei Jun trapped Shang Nan, Xue Xingzi, and Zongcuo Shangren in his Profound Yellow Universe and killed them.

• Lei Jun established a ritual array beneath the sea to trace Huang Xuanpu and sent his route to Xu Yuanzhen as she and Shangguan Yunbo closed in.
• Tang Xiaotang battled the Western White Emperor, destroyed the Thousand Autumns Rope and Chaotic Heaven Pill Robe, and drove her opponent away after the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower vanished.
• Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi approached Lei Jun's ritual array, where they and Zongcuo Shangren fought against Lei Jun, Elder Miao Kong, and Zongcuo Shangren's allies.
• Lei Jun announced that Xu Yuanzhen and Shangguan Yunbo had intercepted Huang Xuanpu, then opened his Profound Yellow Universe and trapped Shang Nan, Xue Xingzi, and Zongcuo Shangren inside.
• Lei Jun overwhelmed Shang Nan with his Dragon-Tiger Combination Strike and Seven Stars Swords, while Xue Xingzi and Zongcuo Shangren also died within the Profound Yellow Universe.

Lei Jun joined the pursuit of the gravely wounded Huang Xuanpu after Xu Yuanzhen broke his body and forced his Nascent Soul to flee. Lei Jun trapped Huang Xuanpu in his nested Divine Court Outer Scenes and killed him, while Kang Ming and Chen Ziyang seized control of Yellow Heaven Path’s failing Altar and escaped with Han Wuyou.

• Lei Jun emerged from his Divine Court Outer Scene after killing Shang Nan and Xue Xingzi, then found Zongcuo Shangren dead and learned that Xu Yuanzhen was fighting Huang Xuanpu.
• Xu Yuanzhen battled Huang Xuanpu inside Terminus Deep Space, broke through his Five Qi Ascending to the Origin defenses, and shattered his physical body, but Huang Xuanpu’s Nascent Soul escaped as the North Sea Whale King fled.
• Lei Jun tracked Huang Xuanpu to the Yellow Heaven Path Altar, where Huang Xuanpu tried to seize Kang Ming and Chen Ziyang as bodies; Kang Ming’s mirror and the Altar’s defenses restrained him until Lei Jun captured him in his Divine Court Outer Scene.
• Kang Ming and Chen Ziyang freed themselves after Lei Jun captured Huang Xuanpu, killed Yu Shao, and fled with Han Wuyou as the Yellow Heaven Path Altar began to collapse.
• Huang Xuanpu fought Lei Jun with soul arts and tried to escape through the Primal Magnetic Sea, but Lei Jun’s nested Profound Yellow Universes trapped him; Lei Jun struck him with the Eight-Section Green Bamboo Staff and the Seven Stars Sword, killing him.
• Lei Jun’s Divine Court Outer Scene collapsed above the ruined Altar as Elder Miao Kong arrived and Kang Ming, Chen Ziyang, and Han Wuyou fled.

Lei Jun killed Huang Xuanpu and exposed the Celestial Master Mansion’s restored Dragon-Tiger Combination Strike, while the Yellow Heaven Path faced the collapse of its altar and debated its future. The chapter left Kang Ming preparing to lead some disciples beyond the Great Tang Human Realm as others considered joining the Celestial Master Mansion, while Great Tang’s allies weighed the rising power of Lei Jun and his sect.

• Lei Jun killed Huang Xuanpu in the Western Sichuan Snow Mountain and asked Elder Miao Kong to help stabilize the ruined Yellow Heaven Path Altar.
• Lin Yuwei recognized the Dragon-Tiger Combination Strike during the battle between Great Tang and Inner Mount Shu, while Kang Ming and Chen Ziyang realized Lei Jun had performed it alone.
• Kang Ming refused to surrender to the Celestial Master Mansion, gave Han Wuyou to Chen Ziyang, and planned to take some Yellow Heaven Path disciples beyond the Human Realm.
• Kang Ming urged Xin Beiyuan and other young disciples to join the Celestial Master Mansion, while he prepared to depart with those willing to follow him.
• Tang Xiaotang reinforced the Great Tang forces at Shu Mountain after the Western White Emperor escaped, and Lei Jun kept the Five Qi Three Caves Profound Origin Crystal he had taken from Huang Xuanpu.
• Tianlong Temple concealed the truth about Zongcuo Shangren’s death to avoid conflict, while Ye Yan worried about the Celestial Master Mansion’s growing strength as Great Tang forces sealed the northern Void Gate.

After Lei Jun killed Huang Xuanpu and destroyed the Yellow Heaven Path’s Western Sichuan altar, Great Tang’s court and religious leaders assessed the new balance of power. Lei Jun began sorting surrendered Yellow Heaven Path disciples and planned to return to Ba Shu in secret to assist Tang Xiaotang.

• Shangguan Qing and Lu Zhen discussed Huang Xuanpu’s death and recognized Lei Jun’s strength, while Lu Jinduan and Wang Xuan agreed that Celestial Master Mansion had become Great Tang’s foremost Taoist sect.
• Li Tianqing told Xing Feng that Lei Jun had killed Huang Xuanpu and that the Human Realm Dao Kingdom had been destroyed; Xing Feng praised Lei Jun’s cultivation.
• The Vajra Division Master learned of Huang Xuanpu’s death, requested an audience with the Tang Emperor, and set out through Western Sichuan to aid the campaign against Inner Mount Shu.
• At the ruined Yellow Heaven Altar, Lei Jun assigned Chu Kun and Shangguan Ning to help manage the aftermath and ordered careful screening of Yellow Heaven Path disciples who surrendered.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with surrendered disciples, intending to recover before secretly heading to Ba Shu to help Tang Xiaotang; the Vajra Division monks arrived in Western Sichuan after he had left.

Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with Yellow Heaven Path disciples and arranged for their cautious reintegration, while discussing the Human Realm Dao Kingdom and the threat Inner Mount Shu posed in Ba Shu. He set out to join the conflict, but a sign fortune warned him away from Red Tea Ridge and pointed him toward River Severing Valley or Golden Bridge Peak.

• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, entrusted Zhang Jingzhen with preliminary arrangements for the Yellow Heaven Path disciples, and told Yuan Mobai that Kang Ming and Chen Ziyang might leave Great Tang rather than rebuild their altar.
• Lei Jun identified Xin Beiyuan as a rare talent with Profound Clarity comprehension and the Myriad Phenomena Saint Body, and Yuan Mobai hoped he would become a future pillar of the sect.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai reviewed how Ji Yao and Inner Mount Shu had driven Great Tang forces back before Tang Xiaotang arrived, then shifted to abducting people and retreating south with them.
• Lei Jun learned that Jialuotu, master of the Sumeru Vajra Division, had joined the battle, and he left Dragon Tiger Mountain in disguise to pursue Inner Mount Shu toward Nanzhao.
• A sign fortune warned Lei Jun that Red Tea Ridge held great danger and no gain, while River Severing Valley offered a Fourth Grade Opportunity and Golden Bridge Peak offered a Third Grade Opportunity.

Lei Jun investigated suspicious sites in Nanzhao while Inner Mount Shu lured the Great Tang pursuers into a trap at Red Tea Ridge. As the chapter ended, the Great Netherworld Reversal Nine Palaces Immortal Array engulfed Jialuotu and Renzhu Shangren, while Lei Jun watched from River Severing Valley.

• Lei Jun learned from Tang Xiaotang that the bone-boat magic treasure was missing and that Red Tea Ridge held hidden hostility, then identified River Severing Valley and Golden Bridge Peak as other suspicious sites.
• At Red Tea Ridge, Ji Yao’s forces retreated toward the Yellow Springs gateway, Ding Chuan damaged Zhang Dongyuan’s Long Sky Sword with his Dragon Bone Killing Sword, and Zhang Taigang recovered the Azure Sky Sword.
• Ji Yao and Li Linxue activated the Great Netherworld Reversal Nine Palaces Immortal Array, trapping the area around Red Tea Ridge and forcing Jialuotu to fight his way through its expanding gray mist.
• Lei Jun reached River Severing Valley and discovered that An Zhiyu and Li Yuanyuan were using a gray-mist ritual array to strengthen the formation at Red Tea Ridge.
• The ritual array intensified the Red Tea Ridge formation, which engulfed Jialuotu and then trapped Renzhu Shangren as Li Linxue attacked with the Yellow Springs Sword.

Tang Xiaotang destroyed Kang An Daoist and damaged the White Bone Divine Boat, then joined the battle at Red Tea Ridge as Lei Jun attacked Inner Mount Shu’s Ritual Array at River Severing Valley. Lei Jun killed Li Yuanyuan and An Zhiyu, while the fighting around Red Tea Ridge remained unresolved.

• Tang Xiaotang found Kang An Daoist preparing to open a Yellow Springs gate at Golden Bridge Peak and destroyed his Nether Illusion Flame Light Needle and Profound Obscurity Banner.
• Tang Xiaotang defeated Kang An Daoist and broke the White Bone Divine Boat, then paused to shelter the mortals inside before pursuing it toward Red Tea Ridge.
• Ji Yao retrieved the damaged White Bone Divine Boat and returned to the Great Netherworld Reversal Nine Palaces Immortal Array, where Li Linxue killed Renzhu Shangren and Jialuotu escaped wounded.
• Lei Jun entered River Severing Valley and used Two Elements Heavenly Origin Dharma Talismans to disrupt the Ritual Array and sever its support for the grand array.
• Lei Jun killed Li Yuanyuan and An Zhiyu with his thunder and fire Dharma Images.

Lei Jun killed Ding Chuan at River Severing Valley and recovered the Crimson Spirit Wild Bone, while Tang Xiaotang helped drive Inner Mount Shu back into Yellow Springs. After returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain, Tang Xiaotang announced that she would relinquish the Sect Leader position to Lei Jun after the New Year.

• Lei Jun destroyed the ritual array at River Severing Valley, then killed Ding Chuan and obtained the Crimson Spirit Wild Bone.
• Ji Yao and Li Linxue retreated through the Yellow Springs gate as Tang Xiaotang and the allied forces pressed the attack; the gate collapsed and Red Tea Ridge was destroyed.
• Inner Mount Shu learned that Kang An Daoist and Ding Chuan had died, while Ji Yao ordered the sect to avoid returning to the Great Tang Human Realm for now.
• Tang Xiaotang gave Lei Jun the Cold Flame Soul, and Lei Jun entrusted the Crimson Spirit Wild Bone to Yuan Mobai for study.
• Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen examined artifacts from the Human Realm Dao Kingdom, then Tang Xiaotang revealed a new lead in her tracking method.
• The Celestial Master Mansion announced that Tang Xiaotang would step down after the New Year and Lei Jun would become its new Sect Leader.

As Lei Jun prepared to become Celestial Master, the Celestial Master Mansion settled its succession and welcomed Yellow Heaven Path disciples, while elders reflected on the sect’s recovery and considered their own breakthroughs. The Tang court visited Dragon Tiger Mountain to discuss rewards for its recent victories, including restoring the title of True Person to Lei Jun and other deserving members.

• Yao Yuan agreed that Lei Jun was fit to succeed Tang Xiaotang and planned to attempt the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation after the succession ceremony.
• Lin Shan returned from seclusion having advanced to the Seventh Heaven Realm, and Shangguan Ning welcomed him as a new High Merit Elder.
• Liu Xiao decided to enter seclusion and attempt the breakthrough from the Sixth Heaven Realm to the Seventh Heaven Realm.
• Fang Jian reassured Xu Rui that Yellow Heaven Returning to the Sect would bring former Yellow Heaven Path disciples into the Celestial Master Mansion as fellow disciples.
• Xin Beiyuan told the former Yellow Heaven Path disciples that they would be distributed among the Dao Child Courtyard’s branch courtyards and urged them to settle in and cultivate.
• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that Kang Ming and his companions were hiding in the Northern Frontier, then met Chu Yu and Zhang Mu as the court prepared to award him and others the title of True Person.