Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiaotang and Zhu Junjie fought the Golden Khanate’s forces as Baima Shangren joined them, while Lei Jun intervened to stop an attack on Tang Xiaotang’s Celestial Master Seal. Lei Jun trapped the Lotus Division and Liang Zhuo in separate Great Vehicle Dao Scenes, then fought Baima Shangren and used an unexpected sword strike to kill Liang Zhuo.

• Zhu Junjie attacked Liang Zhuo with his spear, while Saleheng urged him and Tang Xiaotang to submit to the Golden Khanate before charging them with his strange beast.
• Tang Xiaotang fought Saleheng, Li Yuanheng, and the arriving Baima Shangren, who revealed that she had converted to the Buddhist Hand Seal Lineage and ordered the Lotus Division disciples to follow her.
• A Dan Ding Sect expert tried to seize Tang Xiaotang’s Celestial Master Seal with a soul attack, but Lei Jun struck his Nascent Soul Yang Spirit and forced him to flee.
• Lei Jun captured Baima Shangren, Liang Zhuo, Chuduo Mingfei, and the other Lotus Division members, separating Liang Zhuo from the Buddhist group inside nested Great Vehicle Dao Scenes.
• Lei Jun broke through Baima Shangren’s Perfect Bright Moon Wheel and attacked her, while Liang Zhuo struggled against Lei Jun’s techniques in his separate Dao Scene.
• A floating sword suddenly reappeared and cleaved Liang Zhuo in two as he tried to withstand Lei Jun’s attacks.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang defeated the Golden Khanate and Sumeru Lotus Division forces in the human realm, then learned that Li Hang was the Southern Crimson Emperor and that Golden Khan might be pursuing a higher realm. After returning to Penglai, Li Hang met Han Qingtao, who warned that Azure Sky was showing unusual activity.

• Lei Jun killed Liang Zhuo and Baima Shangren in his Great Vehicle Dao Scene, while Tang Xiaotang killed Saleheng and Li Yuanheng escaped through a Gu technique.
• Tang Xiaotang identified the attacker who had tried to seize the Celestial Master Seal as the Southern Crimson Emperor, and Zhu Junjie said the man was Li Hang, Sect Leader of the Great Song Pure Yang Palace.
• Zhu Junjie told Lei Jun that the Golden Khanate's forces had moved north to face the Azure Wolf and White Deer Khanates, while Golden Khan remained behind and might be pursuing a higher cultivation realm.
• Lei Jun left Zhu Junjie an empty envelope for future contact, returned to Earth Sea with the Celestial Master Seal, and left the portal to the human realm open.
• In Penglai, Li Hang met Han Qingtao, who said Azure Sky was undergoing unusual movements; Li Hang asked whether she meant the former subordinates of the Heavenly Palace.

Han Qingtao, Li Hang, Yan Keji, and Shen Xi discussed the Azure Sky anomaly, the possible survival of Heavenly Palace remnants, and the renewed path to immortality. In the Great Ming Human Realm, Chao Feng and Yu Zan plotted to implicate Mu Chunyang, while Lei Jun’s Earth Sea affairs continued and Shen Qubing introduced him to a Nine Li clan chief.

• Yan Keji and Shen Xi arrived in Penglai, where the four Taoist High Masters discussed whether the Azure Sky anomaly came from surviving Heavenly Palace remnants and agreed to probe the situation cautiously.
• Li Hang and Han Qingtao discussed Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhenwu Temple, and the possibility that the reopened Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would restore the path to ascension.
• Chao Feng told Yu Zan to arrange reports implicating Mu Chunyang in Han Qingtao’s escape, hoping to draw him back to the capital and deprive Liu Chong of his support.
• Lei Jun returned to the Earth Sea, blocked the Great Ming Human Realm’s access through Guicang, and considered the origins of the Nine Li tribes’ names.
• Shen Qubing introduced Li Ying, chief of the Wu Li Clan, to Lei Jun.

Lei Jun investigated the Nine Li’s recent history and discovered that clues to the person who renamed the clans led toward the former Great Song realm, while Tang Xiaotang disguised herself as a Pure Yang Palace Taoist and explored new opportunities. As new realms and dangers spread through the Foreign Tribe Khanate Human Realm, Lei Jun received several Sign Fortunes and asked Tang Xiaotang where she was.

• Lei Jun questioned Li Ying about the Nine Li’s names and leadership, then learned that Li Tianqing had killed Li Bin and was rumored to be pursuing Li De.
• Lei Jun searched the abandoned Tan Li ancestral land and used the Sealing Heaven Seal to identify traces linked to someone connected with the previous Heavenly Palace.
• Tang Xiaotang lost Li Yuanheng’s trail after Master Zongjia arrived, then found a former Pure Yang Palace residence and disguised herself as Zheng Chen.
• The Yellow Springs and Guixu connected to the Foreign Tribe Khanate Human Realm, while Golden Khan remained absent and Master Zongjia struggled to contain the spreading crises.
• Lei Jun followed the blue smoke to the former Youyin landing site, then received Sign Fortunes pointing to opportunities at Nine Provinces River Mouth and Long Wind Mountain, as well as deadly danger at Yellow Leaf Lake.
• Lei Jun contacted Tang Xiaotang and asked where she was.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang searched the Foreign Tribe Khanate Human Realm for Li Yuanheng while Guixu waters spread through its waterways. Lei Jun discovered a Six Yang White Lotus and watched Master Zongjia get dragged into Guixu, then reunited with Tang Xiaotang and claimed Dark Nether Water Marrow for a plan involving the Five Colors Cloud.

• Tang Xiaotang headed for the Nine Provinces River Mouth to search for Li Yuanheng while Lei Jun traveled toward Long Wind Mountain and Yellow Leaf Lake.
• Tang Xiaotang, disguised as Zheng Chen, met Zhu Junjie and learned he was seeking to protect the Great Song survivors.
• Lei Jun spotted Master Zongjia near Yellow Leaf Lake, then used his Pure Yang Thunder Dragon and Yin Fire Tiger to kill an Overturning Sea Kun.
• Lei Jun found a Six Yang White Lotus at Long Wind Mountain's southern foothills as Guixu's waters began withdrawing toward Yellow Leaf Lake.
• Master Zongjia was trapped by the returning Guixu waters and yin flood dragons and pulled into the abyss as Guixu closed.
• Tang Xiaotang reunited with Lei Jun and offered him frigid true-water marrow; Lei Jun took the Dark Nether Water Marrow for a plan to counter the Five Colors Cloud.

Lei Jun returned to Great Tang with the Dark Nether Water Marrow as events in the Great Ming Human Realm pointed toward a northern war against the foreign tribes and Sumeru. Zhang Hui and Meng Shaojie entered Great Ming through a Void Gate, while Chu Kun stayed there and Lei Jun left the fate of the arriving Mount Shu Sect members to Great Tang’s Mount Shu cultivators.

• Xu Yuanzhen declined the Dark Nether Water Marrow, revealed that she was investigating leads concerning Kunlun, and Tang Xiaotang asked Lei Jun to leave her one Six Yang White Lotus seed before he returned to Great Tang.
• Lei Jun resumed his duties and cultivation on Dragon Tiger Mountain, then learned from Xiao Chunhui’s letter that Chu Kun had secretly traveled to Great Ming and met Xiao there.
• Chu Kun told Lei Jun that the Wu Faction was gaining dominance in Great Ming and that the court was preparing to attack the northern foreign tribes and Sumeru’s Karma Division.
• Zhang Hui and Meng Shaojie opened a Void Gate from Guicang to Great Ming, joined Xiao Chunhui and Chu Kun, and learned that the northern campaign was effectively confirmed.
• Chief Minister Chen Yu told Chao Feng that Sumeru Lotus Division Master Zongjia had fallen into Guixu and that Sumeru had also suffered a major defeat in the Pseudo-Tang realm.
• Chu Kun reported that Mount Shu Sect cultivators from Great Ming were trying to enter Guicang, and Lei Jun left the Great Tang Mount Shu cultivators to decide how to handle them.

The Great Tang Mount Shu Sect sent Ji Dongquan to contact the Great Ming Mount Shu Sect, while the Ming court prepared a northern campaign and Zhou Mingzhe advanced his own Neo-Confucian plans. As Lei Jun watched the war from the Great Tang, the Ming forces unexpectedly seized the Void Gate to Sumeru and continued their assault.

• The Great Tang Mount Shu Sect dispatched Ji Dongquan to the Great Ming Human Realm, where he met Chu Kun and Xiao Chunhui and learned that Yuan Qingci had sent Li Miaozhen to seek contact.
• Zhou Mingzhe arranged political support for Chief Minister Chen Yu’s campaign, enlisted Zhenwu Temple Elder Wei Jingyi and Mount Shu Elder Mo Qingshi, and shared documents outlining his new Neo-Confucian research.
• Xi Zhichang questioned Nie Zhongjie about the Nie Clan’s descendants in Tianli, then discussed preparations for the region’s long-term stability.
• Lei Jun told Ji Chuan that the Sumeru Jewel Division had withdrawn from the Great Han Human Realm, leaving Great Sky Temple in a stronger position against the Han court.
• The Great Ming army advanced against the northern tribes and Sumeru, and its eunuch troops unexpectedly seized the Void Gate to Sumeru, prompting the campaign to press onward.

Great Ming’s invasion of Sumeru awakened the hidden Good Wisdom Venerable, who devastated the expedition and left the dynasty reeling. As the other Human Realms reassessed the threat, Lei Jun prepared for further developments and celebrated Zhuo Baojie’s advance to the Seventh Heaven Realm.

• Lei Jun warned Chu Kun that Great Ming’s slow, unified advance could give Sumeru time to gather its full strength, and he prepared for possible retaliation against Great Tang.
• Great Ming forces reached Mount Sumeru, where its collapse released a vast sea of Wrathful King's Fire and revealed an Immovable Wisdom King Form and the hidden Good Wisdom Venerable.
• The Good Wisdom Venerable captured Chen Yu, struck down Mu Chunyang, and dragged Sang Yan into Sumeru, forcing Great Ming’s forces to retreat and leaving the dynasty badly weakened.
• The Sumeru divisions searched for Lotus Division Master Zongjia, while Great Han’s Langya Wang Clan and Longwai Xiao Clan considered new alliances and leadership arrangements.
• Zhuo Baojie reached the Seventh Heaven Realm, received Talisman Addition and the Purple Robe from Lei Jun, and began cultivating the Life Cultivation Human Writing Talisman.
• Xu Yuanzhen sent Lei Jun Primal Heaven Remnant Ash from Kunlun, and the two discussed whether Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain had known about Good Wisdom Venerable.

Lei Jun refined the Celestial Master Three Treasures, then broke through to the Nine Heavens Third Layer and cultivated the Five Spirits Five Qi and Five Colors Cloud. As new threats gathered across the human realms, he began developing another transformation while Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang pursued their own investigations and battles.

• Lei Jun used Primal Heaven Remnant Ash to improve his magic treasures, and Yuan Mobai emerged from seclusion after attaining the Great Vehicle High Truth with his Yin Yang Calamity Relief Falu and Yin Yang Star Lord Dharma Image.
• Zhang Jingzhen entered death seclusion to prepare for the Eighth Heaven Realm, while Qin Caiwei sent an ancient talisman edict to Lei Jun that Xu Yuanzhen identified as connected to the Artifact Refining Sect and likely Kunlun.
• Xu Yuanzhen investigated Sumeru and Guixu while Zhuo Baojie carried Lei Jun’s reforged treasures to Tang Xiaotang and returned with the Celestial Master Sword and Celestial Master Robe.
• In Great Han, Emperor Xiang Chengyuan neglected affairs of state as Fang Junmei reported on likely Ninth Heaven cultivators and the spreading demonic threats.
• Tang Xiaotang struck Li Yuanheng with the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo, badly damaging his soul and leaving him in greater peril as she pursued him.
• After consuming the remaining Primal Heaven Remnant Ash to refine the Celestial Master Three Treasures, Lei Jun cultivated the Five Spirits Five Qi, entered the Nine Heavens Third Layer, and formed the Five Colors Cloud.

Lei Jun refined the Celestial Master Three Treasures into a stable foundation and developed a new miniature altar array, while learning of plans and tensions across Yellow Springs, Penglai, and the Great Ming and Great Tang realms. The chapter leaves Lei Jun preparing to complete the array with rare materials, for which he already has leads.

• Lei Jun formed a three-tier Dharma Altar in the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven to refine the Celestial Master Three Treasures, and the Tang Imperial Court agreed to send him Dragon Scale Jade.
• Ji Yao learned that the Heavenly Bird Earth Beast Mirror was complete and planned to rebuild Inner Mount Shu’s supreme treasures around the Yellow Springs Divine Wood Branch, while targeting the Great Tang Mount Shu Sect for opportunities rather than Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Han Qingtao told Zhuang Changfeng that new leads on the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower could help her recover the Crossing Void Shuttle and eventually draw the Celestial Master Seal across the void.
• Lei Jun reviewed reports of the Great Ming court’s divisions and the worsening conflict among the foreign khanates, then continued cultivating his new array.
• Lei Jun completed the initial form of a small black Three-Layer Altar array, and Yuan Mobai identified the three rare materials still needed to build it fully.

Lei Jun traced the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower to the Great Ming Human Realm and disrupted Han Qingtao’s attempt to escape through Penglai with three void treasures. He then saved Ji Dongquan and Li Miaozhen from a Ming Court ambush, and entered Penglai to confront the remaining pursuers.

• Lei Jun learned that Empty Mulberry had opened in the Foreign Tribe Khanate Human Realm, interrupting Tang Xiaotang’s pursuit of Li Yuanheng, and discovered that Han Qingtao’s actions had revealed the trail of the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower.
• Lei Jun traveled to the Great Ming Human Realm, where he observed Chu Kun conceal himself and Supreme Azure Crystal from Xi Zhichang’s searching party with the Star Moon Lightless Banner.
• Lei Jun located Han Qingtao as she used the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower, the Grand Beginning Piercing Flaw Sword, and the Crossing Void Shuttle to open a route into Penglai and evade the Great Ming pursuers.
• Lei Jun disrupted the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower from afar, breaking Han Qingtao’s control and allowing the Great Ming experts to pursue her through the still-open Penglai Gate.
• Qi Junshou, Ying Bang, and Han Shijing ambushed Ji Dongquan and Li Miaozhen, but Lei Jun arrived and killed all three with a single strike before leading the way into Penglai.

Lei Jun tracked the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower through Penglai, where a Great Tide exposed the Buddhist identity of Central Yellow Emperor Yan Keji and brought Great Ming forces into conflict with him. After Yan Keji’s incarnation was destroyed, Lei Jun trapped Han Qingtao and Li Hang in separate Great Vehicle Dao Scenes and began defeating them; Han Qingtao’s escape attempt failed, leaving her Immortal Soul shaken from the Grand Beginning Piercing Flaw Sword.

• Lei Jun entered Penglai with Ji Dongquan and Li Miaozhen, contacted Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang, and used the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror to locate the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower.
• Ji Yao returned to Yellow Springs after spotting Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong fighting in the Human Realm, then ordered Inner Mount Shu to retrieve the Purple Azure Twin Swords while avoiding Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun detected a Yellow Springs Gate opening in the Great Tang Southern Wilderness, identified Zong Han as its helper, and alerted Yuan Mobai and other allies while tracking Zong Han.
• Lei Jun found the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and acquired Xihe Flowing Gold as Yan Keji triggered a Penglai Great Tide; the Ink Blade disrupted the tide and exposed Yan Keji as an incarnation of a Buddhist Venerable.
• Zeng Kui and Xi Zhichang used the Ink Blade to destroy Yan Keji’s incarnation, but a Buddhist palm from Saha killed Xi Zhichang and forced the Great Ming cultivators out of Penglai.
• Lei Jun trapped Li Hang and Han Qingtao in separate Great Vehicle Dao Scenes, overwhelmed Han Qingtao’s defenses, and shattered the Crossing Void Shuttle; a Three Lights Smoke and Haze Talisman then shook her Immortal Soul out of the Grand Beginning Piercing Flaw Sword.

Lei Jun defeated Han Qingtao and Li Hang in Penglai, then returned to the Great Tang to help repel Ji Yao and Tian Lingfeng’s attack on Shu Mountain. He tracked Zong Han into Yellow Springs and confronted Ji Yao in Fengdu City, where Ji Yao recognized that Lei Jun had prepared a power beyond his expectations.

• Lei Jun killed Han Qingtao and Li Hang, recovered the Sea Sky Fusang, and learned that Xu Yuanzhen had sealed the gates between Penglai, Saha, and the Great Ming Human Realm.
• Li Miaozhen, Ye Dongming, and Ji Dongquan attacked Zhuang Changfeng’s Great Ming Human Realm Dao Kingdom forces; after Han Qingtao’s defeat stripped away their Talisman Edicts, Lei Jun arrived and killed Zhuang Changfeng.
• Ji Yao and Tian Lingfeng launched an assault on Shu Mountain, but Yuan Mobai, Xiao Xueting, Future Maitreya, and Sun Li fought them back; Xiao Xueting wounded Ji Yao, and Yuan Mobai trapped Tian Lingfeng and the damaged Heavenly Bird Earth Beast Mirror.
• Lei Jun captured Zong Han and used clues from him to open a gate to Yellow Springs, where Ji Yao’s forces activated Fengdu City’s defenses and the Great Netherworld Reversal Nine Palaces Immortal Array.
• Lei Jun entered Yellow Springs and confronted Ji Yao; as the array slowed his Yuan Magnetic Flying Sword, Lei Jun raised the Three-Layer Altar and revealed another dark altar, prompting Ji Yao to realize he needed to flee.

Lei Jun stabilized Yellow Springs after destroying the Inner Mount Shu stronghold, then returned to Penglai to finish clearing out the Human Realm Dao Kingdom forces and coordinate with the Great Ming Mount Shu Sect. After the Great Tang Taoist leaders welcomed him back and praised his recovery of the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower, the chapter left Penglai under the Celestial Master Mansion’s renewed control.

• Lei Jun stabilized Yellow Springs, sealed its Void Gates, and began using the River of Forgetfulness and Yellow Springs Divine Wood Branch to strengthen his Three Caves and Three Heavens Supreme Dragon Tiger Immortal Array.
• Lei Jun returned to Penglai and worked with Xu Yuanzhen to clear out the remaining Human Realm Dao Kingdom cultivators, while learning about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm and its links to Saha and Spirit Mountain.
• Yuan Qingci met Lei Jun, arranged for Great Ming Mount Shu’s three treasures to remain in Penglai, and received a Celestial Master Talisman Edict for the Great Ming sect.
• Yuan Qingci met the supposedly dead Mu Chunyang in the Great Ming Northern Frontier, told him about Lei Jun, and invited him to visit the Great Tang Human Realm.
• Ji Dongquan returned to Great Tang with the recovered Grand Beginning Primordial Tower, while Ye Dongming stayed in Penglai to help Li Miaozhen repair two damaged treasures.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Zhang Taigang, Ji Chuan, Yuan Mobai, and others thanked him for recovering the Grand Beginning Primordial Tower and defeating the Penglai enemies.

Lei Jun refined the Penglai Heavenly Palace ruins into a Dharma Altar that let him observe several disconnected human realms, while Zhang Taigang agreed to leave Mount Shu’s Azure Sky Sword in Penglai. The chapter ends with Lei Jun developing new powers and asking Xu Yuanzhen about her recent breakthrough to the Taoist Talisman School’s Ninth Heaven perfection.

• Xiao Xueting told Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai that the Empress had fought an unidentified young Dan Ding Sect High Truth and warned that Tang Zhenren might be unsettled if she met him.
• The Grand Beginning Primordial Tower returned to Shu Mountain, restoring Mount Shu’s Six Harmonies Congenital Returning Origin Formation, and Zhang Taigang proposed leaving the Azure Sky Sword in Penglai alongside the Northern Abyss Divine Spear.
• Lei Jun used the Myriad Laws Altar to refine Penglai’s ancient talismans, triggering changes in the Heavenly Books, the Sealing Heaven Seal, and Chen Yi’s Pure Gold Hall.
• Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen found preserved Heavenly Palace ruins in Penglai, stabilized them with a Dharma Altar, and used the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror to observe five human realms without connecting gates.
• Lei Jun examined the Foreign Tribe Khanate and Shen Xi’s divided human realm, then demonstrated his new Yin Yang Limitless Star Radiance to Xu Yuanzhen.
• Xu Yuanzhen confirmed that she had attained the Taoist Talisman School’s Ninth Heaven perfection, and Lei Jun asked whether she had obtained the Bridge of Profound Understanding.

Xu Yuanzhen completed the Bridge of Profound Understanding, while Lei Jun organized Penglai and learned of turmoil in the Great Ming and Kongsang’s ties to the Great Han. The chapter left Lei Jun investigating a Great Ming army whose soldiers’ strength rose after receiving military orders.

• Xu Yuanzhen discussed her new Bridge of Profound Understanding with Lei Jun and said she intended to investigate Zhang Wantong’s slowed progress and the silence of the ancient immortals.
• Tang Xiaotang sent Zhuo Baojie back to Great Tang with items taken from the Kongsang Shaman Sect, and Lei Jun recognized similarities between its witchcraft and Tan Muwei’s lineage.
• Lei Jun arranged for Celestial Master Mansion disciples to develop Penglai, and Mu Chunyang arrived to seek forgiveness for his role in opening a Void Gate toward Guicang and permission for Zhenwu Temple disciples to settle in Great Tang.
• Mu Chunyang described the Great Ming’s unrest and the losses it had suffered, while Xu Yuanzhen departed to investigate the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Human Realm.
• Lei Jun observed a Great Ming army through the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror and saw its commander and officers grow stronger after receiving military orders.

Lei Jun observed Zhou Mingzhe’s Great Ming reforms, which used a vast Neo-Confucian ritual array to empower Martial Dao troops while keeping them under court control. He disliked the system but chose to watch how Great Ming responded, then learned that Pan Hailin had reached the Ninth Heaven Mahayana Realm in the Great Han Human Realm.

• Lei Jun watched Duan Cheng’s troops rout rebels with temporarily enhanced strength, then saw the soldiers’ cultivation return to normal as the Neo-Confucian officials reclaimed their literary aura.
• A middle-ranking general secretly sent a message about the military command, but a flying sword intercepted it, and Duan Cheng’s forces began investigating the general’s associates.
• Zhou Mingzhe discussed the reforms with Zeng Kui, worried that Mu Chunyang might still be alive, and ordered preparations to move against the White Lotus Sect in Qing Province while strengthening palace security.
• Zhou Mingzhe met Mount Shu Sect Elder Mo Qingshi, Zhenwu Temple elder Wei Jingyi, and his new student Nie Song as the court continued its ritual preparations.
• Lei Jun explained to Chu Kun how the ritual array constrained enhanced cultivators and strengthened Neo-Confucian control, while admitting he disliked the group behind the reforms.
• Jiang Yu brought news that Pan Hailin had reappeared in the Great Han Human Realm and reached the Ninth Heaven Mahayana Realm, which Lei Jun linked to an ancestor Above the Nine Heavens bestowing talismans upon him.

Lei Jun surveyed upheavals across the human realms, investigated a mysterious power in Great Ming, and prepared to enter Great Han disguised as the legendary Wang Xu. The chapter ended with Lei Jun silently traveling toward Great Han while Chu Kun remained in Penglai to help conceal his journey.

• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed Pan Hailin, Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain, and the growing cooperation between Great Han sects and aristocratic clans against Great Sky Temple and other threats.
• Jiang Yu agreed to let Mu Chunyang establish a Zhenwu Temple branch in Great Tang, while Mu revealed that he had secretly sent promising disciples out of Great Ming without Wei Jingyi's knowledge.
• Tang Xiaotang, disguised as Elder Zheng Chen, was urged to lead the divided Great Song Pure Yang Palace after Li Hang's death and the collapse of the Great Song Human Realm Dao Kingdom.
• Lei Jun detected a powerful presence interrupting the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror's observation of a Great Ming battlefield, and Luo Hai later spoke with a demonic Pixiu that had attached itself to him.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed Great Ming's Neo-Confucian reforms and a possible hidden power, then Lei Jun transformed into Wang Xu to travel to Great Han.
• Lei Jun left Penglai under his Wang Xu disguise, intending to investigate the Langya Wang Clan and the mystery of Wang Xu's death.

Lei Jun investigated Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain, the Yellow Heaven Path, and signs of the Shaman Sect, then drew out a hidden Confucian master while observing a battle against Great Sky Temple. He learned that Langya Wang Dongyang had emerged from seclusion and intended to visit Xiao Ding.

• Lei Jun secretly arrived in the Great Han Human Realm and examined the former site of Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain, finding Xu Yuanzhen's hidden talismans and sensing that something was missing.
• Lei Jun visited the Yellow Heaven Path's New Altar, discovered an ancient spiritual thread connected to it, and left talismans without disturbing the altar's preparations.
• Lei Jun found a sealed Void Gate linked to Empty Mulberry and was attacked by a Witch King Curse, which he repelled with his soul-protecting methods.
• Lei Jun inspected Great Sky Temple strongholds and watched Yu Boyan and Miao Feng attack one; Miao Feng pursued a fleeing monk into a hidden Confucian realm.
• Langya Wang Dongyang killed the pursuing Great Sky Temple monks with thunder and lightning, then asked Miao Feng to convey his greetings to Chen Lingfeng and announced that he would visit Xiao Ding.

Lei Jun, disguised as East Yang Hermit Wang Xu, revealed himself to spread word of Wang Xu’s return while concealing his own identity and limitations. Near Poyang Great Marsh, he intervened when Fang Yue and the Great Han officials faced the Flame Island Turtle King, capturing the demon inside his apparent Family, State, and World.

• Miao Feng told Yu Boyan and Wang Jianan that he had encountered East Yang Hermit Wang Xu, prompting the Mount Shu Sect and Langya Wang Clan to spread the news.
• The Han Crown Prince sent Ouyang Jingyuan south to seek Wang Xu, while Wang Yan dispatched Wang Jian and Wang Buji to investigate his whereabouts.
• Lei Jun continued downstream in disguise, using the Vast Righteousness Dark Jade Tablet and Rising Sun Bow to imitate Wang Xu while claiming his injuries had not healed.
• Fang Yue fought a swarm of Double-tailed Black Sturgeons at Poyang Great Marsh, then defended against the Flame Island Turtle King as Fang Junmei attacked from the side.
• Lei Jun struck the Flame Island Turtle King with the Rising Sun Bow, then used his apparent Family, State, and World to draw the demon inside and make it disappear.