Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun defeated Xiang Jing, eliminated the Zhou Tian Old Ancestor’s safeguard in the Supreme Clarity Salvation Grotto-heaven, and began reorganizing Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain. As his allies prepared to handle the wider aftermath, Qin Caiwei presented him with a wooden sword carrying a message from Bai Mei of Mount Shu.

• Lei Jun killed Xiang Jing, cleared the Supreme Clarity Salvation Grotto-heaven, removed the Zhou Tian Old Ancestor’s hidden safeguard, and altered the altar so the Cave Heaven could no longer be sealed away.
• Lei Jun learned that Xu Yuanzhen had forced the Zhou Tian Old Ancestor to flee into the Extraterritorial Void, while Tang Xiaotang killed Yun Qingyan and hurried back toward the Earth Sea to pursue Li Yuanheng.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussed Wang’s exposed identities and agreed to begin reforming Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain’s inheritance rather than slaughtering its confused followers.
• Chu Kun arrived with Qin Caiwei and Ma Zongxiang, who pledged to help preserve Dragon Tiger Mountain and support Lei Jun’s Dao Law Era Reform.
• Qin Caiwei gave Lei Jun a wooden sword, through which Bai Mei of Mount Shu appeared and introduced herself.

Lei Jun met Bai Mei, the ancient Mount Shu founder, and reassured Great Han leaders that Great Tang Dragon Tiger Mountain would help preserve peace while he investigated the Kongsang Earth Capital forces. He and Tang Xiaotang then entered Kunlun, where Xu Yuanzhen revealed that rival leaders of the ancient Heavenly Palace conflict had both been Dragon Tiger Mountain patriarchs, leaving the group to investigate their new neighbors and the mysteries of Kunlun.

• Bai Mei explained that she had struck against Heavenly Daoist Zhou and the Kongsang Shaman King, described her past in Kunlun, and declined to meet the Great Han Mount Shu disciples.
• Chen Lingfeng and Deng Lai asked Lei Jun for help stabilizing Great Han as Kongsang Earth Capital forces entered the human world, and Lei Jun agreed to speak with them.
• Lin Xiaoyi ordered the Great Han Jiangzhou Lin Clan to abandon Jiangzhou and prepare to relocate its Literary Vein and contact the Two Jin Dynasty Human World.
• Tang Xiaotang returned after killing Li Yuanheng in Earth Sea, and she and Lei Jun traveled to Kunlun using Xu Yuanzhen's Talisman Edict.
• Xu Yuanzhen revealed that Gao Tiansui and Zhuang Zheng, former Dragon Tiger Mountain Sect Leaders, had led opposing sides in the ancient conflict over the Heavenly Palace, and Lei Jun considered whether Gao Tiansui might be in Azure Sky.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang visited Pure Micro Heaven, where they learned that Zhao Chanyang had reached the Immortal Realm at age seventy-two, then Lei Jun surveyed Great Scarlet Heaven and returned to Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain. As the Nether Abyss and Sumeru factions assessed the aftermath of the battles, Chen Xiao arrived to ask Lei Jun to forgive Kongsang Earth Capital and allow it to settle in the Present Han Human Realm.

• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang met Zhang Haipeng of the Kunwu Sect in Pure Micro Heaven and learned that Zhao Chanyang had recently become a Taoist Primordial Spirit immortal.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that Zhao Chanyang had reached the Immortal Realm at seventy-two, prompting her to leave for Great Tang and enter secluded cultivation.
• Lei Jun examined Heavenly Daoist Zhou's abandoned possessions, visited Bai Mei's former domain in Great Scarlet Heaven, and returned to Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Mu Weizi and the Nether Abyss great demons regrouped after their losses, while Fandatuo received Nobu Shangren's report and ordered further investigation into the Great Tang.
• Chen Xiao apologized to Lei Jun on behalf of Kongsang Earth Capital and asked to establish a foothold in the Present Han Human Realm; she also revealed that the Great Han Emperor survived with only a remnant soul.

After the battle, Lei Jun received envoys from Kongsang Earth Capital and several Great Han factions while assessing the unsettled realm and its future. He also watched Kang Ming relocate the Yellow Heaven Altar and uncovered a possible link between Zheng Baiyu and the Earth Sea, then studied the treasures taken from Xiang Jing.

• Chen Xiao told Lei Jun that Xiang Chengyuan intended to step down as Han Emperor and preserve stability, and Lei Jun invited him and Ke Lang to Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Ke Lang visited Lei Jun with Xiang Chengyuan’s divine soul, declared that Kongsang Earth Capital would move to the Northern Frontier to fight Kongsang Heaven Capital, and warned that a Sumeru monk might have collected Kongsang-related items.
• Wang Buji, Li Tingyu, and Fang Junmei came to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Lei Jun delegated their reception to Chu Kun; Fang Junmei confirmed he planned to leave Great Han and seek a new beginning elsewhere.
• Kang Ming moved the Yellow Heaven Altar from an East Sea island to the northeastern mainland, while Lei Jun observed the relocation and considered it a useful precedent.
• Lei Jun reviewed Kang Ming’s account of Chu Baiyu, whose connection to the Earth Sea suggested that Zheng Baiyu might have survived the Late Han calamity and been linked to Youyin.
• Lei Jun examined Xiang Jing’s Witch Gold Saber and Return Origin Bottle and considered how he could use the two treasures.

Lei Jun advanced the Great Han Dragon Tiger Mountain Dao Law Era Reform while studying treasures that could help him form a Taiji Dao Body. After returning to Great Tang, he investigated the Pure Gold Hall and visited the recovering Wang Guiyuan.

• Lei Jun studied the Return Origin Bottle and determined that he needed Greater Yang and Greater Yin treasures to join the Lesser Yin and Lesser Yang treasures he already possessed and complete his path to a Taiji Dao Body.
• Lei Jun connected the Great Han Dragon Tiger Altar with Yuan Mobai’s Great Tang altar, opening a difficult path for Great Han Talisman School cultivators to continue after losing their old registers; Ma Zongxiang and Fu Yuzhou supported the reform.
• Fandatuo, Bimasha, and Shatiluo assessed the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion’s growing strength, while Good Wisdom Venerable ordered them to watch Kunlun, Kongsang, the Great Tang, and spiritual-energy changes in the Two Jin Dynasty Human World.
• Lei Jun returned to Great Tang, met Yuan Mobai, and learned that Wang Guiyuan was recuperating at a Separate Mansion while Tang Xiaotang cultivated in seclusion.
• Lei Jun examined Chen Yi’s Pure Gold Hall and determined that it had come from the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s Finance Division, aided Chen Yi’s cultivation, and was now cut off from its former owner.
• Lei Jun showed the Pure Gold Hall to Yao Yuan, assured Yuan Mobai that Yao Yuan was well, and then headed to visit Wang Guiyuan.

Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan entered the Nether Abyss as its Great Demons fought over control, then triggered a catastrophic clash with Avici that threw the realm into chaos. Lei Jun captured Mu Weizi and Jiang Nan and attacked the demons, while Wang Guiyuan captured the Great Abyss Nether Turtle; Nether Yama Mountain Lord tried to flee but remained trapped.

• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan entered the Nether Abyss and used the Jade Clarity Zhou Heavenly Dharma Mirror to observe the Silver Moon Nether Phoenix challenging Nether Yama Mountain Lord while the Great Abyss Nether Turtle contested his control.
• Mu Weizi and Jiang Nan offered to help the Great Abyss Nether Turtle seize the Nether Abyss, but the arrival of Wang Guiyuan caused Avici and the Nether Abyss to clash and scattered the turtle and its allies.
• Lei Jun captured Jiang Nan and Mu Weizi in his two Great Vehicle Dao Scenes, killed the Bone Flood Dragon Emperor, and burned Nether Moss’s exposed incarnations.
• Wang Guiyuan used the Vacuum Bottle and Peacock King Bodhisattva Dharma Body to capture the Great Abyss Nether Turtle, while the Silver Moon Nether Phoenix confronted him.
• Nether Yama Mountain Lord recognized that he had lost control of the Nether Abyss and tried to escape, but the realm’s upheaval left him unable to find an exit.

Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan defeated the Nether Yama Mountain Lord and restored order in Nether Abyss, where Wang Guiyuan chose to remain and guard Avici. Back in the Great Tang, Lei Jun learned of Shen Xi’s plan to reach Dragon Tiger Mountain through another human world and seek help for Gongsun Daoqi.

• Lei Jun watched the Nether Yama Mountain Lord’s remaining Chang Gui disappear, then joined Wang Guiyuan as they let the Silver Moon Nether Phoenix depart and discussed the Great Abyss Nether Turtle sealed in the Vacuum Bottle.
• Wang Guiyuan used Nether Abyss’s power to suppress Avici and chose to stay there, while Lei Jun agreed to leave him talismans and allow Xing Feng and other qualified cultivators to travel there.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and told Yuan Mobai what had happened; Yuan Mobai warned that Kunpeng and other powerful figures might threaten them, then mentioned unrest in Penglai.
• Lei Jun investigated Penglai and learned that Shen Xi had tried and failed to enter it from outside.
• Shen Xi told Li Wanqiu that Gongsun Daoqi’s condition was worsening and that he planned to travel through the Han Dynasty to seek help from Great Tang Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Li Wanqiu offered to scout first, but Shen Xi insisted on going himself for the sake of his master and their sect.

Shen Xi traveled to Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion to seek help for his injured master, Gongsun Daoqi, and Lei Jun gave him an Ancient Talisman School jade ruyi while refusing to restore the old register-granting practice. After Shen Xi returned to Southern Jin, the chapter followed developments in the Great Han and Dragon Tiger Mountain before leaving with the Great Tang’s spiritual energy surging as the Empress took her final step.

• Shen Xi told Li Wanqiu that Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion’s influence over Penglai might explain why it had not moved against the Southern Jin Human Realm Dao Kingdom, then set out to seek help for Gongsun Daoqi.
• Shen Xi met Xie Yiying and Chu Kun in the Present Han Human Realm, then traveled to Great Tang to meet Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun explained that the Dragon Tiger Mountain lineage would not restore Ancient Talisman School register-granting practices, but gave Shen Xi a jade ruyi to take to Gongsun Daoqi.
• Shen Xi returned to Southern Jin, while Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed the Great Han heir-apparent struggle, Chu Kun’s cultivation, and the Sumeru Jewel Division’s movements.
• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed the rapid progress of Han Xiaofei and Cheng Rongrong, then sensed upheaval in the Great Tang’s spiritual energy and realized the Empress had taken her final step.

Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong succeeded in achieving sainthood on the spot and planned to reside in Great Unity while quietly overseeing the human realms’ changes. Lei Jun later approved Han Xiaofei’s early Talisman Register, while Kang Ming pursued a way to protect the Yellow Heaven Path and Chu Kun revealed his new Divine Court Outer Scene and growing concerns about the world beyond his Gate.

• Zhang Wantong contacted Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai after ascending above the azure clouds, discussed Azure Sky, Da Ju, Zheng Baiyu, and the human realms, and entrusted Dragon Tiger Mountain with affairs in the human world.
• Lei Jun agreed to grant Han Xiaofei her Talisman Register early, while Cheng Rongrong chose to wait for the regular bestowal; Han Xiaofei demonstrated a concealed variation of the Flying Fire Talisman.
• Chen Ziyang confirmed that a Void Gate between Great Unity and the Present Han Human Realm had reopened, and Kang Ming ordered him to gather rare treasures for a plan to protect the Yellow Heaven Path’s Altar.
• Kang Ming sent his disciple Xiahou Bo to place five Talisman Edicts, while Lei Jun noticed his Heavenly Penetration Earthly Thoroughfare Talisman flicker as he continued teaching.
• Lei Jun congratulated Chu Kun on reaching the Divine Court Outer Scene realm, and Chu Kun showed him the star-filled Empyrean Divine Continent within his scene.
• Chu Kun considered seeking help because the world beyond his Gate had changed increasingly over the past sixty years, and he prepared to try changing the Gate.

Lei Jun oversaw Han Xiaofei’s rapid cultivation and her choice of the Thousand Transformations Talisman, while discussing the different cultivation barriers facing Zhuo Baojie and Cheng Rongrong. Meanwhile, Sumeru and Saha prepared to artificially trigger the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide in the Two Jin Dynasty Human World, and the chapter ended with news that Tang Xiaotang had reached the fifth level of the Ninth Heaven and stepped onto the Bridge of Profound Understanding.

• Han Xiaofei reached the Fourth Heaven Realm, formed her Origin Talisman, and asked Lei Jun to choose the Thousand Transformations Talisman as her innate First Dharma.
• Han Xiaofei practiced transforming into birds and beasts, then went to pay respects to Yuan Mobai while Zhuo Baojie discussed her and Cheng Rongrong’s cultivation with Lei Jun.
• Good Wisdom Venerable prepared Sumeru to act against Empty Mulberry once Golden Khan Angqin awakened and returned from the Extraterritorial Void.
• Bimasha and Abbot Baoneng agreed to begin preparations to trigger the Two Jin Dynasty Human World’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide ahead of time, while Sumeru gave Saha the Azure Lotus Platform for Zen Master Chonghui.
• Lei Jun oversaw preparations for the Present Han Human Realm’s first ordinance conferment after its return to the fold and received word that Tang Xiaotang had perfected Five Qi Returning to the Mysterious and stepped onto the Bridge of Profound Understanding.

Lei Jun returned from the Present Han Human Realm to the Great Tang Human Realm, where he welcomed two disciples into the Seventh Heaven and prepared to link the Dragon Tiger Mountain grotto-heavens with the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven. The chapter ended as Shen Xi sensed a strange disturbance while helping search for that grotto-heaven.

• Tang Xiaotang told Lei Jun she planned to visit Penglai and Kunlun, and agreed to preside over Cheng Rongrong's upcoming ordinance conferment at the Myriad Laws Altar.
• Lei Jun studied the Nine Heavens Immortal Capital Treasure Talisman and secretly tested a mysterious radiance within the Supreme Clarity Salvation Grotto-heaven.
• Lei Jun returned to the Great Tang Human Realm for the New Year ceremonies and learned that Luo Haoran and Fang Jian had both reached the Heavenly Connection Realm.
• During the New Year Grand Ceremony, Lei Jun performed the talisman addition for Luo Haoran and Fang Jian; Fang Jian chose the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Dharma Image, while Luo Haoran chose the Nine Abyss Flame Ancestor Dharma Image.
• Lei Jun used the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven and the Supreme Clarity Salvation Grotto-heaven to seek a connection with the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven, while Shen Xi sensed something stirring in the Two Jin Dynasty Human World.

Shen Xi and Lei Jun sensed that the Two Jin Dynasty Human World’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide had begun, with Sumeru and Saha Buddhism secretly working together to bring it about. As the human realms moved closer to eventual convergence, Lei Jun discovered that a hidden figure was using the Great Jin Mountains and Rivers Map to disguise their identity while concealing the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven.

• Shen Xi noticed changes in the Two Jin Dynasty Human World’s spiritual energy while searching for the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven.
• Bimasha and Abbot Baoneng used Buddhist treasures to stir the realm’s spiritual energy, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide began.
• Xiao Chan and Lin Xiaoyi sensed the changes, while Lei Jun informed his allies and went to Penglai with Tang Xiaotang.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang confirmed that the Two Jin Dynasty Human World’s spiritual tide had started and discussed the dangers of future human-realm convergence.
• Lei Jun detected the Great Jin Mountains and Rivers Map obscuring a clue to the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven and concluded that someone from Sumeru or Saha Buddhism was hiding their identity.

Lei Jun weighed the risks of attacking Sumeru and Saha while monitoring rising tensions between the Golden Khanate and the Azure Wolf Khanate. Chu Kun then invited him to investigate an unfamiliar world called the Divine Land, and Lei Jun began traveling there with him.

• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang that Sumeru and Saha would be difficult to invade because their rulers held strong home-field advantages and might receive outside support.
• Good Wisdom Venerable restored Sumeru's Vajra Division's Land of Bliss, while Fandatuo and Shatiluo discussed the division's losses and the lack of a reply from Golden Khan Angqin.
• Haritana and Hasen led Alata and Golden Khanate and Sumeru forces west to attack the Azure Wolf Khanate, driving its people into retreat as Zhu Junjie warned the Great Song remnants to stay vigilant.
• Lei Jun observed the Golden Khanate's campaign and continued cultivating until Chu Kun asked him to visit an unfamiliar realm beyond the Human Realm.
• Chu Kun explained that the realm called the Divine Land had changed over the past decade and did not match the known Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, so Lei Jun prepared to accompany him.
• As Chu Kun began transporting Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen identified the destination as Da Ju and sent Lei Jun a message.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun investigated Da Ju’s violent changes and discovered that the Ten Earth had split long ago into two halves, with an unstable Abyss between them. They crossed to the uninhabited half and found signs that someone from an immortal realm had been buried there.

• Lei Jun entered Da Ju with Chu Kun and found its crimson sky growing more turbulent as spiritual energy drained into a dark Abyss above the world.
• Chu Kun described how he mediated disputes among Da Ju’s nations and explained that he could travel between Da Ju and different human realms, though switching realms required time.
• Lei Jun gathered materials from Da Ju’s rulers and used the Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape to stabilize the Abyss temporarily.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun saw fragments of worlds within the Abyss and learned that Da Ju had split long ago; Xu Yuanzhen reported that Stone Blades were opening unstable passages from a martial human realm.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun crossed the Abyss using their Great Vehicle Dao Scenes and reached the lifeless other half of Da Ju, where Lei Jun sensed that someone from an immortal realm had been buried.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun discovered a strange Hanging Sky Abyss Valley among the burial grounds of Da Ju’s dead Martial Immortals, while leaders across the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms prepared to enter Da Ju. Lei Jun received a warning from the Light Sphere to wait carefully before approaching the valley’s source.

• Lei Jun and Chu Kun examined the inverted halves of Da Ju and found a Hanging Sky Abyss Valley fused with the crimson, disordered Abyss above the clouds.
• Han King Zhou Wei sent Zhou Pu into Da Ju with a Stone Blade while planning to use the opportunity to wage war against rival kingdoms.
• Yue King Heir Zhang Mengchen prepared to enter Da Ju alongside Spirit Mountain Great Witches Lei Lei and Witch Luo.
• Abbot Zhiquan and Master Duci arranged Saha Buddhism’s preparations to enter Da Ju, while Abbot Duming watched for Witch Zhen.
• Lei Jun saw the Light Sphere’s fortunes warn him to wait for the right moment near the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley, and he considered whether approaching its source was unwise.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun concealed themselves in Da Ju while Buddhist, Shaman Sect, and Martial Dao cultivators investigated the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley. As the valley upheaved, Lei Lei was driven away from its heavenly source by Abbot Zhiquan and Master Duci, while Lei Jun discovered that Witch Luo was secretly Sun Li, pursuing his own aims in the valley.

• Lei Jun and Chu Kun used talismans and the Star Moon Lightless Banner to hide while Lei Jun counted the cultivators entering Da Ju.
• Abbot Zhiquan and Master Duci, Witch Gu Lei Lei and Witch Luo, and several Martial Dao cultivators headed toward the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley.
• The valley twisted the surrounding world and separated Lei Lei from her companions as she approached its source.
• Lei Lei used a Buddhist yin soul and the Walking Corpse of the King of Eastern Qi to fight Abbot Zhiquan and Master Duci, but they forced her back and claimed the route upward.
• Lei Jun watched without helping either side and realized that Witch Luo was actually Sun Li, secretly gathering things in the valley's middle reaches.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun witnessed deadly Martial Immortal remnants erupting at both ends of the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley, killing Li Weilie and Master Duci and plunging Da Ju into chaos. Lei Jun and Chu Kun stabilized the fractured realm, while Lei Jun claimed the Time Blade Soul and identified Zhuang Zheng as the Daoist who had defeated the Martial Immortals.

• Sun Li avoided the crowded source of the Abyss Valley and searched for remains, while Li Weilie descended underground and severely wounded Zhang Mengchen.
• A Martial Immortal's lingering fist strike erupted beneath the valley, killing Li Weilie as Zhou Pu rushed into the underground fissure.
• A blade flash at the valley's heavenly source killed Master Duci, gravely wounded Abbot Zhiquan, and triggered an upheaval in the Abyss of Time that swallowed him.
• Lei Jun intercepted the illusory Time Blade Soul as the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley collapsed, while Sun Li and Lei Lei withdrew and Zhou Pu escaped with a bloody crystal resembling an eye.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun used talismans, Dao Scenes, and the Celestial Master Seal to temporarily stabilize Da Ju and the Abyss of Time.
• Lei Jun identified the dead Martial Immortal Yan Rizhong and recognized the Daoist who had defeated him as Zhuang Zheng, the sixteenth Celestial Master.

Lei Jun and Chu Kun returned from Da Ju after its upheaval, while the surviving Spirit Mountain witches carried Martial Immortal remains back to the Human Realm. Later Han fell into crisis as Zhou Pu rose to power, and Lei Jun then turned his attention to new conflicts across other Human Realms and to the Time Blade Soul.

• Lei Jun and Chu Kun left Da Ju after the Hanging Sky Abyss Valley shattered, and Chu Kun began secluded cultivation with gains that would expand his Divine Court Universe.
• Lei Lei and Sun Li returned to Spirit Mountain with Martial Immortal remains, while learning that Jia Xianting had assassinated Zhou Wei and plunged Later Han into chaos.
• Zhou Pu realized that Buddhism had tacitly allowed Zhou Wei’s assassination, then used the Martial Immortal Pupil to reach the Ninth Heaven and take control of Later Han.
• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai about Da Ju, Sun Li, and Zhou Pu’s Martial Immortal Pupil, and Tang Xiaotang later agreed to aid the Great Song survivors against Guixu’s demons.
• Lei Jun secretly sent Tang Xiaotang to the Former Song Human Realm, then recognized that Shen Xi possessed a Cosmic Light Immortal Body and tested the Time Blade Soul’s similar effect.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lei Jun cultivates using the Time Blade Soul, accelerating his progress.
• He refines his Supreme Purity Eight Scenery Treasure Rain Cape, incorporating the Vast Righteousness Dark Jade Tablet.
• In the Former Song Human Realm, the Golden Khanate and Guixu great demons clear the field, preventing the descent of Earth Sea, Empty Mulberry, and Yellow Springs.
• Tang Xiaotang, disguised as Elder Zheng, fights against Guixu great demons.
• In the Great Tang Human Realm, Layman Shen Qubing attains the body of a Martial Saint, and Yongshan Mister of the Academy is expected to do the same soon.
• The Shaman Sect's Heavenly Capital and Earthly Capital determine the victor, with Earthly Capital emerging victorious due to Fandatuo's intervention.
• Good Wisdom Venerable gives Bimasha a Buddhist Treasure Pearl for further preparations.
• Zhuo Baojie successfully reaches the Eighth Heaven Divine Court realm, and Lei Jun begins another period of secluded cultivation.

Character Developments

• Lei Jun: Focuses on cultivation, refining his magical treasures, and guiding his disciples.
• Zhuo Baojie: Successfully passes the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and reaches the Eighth Heaven Divine Court realm. He plans to create his second innate Divine Ability.
• Han Xiaofei: Achieves the Dao Palace Realm and begins studying her Second Dharma, Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang.
• Tang Xiaotang: Fights against Guixu great demons while disguised as Elder Zheng.
• Fandatuo: Intervenes in the battle between Empty Mulberry Heavenly Capital and Earthly Capital, helping Earthly Capital emerge victorious.
• Good Wisdom Venerable: Gives Bimasha a Buddhist Treasure Pearl for further preparations.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and refinement of magical treasures.
• The struggle between the Great Khanate, Guixu great demons, and the Great Song survivors.
• The preparation and accumulation of power by various factions in anticipation of future conflicts.

Character Interactions

• Lei Jun guides and instructs his disciples, Zhuo Baojie and Han Xiaofei.
• Zhuo Baojie and Han Xiaofei interact with their fellow disciples and Lei Jun.
• Tang Xiaotang interacts with the Guixu great demons while disguised as Elder Zheng.
• Good Wisdom Venerable interacts with Fandatuo and Bimasha, giving them tasks and preparations.

Lei Jun perfected Five Qi Returning to the Mysterious, reached the Fifth Layer of the Nine Heavens, and manifested the Bridge of Profound Understanding. As he and Xu Yuanzhen fought Saha over the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven, Sumeru set its wider plan in motion, ending with Shatiluo reopening the Empty Mulberry gate.

• Lei Jun cultivated Azure Spirit Nine Qi, reached the Fifth Layer of the Nine Heavens, and formed Nine Colored Flowing Splendor and the Bridge of Profound Understanding.
• Angqin awakened in the Golden Capital, prompting Good Wisdom Venerable to begin Sumeru's plans while Bimasha used a Treasure Pearl to expose the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven's whereabouts.
• Lei Jun and Shen Xi determined that Saha held the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven, while Venerable Puguang prepared to defend Saha and sent Zen Master Chonghui secretly to the Two Jin Dynasty Human World.
• Lei Jun met Xu Yuanzhen in the Two Jin Dynasty Human World, but Venerable Puguang refused to surrender the Jade Purity Miro Grotto-heaven, and the sides fought near Saha's gate.
• Good Wisdom Venerable ordered Shatiluo to act while Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen were occupied, and Shatiluo used a Dharma Bell to reopen the Empty Mulberry gate in the Former Song Human Realm.