Chapter Summaries

Yuan Mobai, Chu Kun, and their allies uncovered a Western Buddhist School operation to activate Confucian Sacrificial Rite ritual arrays and attacked its guarded site. Yuan Mobai defeated Shatiluo with help from Zhuo Baojie, while Chu Kun captured Wo Jiehan, leaving the Taoists to secure the disrupted ritual array.

• Yuan Qingci reported suspicious movements, and Yuan Mobai led Chu Kun, Zhuo Baojie, and other Taoist experts to investigate two suspected ritual-array sites.
• Lei Jun guided Yuan Mobai to the true site, where Chu Kun’s talismans exposed the Confucian Sacrificial Rite ritual array guarded by Shatiluo and Wo Jiehan.
• Shatiluo ordered a retreat and triggered the ink pool, while Yuan Mobai intercepted Wo Jiehan and Chu Kun trapped him in the Empyrean Divine Continent.
• Chen Lingfeng suppressed the unstable ink pool as Yuan Mobai pursued Shatiluo and battered his defenses, destroying the Amoghasiddhi Garuda Seat and severing the Cross Vajra Pestle.
• A purple sword wounded Shatiluo, and Zhuo Baojie followed with a Middle Heaven Sword strike that killed him; Yuan Mobai then went to search for the remaining opponents.

Zhuo Baojie and Yuan Mobai defeated Shatiluo, while Chu Kun killed Wo Jiehan and helped secure a Confucian ritual array and its sacrificial vessels. Lei Jun and Chu Kun suspected Zheng Baiyu’s plans reached beyond the two worlds, and the chapter ended with Zheng Baiyu meeting Mister Leyuan, Wu Hailin.

• Zhuo Baojie used Lei Jun’s talismans to guide a distant Middle Heaven Sword strike that created an opening for Yuan Mobai to kill Shatiluo.
• Zhuo Baojie recovered the Middle Heaven Sword and reflected on the burden of retrieving it after using it at extreme range.
• Chu Kun trapped Wo Jiehan in his Great Vehicle Dao Scene, revealed his Bearing Heaven Star Lord Dharma Image, and killed him.
• Chu Kun and Chen Lingfeng suppressed a Confucian ritual array and sacrificial vessels, which Chu Kun sealed in the Nine Brilliance Kunyuan Cauldron.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed Zheng Baiyu’s expanding ambitions and the possibility that he sought a supreme aptitude such as Sage or Imperial Heaven.
• Zheng Baiyu stood beside the Abyss of Time and addressed Mister Leyuan, Wu Hailin, through a mirror image formed from Ink Characters.

Wu Hailin and Zheng Baiyu watched each other warily as the conflict around the Abyss of Time continued. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great Thousand world, the search for Ink Pool Sacrificial Rites ended with Xiao Jing’s death, while Xiao Chunhui prepared to cross the Abyss of Time in pursuit of an uncertain opportunity.

• Wu Hailin suspected Zheng Baiyu had hidden ambitions but kept watch on him while prioritizing Yan Aoyun and his own attempt to reach the Confucian Sage Teacher realm.
• Zhang Haipeng found Xiao Jing’s Ink Pool Sacrificial Rite, and she collapsed its array and escaped as Yuan Mobai and the others pursued her.
• Fang Yue confronted the wounded Xiao Jing in the snowy mountains, and Xiao Xueting struck her with a surprise attack before Xiao Jing died amid the encirclement.
• Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang helped Zhuo Baojie handle the aftermath, then asked Lei Jun to help Xiao Chunhui travel through the Abyss of Time to the Confucian Forest Great Thousand world.
• Lei Jun agreed to help Xiao Chunhui make the dangerous journey, explaining that success might open a new path for him while failure could leave his prospects uncertain.

Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen helped Xiao Chunhui cross the Abyss of Time to the Confucian Forest Great Thousand, while the Northern Frontier war ended and Lei Jun’s disciples continued to advance. After Feng Ting reached the Seventh Heaven Realm, Lei Jun sent him on his first journey beyond the mountain, leaving him to depart for Mount Shu South Peak to congratulate Shen Xi on attaining Great Carefree.

• Xiao Chunhui discussed Buddhist concerns about the World of Demons with Lei Jun, who confirmed that White Lotus Sect members wanted to investigate it but could not safely travel there yet.
• Lei Jun used the Black and White Taiji Diagram and Thunder Emperor City to guide Xiao Chunhui through the Abyss of Time, and Xu Yuanzhen received him in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand.
• Lei Jun reported Xiao Chunhui’s safe arrival to Xiao Xueting and Xiao Hang, who returned north with Zhuo Baojie to help Yuan Mobai finish suppressing the remaining Northern Frontier enemies.
• Lei Jun’s disciples’ accomplishments drew congratulations as the Northern Frontier war largely ended, Feng Ting reached the Seventh Heaven Realm, and Lei Jun performed Talisman Addition for him at the Mid-Yuan Festival.
• Lei Jun instructed Feng Ting to travel and gain experience, then assigned him to accompany Hua Wei to Mount Shu South Peak and congratulate Shen Xi on attaining Great Carefree.

Shen Xi celebrated his ascension to Great Carefree, accepted Lei Jun’s Water Flowing Light, and announced that he would resign as South Peak’s sect leader to cultivate. Elsewhere, Xiao Chunhui considered the growing divisions in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand World, Xu Yuanzhen reported troubling findings about the Extraterrestrial Demons, and Zhuo Baojie returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with a child who might become his disciple.

• Lei Jun sent Feng Ting to Mount Shu with a refined Water Flowing Light as a congratulatory gift for Shen Xi, who accepted it to aid in crafting a new natal treasure.
• Shen Xi told Feng Ting he intended to relinquish the South Peak sect leader position, and Feng Ting agreed to report his decision to Lei Jun.
• Nie Fang told Feng Ting and Qin Caiwei that Chang Chong had escaped after the Ink Pool Sacrificial Rite and described the cooperation among fallen Great Ming forces and their allies.
• In the Confucian Forest Great Thousand World, Xiao Chunhui learned that Lian Feng had visited Yan Aoyun and suspected Gao Tiansui might be in contact with Lian Feng.
• Xu Yuanzhen told Lei Jun that the Extraterrestrial Demons did not come from the World of Demons, though they might share an origin with the twisted Buddhist disciples.
• Han Xiaofei told Lei Jun that Zhuo Baojie might soon have a disciple, and Zhuo Baojie brought a child to the Dao Child Courtyard as Xin Beiyuan returned with another child.

Xin Beiyuan and Zhuo Baojie brought Chi Haifeng and An Buzheng, two extraordinary young talents, to Dragon Tiger Mountain, strengthening the foundation of its next generation. Lei Jun discussed Zhuo Baojie's potential succession as Celestial Master and urged him to guide his new disciple while allowing the future to unfold naturally.

• Xin Beiyuan brought Chi Haifeng to the Dao Child Courtyard, confirmed the boy had the Myriad Phenomena Saint Body, and asked Xu Rui to oversee his training.
• Xu Rui told Xin Beiyuan that Zhuo Baojie had brought back An Buzheng, who possessed the rare Two Forms Immortal Body and exceptional comprehension.
• Zhuo Baojie reported An Buzheng's background and gifts to Lei Jun, who revealed that Hua Yuan had also brought back Chi Haifeng and ordered Zhuo Baojie to remain on the mountain to guide his disciple.
• Han Xiaofei teased Zhuo Baojie about the human-and-Mountain-Pixiu pattern in their lineage before discussing her unsuccessful search for a suitable disciple.
• Lei Jun and Chu Kun discussed Zhuo Baojie's possible succession, outside doubts about his candidacy, and the need to let him develop without forcing him to prove himself or burdening other potential successors.

Lei Jun and his fellow disciples investigated growing turmoil in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand world while Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared for its Ordination Ceremony. After An Buzheng entered the Mansion, Zhuo Baojie helped him recognize that imitating Lei Jun had caused him to lose sight of himself, and An Buzheng accepted his master's guidance.

• Lei Jun, Chu Kun, and Wang Guiyuan studied the Abyss of Time, while Lei Jun repeatedly sent his Dharma bodies into it to withstand its turbulent currents.
• As the conflict between Confucianism's New Learning and Old Learning reignited, Huo Feihuo met You Yuening and gave him a diagram scroll for condensing a Literary Vein.
• Lei Jun's disciples observed An Buzheng's exceptional talent and Chi Haifeng's rapid progress, and Zhuo Baojie and Feng Ting reported their concerns about the two young cultivators.
• At Dragon Tiger Mountain's Ordination Ceremony, Xin Beiyuan named Chi Haifeng Xu Hai, while Zhuo Baojie named An Buzheng Xu Wu and gave him a Yin Yang Brush.
• Zhuo Baojie told An Buzheng that Lei Jun had bitten the brush, prompting An Buzheng to realize he had been suppressing his own nature to imitate his grandmaster.
• Zhuo Baojie urged An Buzheng to remain himself rather than copy Lei Jun, and An Buzheng thanked his master for the guidance.

An Buzheng overcame his fixation on imitating Lei Jun and established his foundation, while Zhuo Baojie took on greater responsibility at Dragon Tiger Mountain. Lei Jun traveled to the Confucian Forest Great Thousand World to observe its growing conflict, then reunited with Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang as both women reached the second immortal layer.

• Zhuo Baojie confronted An Buzheng about his awkward imitation of Lei Jun, and An Buzheng settled his mind and successfully established his foundation that day.
• Zhuo Baojie became Head Instructor of the Dao Child Courtyard, while Lei Jun returned to Avici and prepared to investigate the escalating conflict in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand World.
• Lei Jun traveled there in a newly refined Sound-Seeking Resonance-Answering Grand Unity Emperor Body and secretly observed battles between Confucian Old Learning and New Learning, including Huo Zhen's attack on Huzhou.
• Lei Jun reached Xu Yuanzhen's hidden refuge, where she explained that Fleeting Moment Divine Water and her gains from the Abyss of Time had prepared her breakthrough.
• Tang Xiaotang emerged from seclusion at the Cave Mystery Supreme Palace realm, and Xu Yuanzhen used the Fleeting Moment Divine Water to reach the same realm.

Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang witnessed Confucianism’s Old Learning and New Learning collide as the Great Extinction Bodhisattva emerged from the Abyss of Time and attacked the Confucian Forest Great Thousand. The Abyss transformed into the Golden Shore, Purple Sea, and Silver Abyss, while Lei Jun received five signs warning of danger and pointing to opportunities at the Golden Shore and in Yu Prefecture.

• Lei Jun reported the conflicts among Confucian factions and the Demon Buddha invasion, and Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang set out for the Abyss of Time.
• Qiu Li severely wounded Jiao Feiyang with You Yuening’s help, while Zhang Wantong arrived to aid Jiao Feiyang; Lian Feng’s forces breached the Wang Family’s ancestral land in Jinzhong.
• The Great Sun Demon Saint, the Nine-Headed Bird Demon Saint, and the Poisonous Jiao Demon Saint approached the Abyss of Time as the Great Extinction Bodhisattva emerged and began destroying everything in His path.
• Wu Hailin confronted the Great Extinction Bodhisattva, and Yan Aoyun joined him as the Confucian Forest Great Thousand lent them its strength.
• The Abyss of Time expanded and formed the Golden Shore, Purple Sea, and Silver Abyss, drawing demons and cultivators toward it.
• Lei Jun received five Sign Fortunes that identified opportunities at the Golden Shore and in Yu Prefecture, warned of a major threat in the Purple Sea, and advised caution amid the upheaval.

Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang altered the Golden Shore while Zheng Baiyu attempted a Confucian rite in the Silver Abyss. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Tree destroyed his ritual, and Zheng Baiyu fled to Yu Prefecture, where Zhang Wantong was waiting for him.

• Lei Jun joined Xu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiaotang in the Abyss of Time and realized the Golden Shore was connected to the Confucian Forest Great Thousand's Heaven Realm.
• Tang Xiaotang defeated Great Sun Demon Saint and fought Nine-Headed Bird Demon Saint and Poisonous Jiao Demon Saint with her newly created Immortal Secrets.
• Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang established a Ritual Array that split the Golden Shore into three layers and destabilized the Purple Sea.
• Zheng Baiyu held Zheng Yan captive while preparing a Sacrificial Rite Array intended to help him attain sagehood and challenge the Sage Teacher realm.
• The Hundred-Eyed Demon Tree emerged from the Purple Sea into the Silver Abyss and destroyed Zheng Baiyu's ritual, while Great Extinction Bodhisattva, Wu Hailin, and Yan Aoyun joined the battle.
• Zheng Baiyu escaped the Abyss of Time and went to Yu Prefecture, where Zhang Wantong appeared before him.

Zhang Wantong confronted the wounded Zheng Baiyu at Yu Prefecture to stop him from claiming the Confucian Sacrificial Rite Ritual Array, while Lei Jun stabilized the Abyss of Time and obtained Profound Origin Purple Qi. Lei Jun then captured Qiu Xuanhe, Huo Zhen, and You Yuening, killing all three Confucian Saints and leaving the conflict in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand World further unsettled.

• Zhang Wantong faced Zheng Baiyu at the concealed Ritual Array in Yu Prefecture and recognized that he intended to use it to become a Confucian Sage Teacher.
• Wu Hailin and Yan Aoyun left the Abyss of Time for Yu Prefecture, while Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang stabilized its ruptures.
• Lei Jun drew Profound Origin Purple Qi from the boundary between the Golden Shore and the Wound of the World, and identified it as an expandable First Grade Opportunity.
• Lei Jun trapped Qiu Xuanhe, Huo Zhen, and You Yuening inside Profound Yellow Universe and sealed Qiu Xuanhe within Jiazi Immortal City.
• Lei Jun destroyed Qiu Xuanhe's resistance, then killed You Yuening and Huo Zhen with Profound Yellow Harmonious Illumination and the Supreme Purity Jade Clarity Immortal Bamboo.

Xu Yuanzhen defeated Lian Feng and Zhang Zhuo on Golden Shore, while Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang joined forces in Yu Prefecture to stop Wu Hailin and Qiu Li from disrupting Yan Aoyun’s ascent through Zheng Baiyu’s Sacrificial Rite Ritual Array. The battle ended with Wu Hailin wounded and Qiu Li killed, while Yan Aoyun continued the rite.

• Xu Yuanzhen used her Existence and Non-Existence Profound Gate and other Immortal Secrets to defeat Lian Feng, then killed Zhang Zhuo and kept Gao Tiansui’s treated contact talisman.
• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang arrived in Yu Prefecture as Zheng Baiyu withdrew, and Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang unified their three Dao Scenery Profound Enclosures.
• Yan Aoyun protected Zheng Baiyu’s Sacrificial Rite Ritual Array and disappeared into its radiance as Wu Hailin and Qiu Li confronted the unified Three Enclosures.
• Tang Xiaotang and Lei Jun attacked Wu Hailin and Qiu Li while Xu Yuanzhen stabilized their formation; Wu Hailin’s Saint Arts and Qiu Li’s military formations failed to overcome them.
• Lei Jun’s Universe Reillumination struck Wu Hailin, Tang Xiaotang finished him with the Reverse Origin Sword, and Lei Jun’s Green Bamboo Staff killed Qiu Li and destroyed his merit monument.

Wu Hailin withdrew the Guanzhong Wu Family into the Square Inch World after Yan Aoyun’s rise to the Sage Teacher realm, while Lei Jun and his allies assessed the aftermath and began addressing the remaining threats. The chapter leaves them preparing to pacify the demon chaos and investigate the Profound Origin Purple Qi, whose mysteries may connect to a treasure in the World of Demons.

• Wu Hailin relocated the Guanzhong Wu Family’s ancestral land into the Square Inch World and told his clan that the Old Learning’s power in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand world had largely collapsed.
• Wu Hailin explained that Zheng Baiyu might seek an opportunity in the Heavenly Demon Capital rather than return to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths or flee to the World of Demons.
• Yan Aoyun emerged from the Sacrificial Rite Ritual Array as a Sage Teacher, thanked Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang, and headed to the Abyss of Time.
• Lei Jun, Xu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiaotang found the Wu Family ancestral land gone and discussed Gao Tiansui, Lian Feng, and the work of containing the remaining threats.
• Zhang Wantong warned that demon unrest, the North Wind Mountain Lord, and Zheng Baiyu’s possible contact with Extraterrestrial Demons posed dangers, while Xu Yuanzhen went to investigate Yanzhao.
• Lei Jun studied the Profound Origin Purple Qi and concluded that it pointed to the Profound Origin, while the Investiture of the Gods Talisman seemed connected to Supreme Mystery and a possible treasure in the World of Demons.

Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang discovered that Tian Bin and other Mount Luofu cultivators were being secretly influenced, while Lei Jun arranged for Mount Luofu disciples to study Taoist methods at Dragon Tiger Mountain. After returning home, Lei Jun received a gift from Pixiu Kong as Zheng Baiyu, Gao Tiansui, and others made plans amid growing tensions between the Great Thousand Worlds.

• Lei Jun and Tang Xiaotang investigated Mount Luofu and found that Tian Bin and some disciples had Shaman Sect traces in their cultivation, apparently due to an unseen influence.
• Zheng Baiyu took refuge in the Heavenly Demon Capital, sought an audience with its Divine Venerable, and sent information to Ren Caomu and Jiang Fengge about the changed situation.
• Gao Tiansui learned that the North Wind Mountain Lord might be in danger and prepared to leave the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths without using the Abyss of Time.
• Jiao Feiyang and Xiao Chunhui discussed Gao Tiansui's plan to restore the Heavenly Palace and the conflict they expected with those who opposed it.
• Lei Jun met Daoist Longqiu and allowed Mount Luofu disciples to study at Dragon Tiger Mountain, then bid farewell to Yan Aoyun and the others before returning home.
• Pixiu Kong presented Lei Jun with a white jade horn for his one hundred and thirtieth birthday, and Lei Jun recognized it as the Heavenly Fortune Jade Horn.

Lei Jun exchanged gifts with Pixiu Kong, heard updates about conflicts in the Confucian Forest Great Thousand and the World of Demons, and watched his disciples and allies advance. The chapter ended with Xiao Chunhui displaying a new ability in Avici before Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan.

• Lei Jun gave Pixiu Kong Lo Que Divine Lightning in return for the Heavenly Fortune Jade Horn, then discussed Chu Kun’s connection to an item once held by Zheng Baiyu.
• Tang Xiaotang fought powerful demons in the earthly realm, while Xu Yuanzhen observed the conflict between Great Extinction Bodhisattva and the Hundred-Eyed Demon Tree in the World of Demons.
• Over two years, Chi Haifeng and An Buzheng advanced rapidly, Qin Caiwei reached ninth-level Great Vehicle High Truth, and Chu Kun attained Five Qi Returning to the Mysterious.
• Xiao Yumen and Mu Chunyang ascended to the Immortal Realm, while Lei Jun discussed future breakthroughs and cultivation with Yuan Mobai and Chu Kun.
• Xiao Chunhui and Xiao Hang visited Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan in Avici, where Xiao Chunhui created a peaceful countryside scene that concealed him.

Lei Jun examined Xiao Chunhui’s emerging Confucian New Learning, then continued his cultivation and heard news of rising cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. After sending Feng Ting to deliver a Taiji talisman to Zhao Chanyang, Lei Jun received an unexpected invitation from Zhao to visit Kunlun.

• Xiao Chunhui demonstrated his mind-resonance New Learning to Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan, who discussed its promise and its current weakness against stronger opponents.
• Xiao Chunhui returned to the Confucian Forest Great Thousand world to cultivate, while Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and continued refining his cultivation and divine abilities.
• Zhuo Baojie reported on An Buzheng’s progress, the sect’s opportunities and limitations in raising disciples’ innate abilities, and Wang Xuan and Yu Boyan preparing to challenge the Ninth Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun learned that Zhang Wantong had crossed the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation and returned to the Confucian Saint’s third realm, and that Xiao Chunhui had reached Confucianism’s Ninth Heaven Realm.
• Lei Jun gave Feng Ting a Taiji talisman to deliver to Zhao Chanyang, then received Zhao’s invitation to visit Kunlun.

Lei Jun and his allies discovered that the Demon Dragon Emperor Lord had been siphoning Zhao Chanyang’s cultivation to refine a treasure, so they secretly prepared to exploit the coming unification of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to strike back. Eight years later, Lei Jun continued to consider the succession at Dragon Tiger Mountain and studied Chu Kun’s Nine Brilliance Kunyuan Cauldron, manifesting a new female deity.

• Lei Jun traveled to Kunlun and, with Zhao Chanyang, identified the Demon Dragon Emperor Lord’s hidden connection to Zhao’s cultivation gains.
• Lei Jun brought Zhao Chanyang to Zhang Wantong, who confirmed that the Demon Dragon Emperor Lord was using Zhao’s Grand Simplicity Dao Body to refine a magic treasure.
• Lei Jun, Zhao Chanyang, Zhang Wantong, and Xu Yuanzhen secretly arranged to preserve the connection and wait for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to reunite, hoping to strike the Demon Dragon Emperor Lord then.
• Eight years passed without further changes, and Lei Jun marked his one hundred and forty-first birthday as Chu Kun teased him about handing over the sect leadership.
• Lei Jun borrowed Chu Kun’s Nine Brilliance Kunyuan Cauldron and manifested the image of a female deity.

Lei Jun prepared a new immortal formula to advance his bodily Life Cultivation, while the Celestial Master Mansion celebrated An Buzheng and Chi Haifeng reaching the seventh heaven and inheriting famed swords. Years later, Yuan Mobai and Chu Kun began their attempts to ascend to immortality as a broader wave of breakthroughs approached.

• Lei Jun told Chu Kun that he was exploring new ideas for a bodily Life Cultivation formula to use after reaching the third level of the Immortal Realm.
• The Confucian Forest Great Thousand World shifted decisively toward New Learning, while Zhang Hui began his attempt to enter the Immortal Realm after achieving sainthood.
• An Buzheng and Chi Haifeng reached the seventh heaven within fourteen years, becoming High Merit Elders of the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Zhuo Baojie passed the Middle Heaven Sword to An Buzheng, who was developing the Heavenly Eclipse Star Abyss Dharma Image alongside the Dipper Mother Star God Dharma Image.
• Xin Beiyuan passed the North Star Sword to Chi Haifeng, who continued developing new forms of the Dipper Mother Star God Dharma Image.
• Six or seven years later, Yuan Mobai and Chu Kun entered seclusion to attempt ascension, while Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan anticipated a coming wave of Immortal Realm breakthroughs.

Yuan Mobai and Chu Kun attained immortality through Cave Profundity, and Chu Kun’s journey to the World of Demons uncovered clues about the Abyss of Time and Celestial Rain and Dew. Meanwhile, Jiang Fengge advanced to the third realm of the Confucian Saint through a mass sacrifice, while Zheng Baiyu withdrew into secrecy to guard against Zhang Wantong and Lei Jun.

• Yuan Mobai emerged from seclusion as a Taoist immortal, and Feng Ting and Lei Jun congratulated him on attaining immortality through Cave Profundity.
• Chu Kun opened the Immortal Gate beside the Abyss of Time, then received congratulations from Wang Guiyuan, Yuan Mobai, and Lei Jun.
• Chu Kun traveled to the World of Demons, where he found clues that the Demon Dragon Emperor Lord and Hua Ting shared an origin, and discovered Celestial Rain and Dew for Chi Haifeng.
• Jiang Fengge sacrificed the Xiao Clan, Ye Clan, and Lin Clan members in Lianshan and achieved the third realm of the Confucian Saint.
• Zheng Baiyu concluded that Zhang Wantong and Lei Jun had repeatedly outmaneuvered him, so he cut off contact with Jiang Fengge and others and began preparing new ways to protect himself.

Lei Jun received word that Youyin had resumed contact with Zheng Baiyu, while Silver Moon Nether Phoenix sought his permission to pursue the Demon Saint realm. Years later, Taoist forces crushed a Neo-Confucian resurgence overseas, and Lei Jun learned that a new power might be restoring its clan-based order.

• Lei Jun learned that Youyin had begun quietly contacting Neo-Confucian remnants again and tasked Qin Caiwei, Xin Beiyuan, Han Xiaofei, Cheng Rongrong, Feng Ting, and others with handling the threat.
• Silver Moon Nether Phoenix asked Lei Jun to approve her attempt to reach the Demon Saint realm, and he wished her success after advising her to live peacefully with the human world.
• Five or six years later, Mount Shu and Dragon Tiger Mountain forces attacked Neo-Confucian strongholds overseas, where Xin Beiyuan, Feng Ting, Chi Haifeng, An Buzheng, Yu Boyan, and Ji Chuan helped defeat the remnants.
• Yu Boyan and Ji Chuan discussed Chi Haifeng’s rapid progress and the future succession of the Celestial Master Mansion, while Zhuo Baojie reported that Mount Luofu’s younger disciples were thriving and its hidden demonic dangers remained contained.
• Feng Ting told Lei Jun that some Neo-Confucian elders had regained strength under a new leader, and Zhuo Baojie suspected the Nether Emperor, or Mister North Star, was rebuilding the old order; Lei Jun chose to wait for more evidence.