Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyang tried to bargain with Divine Jade Immortal Venerable for the Nirvana Lotus, using Cang Mo as his wager. When Cang Mo swallowed the Immortal Venerable’s ancient Demon Core, the enraged Immortal Venerable trapped Lin Qingyang and began refining Cang Mo in a cauldron.

• Divine Jade Immortal Venerable challenged Lin Qingyang to gamble and offered treasures from his Glazed Tree in exchange for Cang Mo.
• Lin Qingyang rejected the offered treasures, saying only the Nirvana Lotus could save his life.
• Divine Jade Immortal Venerable offered an ancient Great Demon’s thousand-year-old inner core, and Cang Mo swallowed it.
• Divine Jade Immortal Venerable trapped Lin Qingyang in the floor and sent Cang Mo into a Glazed Cauldron to refine him into a fruit.
• Divine Jade Immortal Venerable turned toward the helpless Lin Qingyang and declared that it was his turn.

Lin Qingyang was being transformed into a glazed statue by the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable when Cang Mo burst from the cauldron and defeated him. Cang Mo caught Lin Qingyang as the spell broke, and Lin Qingyang joked that he had not finished playing with the little thing.

• The Divine Jade Immortal Venerable turned Lin Qingyang into glaze and sealed his voice after Lin Qingyang exposed him as a Mirage Demon.
• The glazed cauldron exploded, and Cang Mo emerged, put on his ring, and declared he had come to kill the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable.
• Cang Mo shattered the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable's crystalline chains and resisted his spell before grabbing him by the neck.
• Cang Mo wounded the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable and hurled him into the Glazed Tree, breaking the spell on Lin Qingyang.
• Cang Mo caught Lin Qingyang as he collapsed, and Lin Qingyang joked that he had not finished playing with the little thing.

Mo Yan, Ku Rong, and Hai Lan rushed to the Limitless Platform after a disturbance, where they found Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo had defeated the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable. Lin Qingyang learned that Cang Yu had taken the Nirvana Lotus five hundred years earlier after losing a bet and refusing to pay.

• Mo Yan broke through Exquisite Fairy’s obstruction and led Hai Lan and Ku Rong up the glazed staircase after the Immortal Venerable failed to answer.
• Jin Buhuan revealed that the Divine Jade Immortal Venerable was a Mirage Demon, while Cang Mo beat him and Lin Qingyang recovered his strength with spirit herbs.
• Mo Yan, Hai Lan, and Ku Rong arrived and found Lin Qingyang, Jin Buhuan, and Cang Mo safe amid the wreckage.
• Lin Qingyang asked who had won the Nirvana Lotus five hundred years earlier, and Divine Jade revealed that Cang Yu had lost the bet and stolen it instead.

The group concluded that they needed to find the stone demon Di Ming to learn who had once used the Nirvana Lotus. Cang Mo lost control after absorbing a Demon Core, defeated Divine Jade, and then passed out as the others set sail for the Demon Clan Territory.

• Lin Qingyang reasoned that the group would need to question Di Ming in the Shadow Cavern to learn about the Nirvana Lotus’s past host.
• Cang Mo began suffering as chaotic demonic qi surged through him after he swallowed a Thousand-Year Great Demon's Demon Core.
• Divine Jade attacked the group with sharp glazed shards, but Cang Mo blasted him into the Sea of Clouds before collapsing.
• Ku Rong examined Cang Mo and said he would recover after resting and absorbing the Demon Core’s power.
• Jin Buhuan revealed a miniature tower ship inside a Glazed Fruit, and the group sailed toward the Demon Clan Territory.

After Cang Mo recovered from the effects of the potent herbs, Lin Qingyang spoke with Jin Buhuan about the search for the Nirvana Lotus and the possibility of staying. Hai Lan confessed his feelings to Lin Qingyang, provoking Cang Mo’s jealousy, and the chapter ended with Cang Mo kissing him and threatening to lock him up.

• Lin Qingyang thanked Jin Buhuan for tracing him to the Jade Capital, and Jin Buhuan revealed that Cang Mo had secretly asked him to find the Nirvana Lotus.
• Jin Buhuan urged Lin Qingyang to stay, but Lin Qingyang gazed at the moon and remained silent.
• Hai Lan told Lin Qingyang that he would wait for him if he ever grew tired of Cang Mo, then tried to kiss his hand.
• Cang Mo appeared, watched Hai Lan leave, and silently glowered as Lin Qingyang checked that his fever had gone down.
• Lin Qingyang teased Cang Mo for being jealous, and Cang Mo dragged him into the room, kissed him fiercely, and threatened to lock him up.

Cang Mo confronted Lin Qingyang over hiding his plan to die, and their suppressed fear and hurt gave way to a reconciliation. As they continued their journey to find the Nirvana Lotus, Mo Yan invited Jin Buhuan to return to the Nine Skies Sect, leaving Jin Buhuan’s decision dependent on the pay.

• Cang Mo used his Demonic Qi to overpower Lin Qingyang and accused him of planning to die without telling him.
• Cang Mo broke down over nearly losing Lin Qingyang, and Lin Qingyang promised to stay with him and kissed him first.
• Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo reconciled in the cabin while trying to keep quiet aboard the ship.
• Jin Buhuan released a small sea turtle he had caught and returned to fishing.
• Mo Yan told Jin Buhuan he planned to return to the Nine Skies Sect after they found the Nirvana Lotus and invited him to become an elder again.
• Jin Buhuan said his return depended on the salary, and he and Mo Yan shared a drink.

After waking aboard the ship with Cang Mo, Lin Qingyang was mortified when their companions revealed they had overheard them through the thin walls. Once ashore, the group learned that the Nine Heavens Sword fragments had been stolen from Demon Emperor City, but they prioritized finding the Nirvana Lotus to save Lin Qingyang and rode toward the Shadow Cavern.

• Lin Qingyang woke beside Cang Mo, who clung to him and asked for another round.
• Ku Rong, Jin Buhuan, and Mo Yan revealed they had heard the pair through the ship's thin partition, and Lin Qingyang ordered Cang Mo to get off him.
• Lin Qingyang disembarked and met Yin Yu, who reported that the Nine Heavens Sword fragments had been stolen from the Purification Pool and its two guards killed.
• Cang Mo ordered Yin Yu to have Langya continue investigating the theft, while Ku Rong insisted the group focus on finding the Nirvana Lotus to save Lin Qingyang.
• The group mounted the Spirit Shadow Steeds and headed toward the Shadow Cavern.

Lin Qingyang and his companions visited the Shadow Cavern to ask Di Ming about Cang Yu’s past and the Nirvana Lotus. Di Ming’s memories led them to suspect the lotus was buried in a tomb beneath the Moon-Worship Altar on Headless Mountain.

• Cang Mo forced Di Ming to stop playing mahjong and hear their questions about events from five hundred years ago.
• Lin Qingyang asked whether Cang Yu had someone close to him, and Di Ming recalled that Cang Yu had many lovers.
• Di Ming remembered that Cang Yu had gone mad and attacked the Human Clan shortly before his death, leading Lin Qingyang and Jin Buhuan to reason that he had failed to save someone and likely buried the Nirvana Lotus with them.
• Di Ming recalled that Cang Yu had built the Moon-Worship Altar, and Cang Mo explained that the Wolf Clan believed the moon could bring the dead back to life.
• Di Ming revealed that the altar stood on the sheared-off peak of the Demon Clan’s highest mountain, later called Headless Mountain.

Lin Qingyang, Cang Mo, and the others found the entrance to Cang Yu’s underground tomb beneath Headless Mountain and descended into its depths. Ku Rong turned back because the demonic qi weakened him, but an unknown figure killed him and entered the tomb.

• Ku Rong used his vines to locate an empty space beneath the ruined altar, and Mo Yan uncovered a hidden stone door.
• Cang Mo opened the door, and the group descended into a cavernous tomb covered with Cang Yu’s claw marks.
• Ku Rong struggled against the powerful demonic qi, so Lin Qingyang told him to return to the surface while the others continued downward.
• After Ku Rong emerged from the tomb, an unknown figure cut off his head and entered the darkness.

Lin Qingyang, Cang Mo, Jin Buhuan, and Mo Yan fought demonic wolf shadows in the tomb before the floor collapsed and revealed Cang Yu’s remains. After they found a fragment of the Nine Heavens Sword, Cang Mo began absorbing the released demonic qi and appeared on the verge of losing control.

• Cang Mo transformed into a white wolf and destroyed the wolf shadows after they repeatedly re-formed and wounded Jin Buhuan.
• The tomb floor collapsed, and Cang Mo caught Lin Qingyang before he fell to the bottom of the pit.
• Cang Mo identified the enormous skeleton as Cang Yu, and Lin Qingyang guessed Cang Yu had died trying to reach the main burial chamber.
• Lin Qingyang found a Nine Heavens Sword fragment lodged in Cang Yu’s bones, and removing it unleashed the skeleton’s demonic qi.
• Cang Mo absorbed the demonic qi while still digesting a thousand-year Demon Core, and his eyes turned scarlet as he began to lose control.

Cang Mo lost control and attacked Mo Yan, but Lin Qingyang’s presence briefly calmed him before Cang Mo abducted him into the tomb’s depths. After carrying Lin Qingyang through a hidden passage to a strange, glowing cavern, Cang Mo pinned him down and tore away part of his sleeve.

• Jin Buhuan tried to restrain the frenzied Cang Mo, but Cang Mo broke free and knocked Mo Yan into a rock wall.
• Lin Qingyang stepped between Cang Mo and Mo Yan and spoke gently to Cang Mo, who briefly seemed to recognize him.
• Cang Mo grabbed Lin Qingyang, slung him over his shoulder, and fled through the tomb passages as a rockfall blocked Jin Buhuan and Mo Yan from following.
• Cang Mo carried Lin Qingyang through a passage into a damp, faintly glowing place, then threw him down inside a narrow cave.
• Cang Mo pinned Lin Qingyang to the ground and tore half his sleeve away, leaving Lin Qingyang frightened and confused.

Lin Qingyang calmed Cang Mo’s rampaging wolf instincts and led him out of the cave, where they found a preserved corpse in Demon Clan wedding robes. As Lin Qingyang searched the corpse for the Nirvana Lotus, its hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.

• Cang Mo, overcome by demonic qi, guarded the cave and tried to keep Lin Qingyang from leaving, but Lin Qingyang slapped him and ordered him to follow.
• Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo entered a vast underground garden and found a man in Demon Clan wedding robes lying on a stone platform.
• Lin Qingyang searched the corpse’s hands while Cang Mo growled jealously, then found a wolf fang instead of the Nirvana Lotus.
• The corpse’s hand moved and clamped around Lin Qingyang’s wrist.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo found the red-robed corpse had come back to life, and Cang Mo’s demonic qi stopped him from killing the stranger. The demon called himself Wuyun and asked where Cang Yu was, leaving Lin Qingyang unable to answer.

• The red-robed corpse revived and attacked Lin Qingyang, but Cang Mo broke his wrist and threw him aside.
• Cang Mo tried to kill the demon, but Cang Yu’s remaining demonic qi turned his attack aside and caused a backlash.
• The demon heard Lin Qingyang call Cang Mo A-Qi and mistook him for Cang Yu before learning his name was Cang Mo.
• Lin Qingyang gave the demon water, and he introduced himself as Wuyun.
• Wuyun asked where Cang Yu was, and Lin Qingyang fell silent as he remembered Cang Yu’s bones.

Lin Qingyang and the others discovered that Wuyun had returned to life, apparently sustained by the Nirvana Lotus, leaving them to face the possibility that saving Lin Qingyang would kill him. Before they could explain, Lu Qing attacked with overwhelming power, and Lin Qingyang recognized his swordsmanship as belonging to the Nine Skies Sect.

• Lin Qingyang struggled to tell Wuyun that Cang Yu was gone, while Cang Mo attacked Jin Buhuan and Mo Yan as they descended in a golden bubble until Lin Qingyang stopped him.
• Jin Buhuan and Mo Yan learned that Wuyun was alive and realized that removing the Nirvana Lotus from him might save Lin Qingyang but end Wuyun’s life.
• Wuyun demanded to know who they were and where Cang Yu was, but a massive sword strike suddenly split the ground and destroyed much of the underground garden.
• Lu Qing emerged with blood on his sword, and Lin Qingyang demanded to know what he had done to Ku Rong.
• Cang Mo attacked Lu Qing, but Lu Qing met his blows with sword qi powerful enough to wound him, then fought him at great speed.
• Lin Qingyang and the others noticed that Lu Qing’s swordsmanship was not from Divine Sword Mountain but from the Nine Skies Sect.

Lu Qing restored the Nine Heavens Sword by letting Jiuchen’s sword intent consume his vitality, then fought Cang Mo as the cave collapsed. Wuyun seized Lin Qingyang and escaped through another passage, leaving Cang Mo trapped behind falling rubble.

• Lu Qing’s shattered Nine Heavens Sword fragments assembled into a complete sword, and its power drove back Cang Mo’s demonic qi.
• Lin Qingyang realized that Jiuchen’s sword intent had taken control of Lu Qing, who had willingly made himself its vessel.
• Lu Qing summoned Heavenly Execution, and Cang Mo met the gigantic sword phantom with the full force of his demonic power.
• The clash wounded Cang Mo and caused the underground cave to collapse, so Jin Buhuan and Mo Yan helped the others flee.
• Wuyun captured Lin Qingyang with red silk, blocked Cang Mo behind a crumbling rock wall, and carried Lin Qingyang into a dark passage.

Wuyun abducted Lin Qingyang and demanded to know what had happened to Cang Yu. Lin Qingyang tricked Wuyun into lowering his guard, then trapped him with a Demon-Capturing Ball and fled into the darkness.

• Wuyun carried Lin Qingyang away from Cang Mo and accused him of conspiring against Cang Yu.
• Wuyun strangled Lin Qingyang and threatened to gouge out his eye until Lin Qingyang offered an explanation.
• Lin Qingyang claimed Cang Yu had been injured while seeking the Nirvana Lotus and had arranged for Cang Mo to act as his double.
• Lin Qingyang showed Wuyun Cang Mo's demon mark on his back and said Cang Yu was beneath Headless Mountain.
• Wuyun released Lin Qingyang, who threw a Demon-Capturing Ball over him and ran away.

Lin Qingyang fled through the passage with Ku Rong’s detached head as Wuyun pursued them, furious and hungry. Wuyun stopped just before eating Ku Rong when Lu Qing appeared, bloodied and surrounded by an aura of slaughter.

• Lin Qingyang found Ku Rong’s head and learned that Cang Mo had absorbed all the demonic qi in the cave.
• Wuyun caught up with Lin Qingyang after breaking free of the Demon-Capturing Ball and struck him with red silk.
• Wuyun seized Ku Rong’s head and prepared to eat him, while Ku Rong explained that demons had once eaten lesser demons when hungry.
• Wuyun sensed someone approaching and saw Lu Qing walking toward them with the Nine Heavens Sword, covered in blood and radiating murderous intent.

Lin Qingyang rescued Wuyun from the rubble as Cang Mo returned to his senses and fought Lu Qing. Cang Mo appeared to defeat Lu Qing, but the headless body twitched, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Qing struck Wuyun with the Nine Heavens Sword, and the collapsing passage sent Lin Qingyang, Wuyun, and the fighters tumbling into the ruins.
• Lin Qingyang retrieved Ku Rong's head and pulled Wuyun free from beneath fallen stone slabs.
• Cang Mo arrived and blocked Lu Qing's strike, then fought him while Jin Buhuan and Mo Yan joined Lin Qingyang and Wuyun under Jin Buhuan's protective golden umbrella.
• Lu Qing struck Cang Mo with sword qi, but Cang Mo recovered and used wolf shadows to distract him before cutting off his head.
• Cang Mo collapsed from exhaustion as Lin Qingyang moved to help, but Lu Qing's headless body suddenly twitched.

After Lu Qing’s final Sword Intent destroyed the tomb, Wuyun found Cang Yu’s remains and gave up the Nirvana Lotus as he vanished beside his beloved. Before disappearing, he revealed that his true name was Bi Yue, leaving Lin Qingyang to question the identity of the Bi Yue he had killed.

• Lu Qing’s corpse unleashed one final Sword Intent strike, collapsing the tomb and scattering his body into blood and dust.
• Wuyun discovered Cang Yu’s giant wolf skeleton beyond the shattered wall and tried to revive him with demonic qi.
• Lin Qingyang stopped Wuyun from exhausting himself, but Wuyun gave up his Demon Core, which transformed into the Nirvana Lotus.
• Wuyun rested beside Cang Yu’s bones and vanished into black feathers, revealing that his original name was Bi Yue.
• Lin Qingyang realized that Wuyun might be the real Bi Yue and wondered who the Bi Yue he had killed as a Soul Fiend had been.

Lin Qingyang and his companions escaped the collapsing tomb with the Nirvana Lotus, but Cang Mo’s demonic qi caused their mount to plunge into a ravine, separating them from the others. As they regrouped, Lin Qingyang realized the fake Bi Yue might still be alive.

• Mo Yan blasted a hole through Headless Mountain with heavenly lightning, and Jin Buhuan carried the group out inside a bubble.
• The group fled the mountain on Spirit Shadow Steeds while Mo Yan and Jin Buhuan carried Ku Rong’s body and head.
• Cang Mo’s demonic pressure frightened their mount into veering into a ravine, and he protected Lin Qingyang during their fall.
• Cang Mo clung to Lin Qingyang in fear, and Lin Qingyang comforted him before they kissed; Jin Buhuan secretly captured the scene with a Recording Conch.
• By the river, the group examined the Nirvana Lotus, and Lin Qingyang concluded that the monster who had impersonated Bi Yue might have survived his earlier sword strike.