Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyang and his companions were captured by Red Vines controlled by a crow hiding inside Wu Ze’s corpse. The crow offered to spare Lin Qingyang and one of the others, forcing him to choose between Qi Mo and Mo Yan.

• Red Vines incapacitated Mo Yan, Qi Mo, and Lin Qingyang, then lifted them above the encroaching Otherworldly Demons.
• Wu Ze approached Lin Qingyang in a mutilated state, and Lin Qingyang accused him of orchestrating attacks on A-Qi and turning people into Otherworldly Demons.
• Hong Ling shot Wu Ze with a Black Feather Arrow, but Wu Ze rose again, revealing a black crow inside his skull and an empty space where his brain should have been.
• The crow spoke through Wu Ze’s corpse and said Lin Qingyang would live, then lowered Qi Mo and Mo Yan toward the Otherworldly Demons.
• The crow demanded that Lin Qingyang choose which of Qi Mo and Mo Yan it would kill, and Lin Qingyang objected that the situation was not a love triangle.

Wu Ze forced Lin Qingyang to choose between Qi Mo and Mo Yan, but Xue Lanyuan and Jin Buhuan intervened and helped defeat him. The group regrouped as the Demonic Qi thickened and the Otherworldly Demons grew more excited.

• Wu Ze demanded that Lin Qingyang choose which of his captives, Qi Mo or Mo Yan, would live, and Lin Qingyang struggled to answer.
• Xue Lanyuan shattered the vines binding Qi Mo and Mo Yan, while Jin Buhuan caught them and carried them to safety.
• Xue Lanyuan froze the crow atop Wu Ze's head, destroying it and leaving Wu Ze's corpse to rot into bones.
• Lin Qingyang collapsed from the Demonic Qi, and Qi Mo caught him as Hong Ling clung to the injured Mo Yan.
• Jin Buhuan gave Mo Yan a pill and channeled Spiritual Power into him as Xue Lanyuan returned and the surrounding Otherworldly Demons grew more excited.

A Chou freed the Demon Slaves in the Jin Yao Workshop, where a gigantic Bone Demon began forming and caused the building to collapse. As the others fled toward the teleportation portal, Qi Mo turned back to look for A Chou, leaving Lin Qingyang fearing he would not return.

• A Chou led the freed Demon Slaves out of the Underground Palace, then investigated a cave and discovered a Bone Demon assembling itself from the bones.
• The Bone Demon shook the cave, so A Chou warned the Demon Slaves to flee and freed Black Dog from his chain as they escaped.
• Lin Qingyang's group fought through Wasteland Town toward the teleportation point and realized A Chou had freed the Demon Slaves at the Jin Yao Workshop.
• The Jin Yao Workshop collapsed as dense demonic qi rose above it, and Jin Buhuan urged everyone to leave immediately.
• Qi Mo decided to return to the workshop to find A Chou, and Lin Qingyang wished him luck as he watched him disappear.

After the teleportation point collapsed, Lin Qingyang and the others faced a Skeleton Demon formed from buried bones and escaped town in the carriage. Lin Qingyang tried to rescue Hua Jin, but she did not take his hand and the spreading black mist swallowed her.

• The teleportation point fell into a widening fissure, and a gigantic Skeleton Demon rose from the bones buried beneath the town.
• Jin Buhuan protected Lin Qingyang, Mo Yan, Hong Ling, Xue Lanyuan, and Feng Shu beneath an umbrella barrier as black mist spread through the town.
• A Chou rescued Nao Nao from a fissure, and Qi Mo pulled them both to safety before they fled with the others.
• Xue Lanyuan whistled the horses to the group, and Lin Qingyang and the others escaped in the flying carriage as the barrier weakened.
• Lin Qingyang spotted Hua Jin holding Kong Qin's corpse and reached down to save her, but she did not take his hand before the black mist swallowed her.

The Skeleton Demon destroyed Wasteland Town and the Xuanhuang Sect before dissipating, while the freed Demon Slaves celebrated their escape. Qi Mo apologized to A Chou and chose to leave his sister and the others, setting off alone as Lin Qingyang watched from afar.

• Jin Buhuan used an explosive green ball to help the carriage escape the black mist as the Skeleton Demon advanced from Wasteland Town toward the Xuanhuang Sect.
• Lin Qingyang realized the destruction of the Xuanhuang Sect echoed the original story and worried that Qi Mo might join the Demon Clan’s resistance.
• The Skeleton Demon crushed the Xuanhuang Sect’s peaks and buildings, then collapsed into bones and vanished after its grievances were resolved.
• The escaped Demon Slaves celebrated in the forest, while A Chou prepared to lead them south toward the Ten Thousand Demons Forest.
• Qi Mo apologized to A Chou, but she warned him he would regret his choice before departing with the demons and Nao Nao.
• Qi Mo watched his sister leave, then turned and walked alone in another direction.

The Nine Skies Sect Elders discussed the corpse-controlling crow while playing mahjong, and Jin Buhuan identified Crow Demon Bi Yue as a possible lead. Lin Qingyang found Ancestor Jiuchen’s hidden notebook blank and learned that the original story had predicted the Nine Skies Sect’s destruction, leaving him worried about A-Qi and the sect’s future.

• Jin Buhuan told Lin Qingyang, Mo Yan, and Xue Lanyuan that Crow Demon Bi Yue had once controlled corpses and might have returned after death.
• Lin Qingyang teased Mo Yan about taking Hong Ling as a Demon Slave, and Xue Lanyuan unexpectedly won the mahjong game.
• Lin Qingyang searched Ancestor Jiuchen’s compartment in the Library Pavilion but found only a blank notebook.
• Lin Qingyang worried that the Xuanhuang Sect’s destruction matched the original story and asked Lin Yao what had happened to the Nine Skies Sect in the book.
• Lin Yao revealed that Lin Qingyang had killed Jin Buhuan and Xue Lanyuan in the original story after they discovered he was poisoning Shi Ruobai.
• Lin Qingyang accepted that events might change and wondered how A-Qi was doing.

Qi Mo returned to the Nine Skies Sect and defeated Lei Chen at the gates, then Lin Qingyang discovered that a cat demon named Xiao Yu had been sent to serve him. When Feng Yi announced that Qi Mo was back, Lin Qingyang hurried off to find him.

• Lei Chen recognized Qi Mo at the gates and ordered the disciples to seize him.
• Qi Mo shattered Lei Chen’s saber, struck him down, and transformed into a black wolf that frightened Lei Chen unconscious and drove off the other disciples.
• Lin Qingyang returned to Clear Wind Pavilion and found Xiao Yu, a cat demon sent by Jin Buhuan and Elder Mo, waiting in his room.
• Lin Qingyang told Xiao Yu to leave, but Feng Yi rushed in and reported that Qi Mo had returned after fighting Lei Chen.
• Lin Qingyang rushed out, leaving his teacup wobbling on the table.

Qi Mo returned to Lin Qingyang and accepted a new Demon-Locking Ring that left his powers intact, while Lin Qingyang reassured him he was free to leave. At Thousand Blessings Cave, Shi Ruobai was stabbed by a heart-demon vision of Lin Qingyang and collapsed as a black crow watched.

• Qi Mo returned to the sect in wolf form, offered Lin Qingyang his old Demon-Locking Ring, and Lin Qingyang took him back to Clear Wind Pavilion.
• Qi Mo found a Cat Demon cleaning Lin Qingyang’s room and angrily accused Lin Qingyang of taking a new lover, but Lin Qingyang explained the misunderstanding and sent the Cat Demon away.
• Lin Qingyang fastened a new, powerless Demon-Locking Ring around Qi Mo’s neck and told him he could leave whenever he wished; Qi Mo questioned whether Lin Qingyang would keep someone else if he left.
• Shi Ruobai struggled against a heart demon that appeared as Lin Qingyang and accused him of stealing the sect leader’s position.
• The heart-demon Lin Qingyang stabbed Shi Ruobai with the curved saber, and Shi Ruobai collapsed after spitting blood as a black crow watched nearby.

The Nine Skies Sect party arrived at Starshift Palace for the Immortal Alliance Ceremony, where Lin Qingyang reunited with familiar companions and learned about the host sect’s founding ancestor and his historic ascension. The party entered Starshift Palace, where an extravagant offering of Spirit Stones drew attention at the statue.

• The Nine Skies Sect party arrived on Liuxian Island, and Lin Qingyang reassured Feng Shu that he should compete without pressure.
• Miao Xing welcomed the group and gave Lin Qingyang, Mo Yan, and Jin Buhuan Good-Luck Beads.
• The party entered Starshift Palace and saw visitors worshipping the statue of its founding ancestor, Lord Diviner.
• Jin Buhuan told Lin Qingyang that Lord Diviner had protected the coast during the war with the Demon Clan and was the only cultivator to ascend in five hundred years.
• Two finely dressed disciples brought a chest filled with Spirit Stones as an offering, drawing the crowd’s attention.

Lin Qingyang attended a gathering of the Six Great Sects at Starshift Palace, where he clashed with Li Yan and Jian Hong over their insults. The palace master had yet to arrive, and Lin Qingyang was still trading barbs with Divine Sword Mountain’s leader.

• Su Jingui, the sect master of Myriad Spirits Sect, greeted Lin Qingyang, while Li Yan mocked his sect’s lavish offerings and Miao Xing’s gifts.
• Li Yan insulted Lin Qingyang for bringing Qi Mo, so Lin Qingyang sent him flying into a fountain and then entered the Great Hall with Qi Mo.
• Jin Buhuan explained that the white-robed attendants were believers of Starshift Palace who had not qualified to become disciples.
• Jian Hong called Lin Qingyang indecent and criticized him for failing to receive the Sect Leader Position, so Lin Qingyang mocked Divine Sword Mountain’s past losses to him.
• Jian Hong lectured Lin Qingyang about cultivating the heart, and Lin Qingyang taunted him by offering to teach Divine Sword Mountain’s disciples.

The sect leaders debated the destruction of the Xuanhuang Sect, the return of the Demon Clan, and Lord Diviner’s prophecy, while Jian Hong clashed with Lin Qingyang over how to treat demons. The meeting was interrupted by a disturbance at the Divine Statue, where they found Lord Diviner’s statue replaced by a gigantic Turtle Stone Statue.

• Lin Qingyang explained that Crows had controlled Cen Ru'an and that Skeleton Demon had destroyed Wasteland Town and the Xuanhuang Sect, while Jin Buhuan linked the crow to Crow Demon Bi Yue.
• Miao Xing revealed Lord Diviner’s prophecy that the Demon King would return five hundred years later and the Demon Clan would rise again, prompting Jian Hong to call for their extermination.
• Lin Qingyang argued against panic and indiscriminate slaughter, then redirected Jian Hong’s sword qi when Jian Hong attacked Qi Mo.
• A Starshift Palace disciple reported that something had happened to the Divine Statue, and the gathered leaders hurried to the square.
• Lin Qingyang and the others discovered that Lord Diviner’s statue had been replaced by a gigantic Turtle Stone Statue.

A magical illusion transformed Starshift Palace’s sacred statue into a stone tortoise, prompting Tianheng to restore it and order an investigation. As the Immortal Sects dispersed, Lin Qingyang noticed Miao Xing’s grave reaction and saw Yun Zhan draw attention at the ceremony.

• Miao Xing found the sacred statue replaced by a stone tortoise and demanded to know who had desecrated it.
• A golden light dispelled the illusion, and Tianheng arrived and identified the incident as illusion work.
• Tianheng ordered Tie Xing to investigate those nearby and Wen Xing to lead prayers, then told the Immortal Sects they could discuss the Xuanhuang Sect matter later.
• Lin Qingyang noticed Miao Xing speaking gravely with Tianheng and suspected the incident was more serious than they claimed.
• The Windflower Sword recognized Yun Zhan, whom Jin Buhuan said could lead the Divine Sword Sect to first place at the Immortal Alliance Ceremony.
• Qi Mo frowned when he saw Lin Qingyang watching Yun Zhan.

Yun Zhan approached Lin Qingyang but was called away by Jian Hong, while Lin Qingyang settled into the Nine Skies Sect’s quarters at Starshift Palace. After learning that Qi Mo’s growing demonic power might make him less willing to obey, Lin Qingyang worried that Starshift Palace could be in danger despite the original story describing its destruction as an accident.

• Yun Zhan greeted Lin Qingyang and noticed Qi Mo’s hostile stare, but Jian Hong interrupted and told Yun Zhan to avoid associating with disreputable people.
• Lin Qingyang and the others went to Yuheng Courtyard, where Qi Mo unpacked Lin Qingyang’s belongings and prepared tea.
• Lin Qingyang agreed with Lin Yao that Yun Zhan was handsome, and Qi Mo became displeased and brewed him bitter tea.
• Lin Yao explained that Qi Mo might grow less obedient as his demonic power returned, and suggested Lin Qingyang beat him to establish dominance.
• Lin Qingyang asked about the strange statue incident and learned that Starshift Palace was fated to sink after a tsunami in three years, though Lin Yao said it was unrelated to the main plot.

Mo Yan reluctantly let Hong Ling stay after discovering he had followed him to Liuxian Island, while Qi Mo struggled with his growing instincts toward Lin Qingyang. The chapter ended with Lin Qingyang kicking Qi Mo out of bed and onto the Soft Couch after he accidentally pushed him onto the floor.

• Mo Yan found Hong Ling hiding in his Qiankun Bag and tried to send him back, but Hong Ling transformed and pleaded to stay because he had nightmares about Jin Yao Workshop.
• Mo Yan agreed to let Hong Ling stay as an ordinary fox, forbidding him from speaking or turning human in public and from getting handsy with him.
• Lin Qingyang saw flashes and heard screams from Mo Yan's room, and Qi Mo guessed that Mo Yan had found Hong Ling.
• Qi Mo watched Lin Qingyang sleep and nearly kissed him, but Lin Qingyang's sleep-talking startled him.
• When Lin Qingyang rolled close in his sleep, Qi Mo pushed him too hard and sent him falling off the bed, so Lin Qingyang dragged Qi Mo onto the Soft Couch.

The Immortal Alliance Ceremony began its preliminary trial in the Cloudsea Heavenly Diagram, where contestants had to find Star Radiance Stones while facing illusionary demon beasts. The Nine Skies Sect appeared to claim the first stone, but its emblem turned black, indicating that one of its disciples had sent a distress signal.

• Lin Qingyang heard Lu Ming insult him and Qi Mo, while Yun Zhan rebuked Lu Ming.
• Tianheng introduced the Heaven-Stealing Talisman as the champion’s prize, and Miao Xing explained the Secret Realm trial and its rules.
• Feng Shu entered the Cloudsea Heavenly Diagram with the other Nine Skies Sect disciples after Lin Qingyang urged him to put safety first.
• The sect leaders and elders watched the scroll from the stands as contestants searched for Star Radiance Stones.
• The Nine Skies Sect emblem appeared as the first apparent success, then turned black when a distress signal was sent.

A series of rescue signals sent from the Cloudsea Heavenly Diagram prompted the elders and sect leaders to enter the realm. Lin Qingyang and Qi Mo arrived in a fishing village set five hundred years in the past, where the Lord Diviner Statue suddenly transformed into the enormous Turtle Stone Statue.

• The scroll displayed distress signals from disciples of multiple sects, ending with an enormous turtle symbol, and the leaders suspected the person who had tampered with the Divine Statue had entered the realm.
• Miao Xing used an incantation to locate the disciples and guide the rescuers into the Cloudsea Heavenly Diagram.
• Lin Qingyang and Qi Mo arrived on a beach, recovered from the disorienting journey, and headed toward the fishing village to find Feng Shu.
• The pair followed a wedding procession to the Lord Diviner Temple, where Lin Yao explained that Qi Mo would eventually marry the Sea Tribe's Merfolk Princess.
• Lin Qingyang found Qi Mo watching a divination ritual inside the temple, then saw the Lord Diviner Statue change into an enormous Turtle Stone Statue.

Lin Qingyang and Qi Mo chased a disguised figure from Turtle Immortal Temple into a coastal cave, where they fought and killed a Butterfly Demon. When Lin Qingyang touched the demon’s core, a dazzling light swept him into a void.

• Lin Qingyang noticed the Divine Statue had been altered, and Qi Mo sensed Demonic Qi from the diviner, who vanished when Qi Mo attacked.
• Lin Qingyang and Qi Mo spotted the fleeing figure and pursued him into a network of caves, following the strongest Demonic Qi.
• They found a Butterfly Demon, whose butterflies attacked the Windflower Sword, prompting Lin Qingyang to defend it.
• The Butterfly Demon transformed into a monster and attacked, but Qi Mo severed her antennae and killed her.
• Lin Qingyang found a Star Radiance Stone on the Butterfly Demon’s remains and concluded she had been prepared for Starshift Palace’s preliminary trial.
• Lin Qingyang touched the glowing Demon Core, and a burst of white light transported him into a void.

Lin Qingyang woke from a nightmare in which he had turned into an Otherworldly Demon, then found Qi Mo trapped in a feverish nightmare of his own. Qi Mo attacked him while disoriented, but Lin Qingyang blasted him away, and Qi Mo regained his senses in alarm.

• Lin Qingyang dreamed he awoke injured in a black-and-white deserted town and discovered that he had become an Otherworldly Demon.
• Lin Qingyang woke in the cave, checked that the Windflower Sword was undamaged, and saw that Qi Mo was burning with fever and surrounded by demonic qi.
• Lin Qingyang tried to wake Qi Mo, who opened blood-red eyes and pinned him down with demonic qi.
• Qi Mo sniffed and licked Lin Qingyang's neck, then tugged at his trousers while pressing against him.
• Lin Qingyang released a burst of spiritual power that knocked Qi Mo away, and Qi Mo regained his senses and called him Master.

Lin Qingyang and Qi Mo left the cave with Yun Zhan after discovering that distress signals had been used to lure disciples into danger. Back in the village, they encountered a mysterious golden-haired, nonhuman man.

• Qi Mo apologized for grabbing Lin Qingyang while caught up in an erotic dream, and Lin Qingyang collected the Windflower Sword and obsidian before they prepared to leave the cave.
• Qi Mo sensed someone approaching and blocked Yun Zhan's attack after Yun Zhan sent Sword Qi into the cave; Lin Qingyang recognized him as a Divine Sword Mountain disciple.
• Yun Zhan said he had pursued a mysterious person carrying Demonic Qi, while Lin Qingyang explained that disciples' distress signals had drawn them to the area; Yun Zhan reported that Feng Shu had already returned with a Star Radiance Stone.
• Lin Qingyang and Yun Zhan discussed the altered Divine Statue and the mysterious person's possible motives, while Qi Mo argued with Yun Zhan and Lin Qingyang told him to stop.
• The three returned to the village, where Lin Qingyang spotted a golden-haired, golden-eyed nonhuman man approaching with a golden cane.

Lin Qingyang and his companions escaped the illusion realm after a golden-haired demon exposed the village as a burned ruin and warned Lin Qingyang, a soul from another world, to leave. Back at the gathering, Lin Qingyang gave Yun Zhan a Star Radiance Stone and then took Qi Mo toward the hot springs, leaving Qi Mo flustered.

• Yun Zhan's sword qi passed through the golden-haired demon, and Lin Qingyang realized the demon and villagers were manifestations of the illusion realm.
• The golden-haired demon warned Lin Qingyang that a soul from another world should not remain there, then turned to stone and shattered, revealing the village's burned ruins.
• Lin Qingyang used Miao Xing's incantation to return with Yun Zhan and Qi Mo, then told Tianheng and the others about the demon and the mysterious intruder.
• Lin Qingyang gave Yun Zhan a Star Radiance Stone, and Yun Zhan accepted it after Lin Qingyang argued that the other sects did not follow the rules strictly.
• Qi Mo admitted that he hated Yun Zhan and told Lin Qingyang not to associate with him, but Lin Qingyang brushed off his demand.
• Lin Qingyang led Qi Mo toward the hot springs, and Qi Mo stiffened when he realized they were going to soak together.