Chapter Summaries

Chen Nian settled into a house beside a reed marsh with Yu'er, while Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing moved in next door to get closer to him. After a peaceful few days, the snake sisters sensed another demon arriving outside their home after midnight.

• Chen Nian and Yu'er rented and cleaned a remote house south of Hangzhou.
• Qing'er told Xiao Bai where Chen Nian had settled, and the sisters decided to become his neighbors.
• The broker brought Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing to the neighboring house, and Chen Nian used his Heavenly Eye to discover they were powerful snake demons.
• Chen Nian introduced Yu'er as his younger sister, while Xiao Bai urged Xiao Qing not to use magic and treated Yu'er cautiously.
• Chen Nian and the snake sisters exchanged occasional greetings, and Qing'er complained after Chen Nian declined to share his dinner.
• After midnight, Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing woke and sensed another demon outside.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing protected Yu'er from demons while growing close to Chen Nian, and Xiao Bai wondered whether he was the person who had once saved her. As Demon Kings gathered to seize Yu'er, Xiao Bai chose to defend Chen Nian’s household, and the enemy host surrounded the sisters.

• Xiao Bai defeated a wolf demon who tried to take Yu’er’s core, and Chen Nian later invited the sisters to share a meal.
• When Xiao Qing sent Chen Nian to fetch Xiao Bai in the rain, Xiao Bai asked whether he had once saved a white snake, but he said he did not remember.
• Demon Kings learned that Yu’er had no magical power and planned to seize her, while Qin Xuan secretly encouraged them to punish Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing lightly.
• Xiao Qing warned Xiao Bai to leave when greater demons approached, but Xiao Bai decided to protect Chen Nian and Yu’er because they were her friends.
• The Black Fiend Wolf King, Blood Rage Bear, and Jade-Faced Spider arrived with their forces and ordered Xiao Bai to step aside.

Chen Nian revealed his hidden strength when he saved Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing from the demon kings attacking their home. After killing the Black Fiend Wolf King and driving off the others, he explained that Yu'er was a fox demon he meant to protect, while Qin Xuan learned that Chen Nian was responsible for the Wolf King's death.

• Chen Nian absorbed a demon core inside the house while Xiao Bai protected it from three demon kings and their followers.
• The demon kings wounded Xiao Bai, but Chen Nian emerged and slaughtered the attacking demons with Word Spirit, Judgment.
• Chen Nian killed the Black Fiend Wolf King with a golden dragon technique, and the Bear Demon King and spider demon fled.
• Chen Nian gave Xiao Bai the Wolf King's demon core to heal her, shared other cores with Xiao Qing, and explained his connection to Yu'er.
• Qin Xuan learned from his returning informant that Chen Nian had killed the Black Fiend Wolf King and frightened off the other demon kings.

Chen Nian visited the recovering Xiao Bai and learned that a rat demon had poisoned Hangzhou's wells to profit from selling medicine. Xiao Qing attacked the culprit but failed to catch him, and the magistrate learned that the monk Fahai was coming to Hangzhou to vanquish demons.

• Chen Nian found Xiao Bai after her magical barrier fell, caught her when she stumbled, and was teased by Xiao Qing about his closeness with Yu'er.
• Xiao Qing told Chen Nian that a rat demon had poisoned the city's wells and that she planned to catch the culprit.
• Xiao Qing infiltrated the pharmacy, discovered its owners dividing profits with the rat demon, and sent snakes into the room.
• Xiao Qing fought the rat demon and wounded him, but he escaped by splitting into countless rats.
• The pharmacy owner reported the demon and the snakes to the magistrate, who said Fahai was on his way to Hangzhou.

Fahai traveled to Hangzhou to hunt demons, while Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing refused Qin Xuan’s attempt to take them away. After capturing a rat demon, Fahai followed demonic aura to Chen Nian and tried to give him a detection talisman, prompting Chen Nian to call him sick in the head.

• Fahai told Chan Master Lingyou he was leaving for Hangzhou, where demons had appeared, and set out with the Golden-Furred Hou.
• Qin Xuan warned Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing that Fahai was coming and urged them to leave Hangzhou, but they refused.
• Fahai captured a rat demon who revealed that a snake demon was also in the city, then began searching for her.
• The Golden-Furred Hou detected demonic aura on Chen Nian and led Fahai to him.
• Fahai offered Chen Nian a talisman that would reveal nearby demons, and Chen Nian asked if the monk was sick in the head.

Chen Nian protected Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Yu'er from Fahai, allowing them to escape while he was taken to Jinshan Temple. He used his powers to keep Fahai there, while Xiao Bai sought help from Qin Xuan and planned to find another way to rescue him.

• Fahai sent the Golden-Furred Hou to track Chen Nian, but Chen Nian used Word Spirit-Hidden Shadow to evade it.
• Fahai ordered Hangzhou residents to drink enchanted realgar wine to expose snake demons, but Chen Nian stopped Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing from drinking and knocked out the soldiers with Xiao Qing.
• Chen Nian told Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing to take Yu'er away, then let Fahai escort him to Jinshan Temple.
• At the temple, Chen Nian used Word Spirit, Sovereign, to subdue Fahai and two disciples, then revealed his power was meant to keep Fahai from pursuing the sisters.
• Xiao Qing learned that Chen Nian was confined at Jinshan Temple, and Xiao Bai asked Qin Xuan to help rescue him, but Qin Xuan refused.

Tamamo-no-Mae broke through her cultivation restriction and entered Jinshan Temple to rescue Chen Nian, where Fahai trapped them inside the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl. As Chen Nian absorbed the demon cores, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai arrived and fought Fahai’s Golden-Furred Hou, ending the chapter as they sent a towering wave crashing toward Jinshan Temple.

• Tamamo-no-Mae transformed from Yu'er, defeated the Black Bear Demon King, and learned the way to Jinshan Temple.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing discovered Yu'er was gone, then defied Qin Xuan and flew to Jinshan Temple after learning Yu'er had gone there to find Chen Nian.
• Tamamo-no-Mae entered Jinshan Temple using Mirror Flowers and Water Moon, but Fahai was awakened by his master and attacked her and Chen Nian with the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Tamamo-no-Mae urged Chen Nian to swallow his demon cores and used the Dream Creation Technique to help him absorb their power while she resisted the bowl’s Buddhist scriptures.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing challenged Fahai and defeated the Golden-Furred Hou with their combined swords.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing raised a massive wave and sent it crashing toward Jinshan Temple.

Chen Nian escaped Fahai’s Purple-Gold Alms Bowl and defeated him after the monk attacked the Qing and Bai Sisters. Fahai admitted defeat, leaving his vow about demons unresolved.

• Fahai drove back the Qing and Bai Sisters’ flood and tried to imprison them beneath Leifeng Pagoda, while Qin Xuan intervened to protect them.
• Chen Nian and Tamamo-no-Mae broke out of the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl, and Chen Nian demanded that Fahai spare the sisters and reconsider his belief that all demons were evil.
• Chen Nian challenged Fahai to a duel, defeating the Azure Dragon Chan Staff’s golden dragon and escaping the Brocade Kasaya’s phoenix and prayer beads.
• Chen Nian used Word Spirit and the divine art Death God to overcome Fahai’s final defenses, then held his sword at Fahai’s throat.
• Fahai admitted defeat as Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai celebrated, but something stirred in Leifeng Pagoda.

Chen Nian rescued Tamamo-no-Mae after Chan Master Lingyou revealed his plan to refine her demon core and become immortal. He destroyed Lingyou and Leifeng Pagoda, leaving Fahai mourning his dead master and Xiao Bai unsettled by Chen Nian’s resemblance to someone from her past.

• Chan Master Lingyou seized Tamamo-no-Mae and admitted he had guarded Leifeng Pagoda to absorb demons’ cores and become immortal.
• Fahai attacked Lingyou, but Lingyou shattered his Azure Dragon Chan Staff and trapped the serpents outside a golden barrier.
• Chen Nian invoked five words of the mantra and used Dharma Heaven and Earth to break the barrier and defeat Lingyou.
• Chen Nian’s second punch shattered Lingyou’s manifestation and reduced Leifeng Pagoda to ruins, freeing Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Fahai accepted that his master was dead, while Xiao Qing teased Xiao Bai about marrying Chen Nian and Xiao Bai wondered whether he was someone from her past.

After the battle at Jinshan Temple, Chen Nian said farewell to Xiao Bai and returned to the academy, while Tamamo-no-Mae secretly revealed she was carrying his child. Back at the dorm, Chen Nian reunited with Hao Jin, who showed him a photo of newcomer Su Jinyu and warned him not to pursue her.

• Chen Nian spared Fahai after the battle and reunited with Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Qin Xuan, who warned Xiao Bai about Chen Nian’s many female confidantes.
• Xiao Bai admitted her feelings for Chen Nian might grow, then gave him a jade hairpin that would summon her when he returned.
• Chen Nian left Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, and Tamamo-no-Mae returned to her own world, where her other half revealed she was carrying a little fox.
• Chen Nian returned to the academy and found that Lin Xiaomeng had moved out and Hao Jin had become his roommate again.
• Hao Jin showed Chen Nian a photo of newcomer Su Jinyu and told him not to pursue her.

Su Jinyu learned that Chen Nian was famous at the academy and grew jealous when Lin Xiaomeng bragged about living with him. After Chen Nian turned down a dormitory mixer, Su Jinyu accepted his friend request and ordered him to attend; he agreed, and the mixer was set for the next evening.

• Su Jinyu joined the academy and overheard the girls discussing Chen Nian’s achievements and reputation with women.
• Lin Xiaomeng claimed Chen Nian liked her best and had lived with her for half a month, angering Su Jinyu.
• The girls asked Lin Xiaomeng to invite Chen Nian to a mixer, while Chen Nian sent Su Jinyu friend requests that she initially rejected.
• Su Jinyu accepted Chen Nian’s third request, learned he had refused the mixer, and told him to go because she would attend too.
• Chen Nian agreed to attend, and Lin Xiaomeng invited the girls to join her the following evening.

Chen Nian attended Lin Xiaomeng’s mixer, where his tense interactions with Su Jinyu revealed that they were longtime lovers having a spat. Su Jinyu left with Chen Nian, while the others realized the mixer had become part of their reconciliation.

• Chen Nian told Hao Jin that Su Jinyu would attend Lin Xiaomeng’s mixer, and Hao Jin warned him not to overstep with her.
• At the mixer, Su Jinyu rejected Chen Nian’s toast but accepted the chicken wing he placed in her bowl, then offered him a garnish when he refused the other food.
• Chen Nian told the stunned guests that he and Su Jinyu came from the same world and had been dating for a long time; Su Jinyu called him the Leg-Touching Immortal.
• Chen Nian said he would choose dinner with Su Jinyu but suggested she would not mind him dining with other female friends, and she let his answer pass.
• Su Jinyu told Chen Nian to walk her back, and the two left the mixer together.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu reconciled and spent time together, while the academy learned about their relationship. At the medical department, Tang Rou rejected Cai Ming’s confession but stayed to eat after seeing Chen Nian arrive with Su Jinyu.

• Chen Nian kissed Su Jinyu in the grove, and he learned that her strength had reached Tier Six.
• Su Jinyu returned to the dormitory, where Lin Xiaomeng complained that Chen Nian touched her legs and then playfully retaliated by tickling Su Jinyu.
• News of Chen Nian’s girlfriend spread through the academy, and Rika and An Qingluo discussed the intensifying frontline fighting and the need for reinforcements and medical personnel.
• Cai Ming confessed his feelings to Tang Rou over a meal, but Tang Rou saw Chen Nian arrive with Su Jinyu and sat back down to eat instead of leaving.
• Chen Nian noticed Tang Rou and Cai Ming at the table.

Chen Nian learned that the academy was sending student volunteers to reinforce the battle for the Sixth Stratum, and he joined a five-person team with Su Jinyu and Lin Xiaomeng. Before departing, he discovered that Tang Rou was also being sent on a dangerous medical mission to G-02 World in the Seventh Stratum.

• Chen Nian saw Tang Rou dining with Cai Ming, deputy director of the Medical Department, and later messaged her about it, but she stopped replying.
• Headmaster Merlin announced that students at Tier Six or above could volunteer to reinforce eight worlds in the battle for the Sixth Stratum.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu signed up, and they were assigned to a group with Lin Xiaomeng and two male students.
• The academy briefed the group on their mission to destroy a black obelisk and Calamity forces, and explained the aircraft’s escape and security measures.
• Chen Nian told Tang Rou he was leaving on a mission, and she revealed that she was accompanying reinforcements to G-02 World in the Seventh Stratum as medical personnel.

Chen Nian’s squad crossed a world barrier in a newly built aircraft and arrived in the war-ravaged Sixth-Level World. As they headed toward a reconnaissance unit, Chen Nian warned the team to stay low because an Origin Demon God was present.

• Chen Nian’s five-person squad launched in a barrier-breaking aircraft while the Equipment Department revealed that an unknown designer had provided flawless schematics.
• Merlin reported the aircraft’s successful launch to Mo Ning, the true founder of World Tree Academy, and confirmed Chen Nian had joined the mission.
• Chen Nian’s squad arrived in the battered Sixth-Level World, and the aircraft vanished into self-protective invisibility mode.
• Chen Nian ordered the team to follow the reconnaissance unit’s signal and stopped a member from flying high, warning that an Origin Demon God could spot them.
• Chen Nian took Su Jinyu by the hand to help her keep up, while Lin Xiaomeng protested that she needed help too.

Chen Nian and his companions reached a village where they learned two origin-level Demon Gods were based three hundred li to the west. While staying in the village, Chen Nian listened as A Yuan worried that her luck brought misfortune to the people around her.

• Chen Nian’s group met the village intelligence agents, who told them to destroy the Demon Gods’ black obelisk at their mountain base.
• Chen Nian arranged for the group to rest overnight in an empty house and met A Yuan, who warmly offered them food and lodging.
• A Yuan told Chen Nian that her parents and Grandpa Wang might have suffered because of her, and wondered whether she stole other people’s luck.
• Chen Nian insisted A Yuan could not be causing misfortune, just before bird droppings fell in front of him.

Chen Nian and his team were ambushed by two Origin Demon Gods, who destroyed the village and killed its residents, including A Yuan’s grandfather. As Chen Nian fought one Demon God and Su Jinyu drew the other away, the two male teammates reached the Black Obelisk Tower to destroy it, while Su Jinyu followed a mysterious voice westward.

• Two Origin Demon Gods bombarded the village at night, killing the intelligence agents and nearly everyone else; Chen Nian protected his teammates’ house and ordered them to fight or destroy the Black Obelisk Tower.
• Chen Nian attacked the Demon God ranked 48, while Su Jinyu and Lin Xiaomeng engaged the bull-horned Demon God and the two male teammates rushed toward the tower.
• A Yuan found her grandfather dead and blamed herself for the villagers’ deaths, but Chen Nian protected her from another bombardment and sent the Void-Escaping Spirit Snake to guard her.
• Chen Nian forced the lion armor’s energy blast back into its mouth, survived the resulting explosion with the Chaos Light-Devouring Beast’s help, then shattered the Demon God’s sword and crippled his hand.
• Su Jinyu continued flying west as a familiar voice called to her, while the bull-horned Demon God turned on Lin Xiaomeng before Su Jinyu drew him away again.
• The two male teammates reached the Black Obelisk Tower and prepared to destroy it.

A third Origin Demon God revealed himself as the guardian of the black obelisk and killed two intruders. After the bull-horned Demon God nearly killed Su Jinyu, she found the Chiyou Sword in the lake, awakened the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens' power, and destroyed her enemy with Sword Dao.

• The forty-first Origin Demon God revealed himself above the black obelisk and killed the two fleeing team members with his Black Thread Death Barrier.
• Su Jinyu fled toward a lake, but the bull-horned Demon God struck her with lightning and shattered her longsword.
• Su Jinyu summoned a giant water sword to distract the Demon God, then dove into the lake to escape his devastating attack.
• Su Jinyu found the Chiyou Sword on the lakebed and received a fragment of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens' Divinity.
• Su Jinyu unleashed Sword Dao, cut through the Demon God's attack, severed his Heavenly Thunder Demon Horn, and destroyed his body and Origin Demon Core.

Chen Nian defeated the Origin Demon God he had been fighting, but a third Origin Demon God appeared with A Yuan as his hostage. After Chen Nian rescued her, he struggled against the new enemy until Lin Xiaomeng used her Reverse Contract ability to strengthen him.

• Chen Nian crushed the first Origin Demon God's core and killed it before Lin Xiaomeng returned and explained why she had left Su Jinyu.
• A third Origin Demon God, marked Rank 41, arrived with A Yuan bound as his hostage and revealed that two other male trainees had died.
• Bird droppings and a sudden lightning strike left the Demon God charred, allowing Chen Nian to cut A Yuan free and send her away with Lin Xiaomeng.
• The Demon God attacked Chen Nian with Scarlet Death Lines, which could penetrate supernatural powers, but Chen Nian escaped with Word Spirit, Intangibility and continued fighting.
• Lin Xiaomeng returned and used Reverse Contract on Chen Nian, boosting his strength, speed, and supernatural power while taking on part of his damage.

Chen Nian destroyed the Demon God's Scarlet Death Lines and defeated him, but the Demon God detonated his Origin Demon Core. After surviving the blast, Chen Nian learned that Lin Xiaomeng had taken his injuries through their contract, and she formed the once-in-a-lifetime Destined contract with him by kissing him.

• Chen Nian used the God Descent Technique to break the Scarlet Death Lines, then struck the Demon God with Moon God's Clear Radiance.
• The defeated Demon God detonated his Origin Demon Core, and Chen Nian protected himself and Lin Xiaomeng with Mandate of Heaven-Moon.
• Chen Nian discovered that Lin Xiaomeng had borne his injuries through the Reverse Contract and was gravely weakened.
• Lin Xiaomeng told Chen Nian about the Destined contract and kissed him to form it.