Chapter Summaries

Lin Fei and Ji Yaoguang discussed sparing the Heavenly Demon Palace’s innocent descendants before Lin Fei sensed someone pursuing the Immortal-Slaying Sword. Zhao Xuhuai of the Spirit Void Taoist Sect attacked Lin Fei, who stopped his sword strike and challenged him with a stalk of purple bamboo.

• Ji Yaoguang asked whether Lin Fei would destroy the Heavenly Demon Palace, and Lin Fei said its members could choose their own fates.
• Lin Fei noticed that someone had taken the bait and watched dark clouds approach Rongcheng.
• Zhao Xuhuai, supreme elder of the Spirit Void Taoist Sect, demanded that Lin Fei hand over the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Zhao Xuhuai summoned a flaming Vermilion Bird, but Lin Fei swept away its fireballs.
• Zhao Xuhuai drew his bronze sword and challenged Lin Fei to use the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Lin Fei released a sword strike that stopped before Zhao Xuhuai, then picked up a stalk of purple bamboo and told him to fight.

Zhao Xuhuai seized the Immortal-Slaying Sword and attacked Lin Fei, convinced its power would make him invincible. Lin Fei shattered the sword’s attacks with a purple bamboo stalk and killed Zhao Xuhuai, leaving him with a final lesson about the person wielding a weapon.

• Zhao Xuhuai suspected the Immortal-Slaying Sword was a trap, but after Lin Fei dismissed him as too weak to attract its attention, he grabbed it.
• Zhao Xuhuai swung the Immortal-Slaying Sword at Lin Fei, who broke its sword light and clashed with the blade using purple bamboo.
• Zhao Xuhuai summoned an Azure Dragon talisman and launched another attack, but Lin Fei hurled the bamboo through the sword qi and pierced his heart.
• Zhao Xuhuai fell mortally wounded, and Lin Fei told him that a weapon’s power depended on its wielder.

Lin Fei killed Zhao Xuhuai and learned that Zhao Zhengchun had Qing Lixue captive at the Spirit Void Taoist Sect. He headed for Spirit Void Mountain, where the sect was preparing its defenses and attempting to awaken Qing Lixue’s heart demon, and arrived by smashing through the temple gates.

• Lin Fei killed Zhao Xuhuai, then confronted the spiritual avatar of Zhao Zhengchun, sect master of the Spirit Void Taoist Sect.
• Zhao Zhengchun revealed that he held Qing Lixue captive, and Lin Fei accepted his challenge to come to Spirit Void Mountain.
• Lin Fei confirmed Qing Lixue could not be reached, ordered Wu Moling to kill any attackers at the villa, and flew toward the sect on Immortal-Slaying.
• Zhao Zhengchun and three sinister Taoists prepared the Four Symbols Grand Formation and tried to awaken Qing Lixue’s heart demon.
• Lin Fei arrived at the Taoist temple and kicked its gates and adjoining walls apart.

Lin Fei broke through the Spirit-Sealing Formation and slaughtered the Daoist disciples and Four Symbols talisman beasts guarding Zhao Zhengchun. Zhao Zhengchun watched Lin Fei destroy the Vermilion Bird and realized he had provoked a great demon king.

• Lin Fei walked into the first formation, where the disciples activated the Spirit-Sealing Formation and surrounded him with Qilin talisman beasts.
• Lin Fei released a repulsive force that annihilated the disciples and their Qilin talisman beasts, then shattered the Spirit-Sealing Formation by walking through its barrier.
• The disciples guarding the Four Symbols Grand Formation summoned their talisman beasts, but Lin Fei emerged unharmed from the Vermilion Bird's true fire.
• Lin Fei caught the White Tiger talisman beast's claw and tore the beast in two with his bare hands.
• Lin Fei stomped the Black Tortoise talisman beast into dust and punched the Vermilion Bird talisman beast apart.
• The surviving disciples fled toward Zhao Zhengchun, who realized he had provoked a great demon king.

Lin Fei effortlessly destroyed the Spirit Void Taoist Sect’s attacks, freed Qing Lixue from her heart demon, and crushed the sect’s forbidden technique. When Zhao Zhengchun mistook him for a Void Penetration expert, Lin Fei revealed that he was an Immortal Emperor.

• Lin Fei destroyed the four Azure Dragon Talisman Beasts, and their backlash injured Zhao Zhengchun and the three supreme elders.
• Lin Fei broke the Mystic Light Mirrors and freed Qing Lixue from her heart demon.
• Zhao Zhengchun ordered the three supreme elders to unleash the Heart Demon True Art, and their heart demons began devouring the sect’s disciples.
• The four elders and their heart demons attacked Lin Fei, but he erased the heart demons with a word and sent the elders flying with the backlash.
• Zhao Zhengchun mistook Lin Fei for a Void Penetration expert, and Lin Fei corrected him by declaring himself an Immortal Emperor.

Lin Fei defeated the Spirit Void Taoist Sect’s elders and spared Zhao Zhengchun because he suspected the sect’s founding patriarch might know about West Kunlun. Zhao Zhengchun summoned Lingxuzi, whose fury at the sect’s destruction threatened to escalate the situation.

• Lin Fei shattered the Dao hearts of Zhao Zhengchun and the three elders by showing them his memory of the Queen Mother of the West, killing the three elders and leaving Zhao Zhengchun alive.
• Lin Fei questioned Zhao Zhengchun about the Spirit Void Taoist Sect’s connection to West Kunlun and told him to summon the founding patriarch’s avatar.
• Zhao Zhengchun said he did not know how to summon the avatar, so Lin Fei asked whether the sect had an inherited token.
• Zhao Zhengchun produced the sect master’s jade command token, and Lin Fei shattered it to summon Lingxuzi.
• Lingxuzi sensed the sect’s dead and wounded and unleashed sword intent that pulverized the Taoist temple, while Lin Fei stopped Qing Lixue from being thrown away.

Lingxuzi recognized Lin Fei as the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages and learned why the Spirit Void Taoist Sect had fallen. After Lingxuzi killed Zhao Zhengchun, Lin Fei asked about four Immortal Emperor treasures, and Lingxuzi prepared to reveal dangerous news.

• Lingxuzi recognized Lin Fei and recalled how he had once served him as a young Taoist acolyte on Spirit Mountain.
• Lin Fei remembered Lingxuzi getting spanked by Lady Yunhua after bringing him stewed crane, leaving Qing Lixue and Zhao Zhengchun shocked.
• After learning what had happened, Lingxuzi condemned Zhao Zhengchun for using the Heart Demon True Art and killed him with a palm strike.
• Lingxuzi apologized for the Spirit Void Taoist Sect's wrongdoing, and Lin Fei asked whether he knew where the Kunlun Mirror, Haotian Tower, Reverse Feather Sword, and Eastern Emperor Bell were.
• Lingxuzi said he knew nothing about the four treasures but hinted that he had other news to share, and Lin Fei concealed the heavenly secrets so he could speak freely.

After learning that Nüba was imprisoned in the Buddhist Sect’s forbidden grounds, Lin Fei suspected she knew a lead on the Kunlun Mirror and went to Cold Mountain Ancient Temple. He killed its abbot, and the Buddhist Sect descended in response.

• Lingxuzi told Lin Fei that Nüba had been imprisoned beneath the Buddhist Sect’s eighteen levels of Hell after Haotian Shangdi sought her execution, but the Queen Mother of the West had pleaded for mercy.
• Lin Fei suspected the Queen Mother of the West had arranged for him to learn about Nüba because she might know a lead on the Kunlun Mirror.
• Lin Fei sent Qing Lixue back to Rongcheng and went to the Western Desert Buddhist Sect.
• Lin Fei kicked open the gates of Cold Mountain Ancient Temple and confronted its abbot, who carried Nüba’s aura.
• Lin Fei killed the abbot, accusing him of coveting Nüba’s power, and the Buddhist Sect descended on a mountain suspended in the sky.

Lin Fei confronted the Buddhist Sect after killing the abbot of Cold Mountain Ancient Temple, and exposed its role in Nüba’s imprisonment and the theft of her power. He forced the sect and its followers to their knees, then demanded that their patriarch come face him.

• Lin Fei rose above Cold Mountain Ancient Temple as the Buddhist Sect’s Hanging Temple descended and its monks arrived.
• The Buddhist Sect’s master ordered the Arhats and Senior Monks to capture Lin Fei after he asked about Nüba.
• Lin Fei resisted the sect master’s Buddhist Lion’s Mouth and forced the gathered monks and believers to kneel with a single command.
• Lin Fei accused the Buddhist Sect of coveting Nüba’s power and imprisoning her for three thousand years.
• Lin Fei told the Buddhist Sect to summon its patriarch.

Lin Fei challenged the Buddhist Sect’s beliefs and revealed his overwhelming strength, driving the monks to retreat into Hanging Mountain. He drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword to test the mountain’s protection, facing its manifested Buddhas and bodhisattvas as the chapter ended.

• Lin Fei condemned the Buddhist Sect’s teachings on karma and reincarnation, stirring doubt among its believers and leaving the sect leader unable to answer.
• Lin Fei released his suppression and invited the monks to attack, but the sect leader recognized him as a Void Penetration expert and ordered everyone to retreat into Hanging Mountain.
• The sect leader taunted Lin Fei from behind the mountain’s protection, claiming it was an indestructible treasure blessed by many Buddhas.
• Lin Fei drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword, unleashing a destructive aura that caused Hanging Mountain to blaze with Buddhist light and reveal the sect’s ancestral Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Lin Fei destroyed Hanging Mountain and crushed the Buddhist Sect’s resistance after they tried to seize his Immortal-Slaying Sword. Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha recognized him as Heavenly Emperor Lin, admitted guilt, and warned that he would defend the sect if Lin tried to destroy it.

• The Buddhist Sect celebrated as Hanging Mountain manifested, but Lin Fei ignored the sect master’s demand for his sword and cleaved the mountain in two with a single strike.
• Lin Fei used his words to seal the ruined mountain, then shattered the sect master’s golden body with a casual finger and demanded no answers from him.
• Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha appeared from the great hall, dismissed his Dharma manifestation, and bowed to Lin Fei as Heavenly Emperor Lin.
• Wisdom-Absolute admitted guilt and said the sect had sealed Nüba on Haotian Shangdi’s orders, asking Lin Fei to spare the sect for Tathagata’s sake.
• Wisdom-Absolute warned that he would defend the Buddhist Sect if Lin Fei tried to destroy its lineage, and Lin Fei replied that Dipankara would know not to oppose him.

Lin Fei destroyed the Buddhist Sect on Hanging Mountain, uprooted its bodhi tree, and broke into the forbidden grounds of Hell. He continued through the levels with ease, leaving the deeper Hells ahead.

• Namo Wisdom-Supreme King Buddha attacked Lin Fei with the Demon-Subduing Seal and Mahavairocana Tathagata Palm, but Lin Fei’s new laws of the Great Dao annihilated the Buddhist Sect and its king Buddha.
• Lin Fei uprooted the ancient bodhi tree and stored it in his spatial ring.
• Lin Fei kicked apart the Cliff of Reflection and entered the forbidden grounds of Hell.
• Lin Fei swept away the ghosts in Tongue-Pulling Hell, shattered the scissors in Scissors Hell, and blasted apart the iron trees in Iron Tree Hell.
• Lin Fei smashed the mountain of blades in Blade Mountain Hell and extinguished the flames in Sea of Fire Hell.

Lin Fei fought through Hell’s final levels to reach Nüba, whom Haotian had tortured for three thousand years. He healed and comforted her, and the two were reunited in an embrace.

• An ice demon begged Lin Fei to kill it, but after Lin Fei extinguished the sea of fire, it panicked and pleaded to live; Lin Fei struck it dead anyway.
• Lin Fei shattered Stone Mill Hell and condemned Haotian as he continued toward the final level.
• Lin Fei found Nüba being sawn apart, destroyed her restraints, and healed her with emerald-green light.
• Lin Fei washed Nüba clean and gave her clothes, and she changed before asking whether she looked good.
• Lin Fei embraced Nüba, who clung to him and sobbed that she had thought she would never see him again.

After leaving Hell, Lin Fei destroyed the remains of Hanging Mountain, while Wu Moling defended Flying Cloud Mountain Villa from Zhang Lan and the Celestial Master's Mansion. Wu Moling used the Nine Li Staff to kill the attackers, but Zhang Lan broke free with a Divine Strength Talisman and severed her arm.

• Nüba regained her composure, and Lin Fei destroyed Hanging Mountain with a palm strike.
• Zhang Lan and the Celestial Master's Mansion arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa seeking Wu Moling and Ji Yaoguang.
• Wu Moling fought Zhang Lan and immobilized the Daoists with the Nine Li Staff.
• The Nine Li Staff crushed the Golden Core Daoists, while Wu Moling called for help against Zhang Lan.
• Zhang Lan used a Divine Strength Talisman to repel Wu Moling's allies and cut off one of Wu Moling's arms.

Wu Moling was badly wounded by Zhang Lan after fighting without her Barrier Talisman, but Lin Fei and Nüba arrived in time to save her. Nüba killed Zhang Lan, and Lin Fei restored Wu Moling’s severed arm.

• Zhang Lan severed Wu Moling’s arm and kicked her away when she tried to reclaim the Nine Li Staff and Emperor Shun’s Enci Bracelet.
• Zhang Lan attacked Ji Yaoguang, but Lin Fei’s Barrier Talisman blocked his strike and Ji Yaoguang warned him that Lin Fei would return.
• Zhang Lan tried to take Ji Yaoguang and Wu Moling away, but Lin Fei and Nüba appeared behind him.
• Lin Fei ordered Nüba to kill Zhang Lan, and she shattered his arms before kicking his head apart.
• Lin Fei reattached Wu Moling’s arm without leaving a scar and told the women not to be nervous.

Lin Fei introduced Nüba to Ji Yaoguang and the others, gave them access to a bodhi tree, and learned that the Kunlun Mirror was in the Western Hell. The chapter ended with Jiang Qingyue arriving in an outfit that made Lin Fei disown him as a grand-disciple.

• Nüba knelt to greet Ji Yaoguang as Empress Yaoguang, and Ji Yaoguang told her to use her current name instead.
• Lin Fei planted the bodhi tree he had taken from the Buddhist Sect on Hanging Mountain and invited the women to gather its seeds and cultivate beneath it.
• Nüba told Lin Fei that the Kunlun Mirror had fallen into the hands of Satan, lord of the Western Hell, and Lin Fei said he would wait for Hell’s power to reach the mortal world.
• A dragon carried Xiayue and Jiang Qingyue toward Lin Fei, who saw Jiang Qingyue’s outfit and said he had no grand-disciple like him.

Jiang Qingyue endured Xiayue dressing him in a maid outfit and photographing him before Lin Fei ordered him to leave. Meanwhile, Japanese supernatural lineages pledged themselves to the Shadow Death Gods after hearing that Hell would soon descend.

• Xiayue showed everyone Jiang Qingyue in a maid dress, and the maids crowded around to admire him.
• Xiayue persuaded Jiang Qingyue to pose for photos, while Lin Fei eventually stopped her and sent Jiang Qingyue away.
• Ji Yaoguang and Wu Moling questioned the future of the Heavenly Demon Palace after witnessing Jiang Qingyue's behavior.
• At the Shadow Death Gods' backup base in Rice Nation, Davian told Abe Shinmura that Hell would descend soon.
• The Abe onmyoji, Asaka-no-miya Sword Saint, and Shimada Ninja lineages prostrated themselves and pledged allegiance to Davian and the Shadow Death Gods.

Lin Fei visited Zhang Xiaoling on Mount Qingcheng, gave him bodhi seeds, and tested his views on punishing evil within a Daoist sect. He left Zhang Xiaoling with a warning to remember his principles and discovered that the young patriarch had been sneaking down the mountain to meet a little girl.

• Lin Fei found Zhang Xiaoling cultivating at a pond and praised his spiritual power for reaching the Golden Core Realm.
• Lin Fei gave Zhang Xiaoling a dozen bodhi seeds, which Zhang Xiaoling carefully accepted.
• Lin Fei asked how Zhang Xiaoling would deal with evildoers within a Daoist sect, and Zhang Xiaoling said he would kill those who committed evil, even if they claimed they had no choice.
• Lin Fei told Zhang Xiaoling to remember his words and privately worried that the Celestial Master's Mansion might be corrupted, including its current Celestial Master.
• Lin Fei confronted Zhang Xiaoling about getting close to a little girl, and Zhang Xiaoling admitted he feared Ye Qiu would punish him for sneaking down the mountain.

After Lin Fei left Mount Qingcheng, Zhang Xiaoling tried to give Ye Qiu four bodhi seeds, then made him catch them after throwing them down the mountain. Zhang Xiaoling displayed an extraordinary ability to control the air and later shared a bodhi seed with Bu Ding and her grandmother, while Lin Fei secretly watched.

• Zhang Xiaoling gave Ye Qiu four bodhi seeds, but Ye Qiu refused to accept them because he wanted Zhang Xiaoling to use them to restore his cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaoling threw the seeds down the mountain, forcing Ye Qiu to use Seven Steps to Catch a Cicada to retrieve them.
• Zhang Xiaoling rose on the wind and told Ye Qiu he could likely restrain cultivators below Golden Core by controlling the air.
• Zhang Xiaoling visited Bu Ding and her grandmother, ground a bodhi seed into powder for them, and instructed Bu Ding to practice the cultivation method he had taught her.
• Lin Fei watched Zhang Xiaoling with Bu Ding and her grandmother from outside the window.

Zhang Xiaoling gave Little Pudding a bodhi seed and received Lin Fei’s help to improve her and her granny’s living conditions. Two days later, Abe Shinmura arrived in Mingzhu City with the Asakanomiya Family and boasted that he could defeat Lin Fei.

• Zhang Xiaoling forced Little Pudding and her granny to accept the bodhi seed, then took Little Pudding out for ice cream.
• Lin Fei gave Zhang Xiaoling a bank card with a PIN of six ones to help Little Pudding and her granny, then vanished.
• Two days later, Abe Shinmura and the Asakanomiya Family arrived in Mingzhu City after the Shimada Lineage left to inherit the dragon souls.
• Abe Shinmura taunted Asakanomiya Buntai about the Asakanomiya Clan’s past defeat, then used his paper fan to intimidate the warriors.
• Abe Shinmura declared that he could slaughter them and defeat Lin Fei, leaving the Asakanomiya warriors humiliated and enraged.