Chapter Summaries

The Flower Lord summoned her followers across Western Europe and began sacrificing the nonhuman factions to restore her strength. Xu Long realized humanity’s ancient powerhouses had spared her because they intended the nonhumans she created to distract the Ghost Demons and later become her nourishment.

• The Flower Lord opened four spatial passages and called the nonhumans of Holy Heaven, the Purgatory Demon Tower, the Extreme Realm of Ice and Snow, and the Divine Hall of All to serve her.
• The summoned nonhumans turned on one another as powerful figures emerged from the four factions and flowers sprouted from their heads.
• The nonhumans began sacrificing themselves, sending their energy into the flowers and helping the Flower Lord recover despite the Power of Oblivion.
• Huo Qubing questioned what the Flower Lord had done, and she said her creations were repaying her for the life she had given them.
• Xu Long realized ancient human powerhouses had deliberately spared the Flower Lord so her nonhuman creations would divert the Ghost Demons and later be absorbed as energy.

Xu Long used the Power of Oblivion and the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire to slaughter Flower Lord’s outsider cultivators while Flower Lord fought Huo Qubing, Xiang Yu, and the Lightning Hou. He then intensified the Oblivion power inside Flower Lord, leaving her reeling as the battle continued.

• Flower Lord fought Huo Qubing and Xiang Yu with a spiked club while Xu Long noticed dozens of outsider cultivators advancing on Fengdu City.
• Xu Long’s four sword strikes killed more than a dozen outsiders, including a Twelve-Winged Angel who dismissed his attack.
• Flower Lord sent her remaining outsider cultivators after Xu Long, who burned them all with the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire in fewer than five breaths.
• Xu Long detonated the Power of Oblivion inside Flower Lord, scattering the surrounding energy and Law of Manifestation and making her expression change drastically.

Xu Long and his allies drove Flower Lord into hiding, then returned to the Yanhuang Divine Kingdom, where Xu Jiao had awakened in Lin’s body. Xu Long reunited with Xu Jiao and helped her recover, while Zhao Ling’er and Xu Bao’er remained missing.

• Huo Qubing, Xiang Yu, and Lightning Hou overwhelmed Flower Lord, who retreated into the Living Beings Death Sacrifice Grand Formation to escape them.
• Xu Long returned to the Yanhuang Divine Kingdom and found the Red Queen, Haitang, Weak Water, and Xiaobai caring for a confused woman in Lin’s body.
• The Red Queen repaired the woman’s injured soul, allowing Xu Jiao to awaken and explain how she and Lin had become trapped in the same body.
• Xu Jiao confronted Xu Long about his large family, and Xu Long spent the next few days helping her recover her cultivation.
• Xu Long remained with his family and worried that Zhao Ling’er and Xu Bao’er were still missing.

Xu Long entered the world of A Chinese Ghost Story and set out for Lanruo Temple, joining a merchant caravan headed toward Nanguo Town. He learned that the old man leading the caravan had angered a powerful weasel demon, and the group continued toward the danger.

• Xu Long rejected the available identities and used his psychic power to survey the desolate wilderness.
• Xu Long recalled Pudu Cihang’s plans to devour the nation’s fortune and decided to head to Lanruo Temple.
• Xu Long met a merchant caravan and agreed to travel with it toward Nanguo Town after the old man warned him about danger on the road.
• Xu Long found a monk, a Daoist priest, a spirit medium, and a little demon inside the carriage, but kept to himself.
• Xu Long overheard that the old man had provoked a powerful weasel demon that ruled the region around his hometown.

Xu Long killed Yellowhide Ancestor and the weasels who had threatened the old man's family, then confronted a thousand-year-old weasel demon through a psychic imprint. The furious demon prepared to leave seclusion and make the world suffer.

• Countless weasels surrounded the carriage, and Yellowhide Ancestor demanded that the old man and everyone with him die for killing his grandson.
• The old man explained that his grandson had broken a weasel's leg after it stole a chicken, and that the weasels had murdered members of his family in revenge.
• After the monks, Daoist, and minor demon fled, Xu Long refused to leave and said he would kill every weasel.
• Xu Long used his psychic power to shatter the souls of Yellowhide Ancestor and all the weasels present, saving the old man's family.
• Xu Long spoke with the demon who had left a psychic imprint on the slain weasel, defended the humans' actions, and crushed the connection.
• The thousand-year-old weasel demon awoke in his cavern, vowed to make the world suffer, and prepared to emerge from seclusion.

Xu Long settled in Lanruo Temple to wait for Pudu Cihang, while Yan Chixia and Swordsman Xiahou arrived after their repeated duels. That night, Nie Xiaoqian entered Xu Long’s room to seduce him, but his calm reading left her intrigued.

• Xu Long reached Lanruo Temple and chose a room where he planned to wait for Pudu Cihang.
• Swordsman Xiahou challenged Yan Chixia, and their fight ended with both men at Lanruo Temple.
• Xu Long sensed yin energy approaching and opened the Tao Te Ching as Nie Xiaoqian came to his room.
• Nie Xiaoqian expected Xu Long to act like a lustful scholar, but he calmly returned to his book.
• Nie Xiaoqian decided Xu Long was pretending to be devoted to study and walked toward him with growing interest.

Nie Xiaoqian tried to seduce Xu Long to fulfill Tree Demon Granny’s order, but he kept fondling her while refusing to go further. When Granny attacked Lanruo Temple at midnight, Yan Chixia fought back and discovered Xu Long with the naked ghost in a compromising position.

• Nie Xiaoqian tried to entice Xu Long, but he pulled her onto his lap and continued reading the Tao Te Ching.
• Remembering Tree Demon Granny’s deadline and punishment, Nie Xiaoqian undressed and attempted to seduce Xu Long, who kept caressing her without accepting her advances.
• Tree Demon Granny grew impatient and sent her roots through Lanruo Temple to investigate Nie Xiaoqian’s lack of a signal.
• Yan Chixia sensed the demonic aura, drew his sword, and cut through a root that broke into his room.
• Yan Chixia followed the attacking roots into another room and found Nie Xiaoqian sitting on Xu Long while he fondled her.

Xu Long helped Yan Chixia drive off Tree Demon Granny and agreed to join forces to kill her. Yan Chixia realized the wounded demon might prey on Swordsman Xiahou and rushed to warn him, but Xiahou was attacked in the northern forest.

• Yan Chixia fought Tree Demon Granny while Xu Long released Nie Xiaoqian, who fled from him.
• Tree Demon Granny sent roots to attack Xu Long, and he disintegrated them with a touch, forcing her to retreat underground with severe injuries.
• Yan Chixia recognized Xu Long's strength and asked him to help kill Tree Demon Granny, and Xu Long agreed in exchange for the female ghosts.
• Yan Chixia realized Tree Demon Granny might target Swordsman Xiahou to restore herself and hurried north after using a talisman to track her.
• Swordsman Xiahou considered learning spells to rival Yan Chixia, then dodged a root that burst from the ground behind him.

Tree Demon Granny killed Swordsman Xiahou while he tried to escape, and Yan Chixia arrived too late to save him. Xu Long prepared a ritual to curse Tree Demon Granny through a piece of her severed root, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Swordsman Xiahou failed to damage Tree Demon Granny's roots and ran, but she caught him and pierced his chest, draining his vital essence.
• Yan Chixia arrived after Swordsman Xiahou died, severed the root holding his body, and drove Tree Demon Granny's roots away.
• Yan Chixia mourned Swordsman Xiahou and explained that Tree Demon Granny had avoided direct fights during their years of battles.
• Xu Long gave Yan Chixia roast chicken, then set up an altar and used a piece of Tree Demon Granny's severed root to prepare a curse.
• Yan Chixia felt alarmed by Xu Long's talisman as invisible ripples locked onto the root.

Xu Long used a Curse Talisman to curse Tree Demon Granny while she hid underground, and she later discovered that countless insects were devouring her roots. As Tree Demon Granny panicked, Nie Xiaoqian agreed to marry Old Demon of Black Mountain and leave for his territory.

• Xu Long drew Curse Talismans and performed a ritual, cursing Tree Demon Granny to be devoured by worms and gnawed by ants.
• Tree Demon Granny praised Xiaoxue for bringing her fresh yang energy and decided to stay underground until Xu Long left.
• Old Demon of Black Mountain sent zombies with a coffin of betrothal gifts and asked for Nie Xiaoqian's hand.
• Nie Xiaoqian eagerly agreed to marry Old Demon of Black Mountain so she could get farther away from Xu Long.
• Tree Demon Granny opened a jar of human essence blood and souls, then found countless insects devouring her roots.

Xu Long used curse talismans to weaken and destroy Tree Demon Granny as she tried to escape and then charged at him. After killing her, he claimed her treasure chest and absorbed a High-Grade Wood Spirit Stone, while his cultivation and Azure Firmament Celestial Star Formation Diagram continued to advance.

• Tree Demon Granny tore herself out of the earth and emerged in her enormous true form as Yan Chixia watched.
• Xu Long repeatedly cursed Tree Demon Granny, draining her Magic Power and vitality and withering her branches.
• Tree Demon Granny used the plants within a thousand li to locate Xu Long, then rolled toward him in a desperate attack.
• Xu Long cursed Tree Demon Granny to rot into dust, killing her before she could reach him.
• Xu Long opened the Giant Banyan treasure chest, absorbed the High-Grade Wood Spirit Stone, and noted his progress toward the Spirit Severing Stage and his bonded treasure’s advancement.

Xu Long killed Tree Demon Granny’s remaining female ghosts except Nie Xiaoqian and waited with Yan Chixia for Old Demon of Black Mountain’s wedding procession. They entered the Black Mountain Realm, where a sinister boatman approached, while a bald old man tracked Xu Long and opened a rift toward the realm.

• Xu Long killed the female ghosts but kept Nie Xiaoqian alive to draw Old Demon of Black Mountain to Lanruo Temple.
• On the fourth night, Old Demon of Black Mountain’s zombies arrived, and Xu Long killed them before entering the gate with Yan Chixia.
• Xu Long and Yan Chixia surveyed the Black Mountain Realm and saw a dilapidated boat approach with a sinister old man aboard.
• A bald old man tracked Xu Long to the Black Mountain Realm and tore open a rift into it.

Xu Long and Yan Chixia entered the Black Mountain Realm to confront the Old Demon of Black Mountain, but a pursuing bald demon forced them to flee toward the demon’s mountain. The Old Demon sent out an avatar to intercept them, while Xu Long planned to draw both pursuers together and fight them at once.

• Xu Long slapped away a rowing monster and led Yan Chixia toward the strongest sinister aura, where they found the Old Demon of Black Mountain’s enormous true form.
• Yan Chixia suggested leaving when he saw the mountain, but Xu Long spotted a bald old man pursuing them and turned the boat around.
• The bald old man recognized Xu Long as his enemy and shouted for him to stop, but Xu Long sped away to lure him toward the Old Demon of Black Mountain.
• As Xu Long approached the mountain, the Old Demon of Black Mountain warned the intruders and sent a Late Spirit Severing Stage stone avatar to attack.
• Xu Long noted that the Old Demon of Black Mountain had created the Black Mountain Realm to avoid lightning, while the centipede demon Pudu Cihang planned to use the nation's fortune to cleanse his sinister aura and become a true dragon.

Xu Long drew a Lightning Tribulation into the Black Mountain Realm, using its overwhelming power to strike the Old Demon of Black Mountain. After dodging the first bolt with Instant Transmission, he landed on the gravely injured demon as it prepared to attack him.

• Xu Long ran through the Black Mountain Realm as stone men emerged and the old baldy and Yan Chixia pursued him.
• Xu Long flew toward Great Black Mountain and began a Lightning Tribulation, trapping Yan Chixia, the old baldy, and the Old Demon of Black Mountain within its range.
• The tribulation’s power crushed the surrounding stone men, and Xu Long used Instant Transmission to evade the first bolt, suffering spatial backlash and spitting blood.
• The lightning struck the Old Demon of Black Mountain and gravely injured him.
• The Old Demon of Black Mountain raised a stone arm to kill Xu Long, but Xu Long landed directly on him.

Xu Long endured the strengthened Lightning Tribulation, killed Old Demon of Black Mountain, and advanced to the Spirit Severing Stage. He and Yan Chixia waited near Lanruo Temple, where a giant corpse appeared at the chapter’s end.

• Xu Long endured nine lightning bolts, protecting Yan Chixia while the old baldy was destroyed and Old Demon of Black Mountain was reduced to rubble.
• Xu Long finished eroding Old Demon of Black Mountain with sword light, then split his soul and used the heavenly blessing to recover.
• After two days, Xu Long awakened at the Spirit Severing Stage and received a High-Grade Earth Spirit Stone and the Black Mountain Seal from the Main God.
• Xu Long and Yan Chixia left the ruined Black Mountain Realm and waited near Lanruo Temple, uncertain about Ning Caichen and the disrupted events.
• Lanruo Temple collapsed, and a giant corpse appeared; an angry shout followed several seconds later.

Xu Long killed the giant corpse with a spit while waiting for Thousand-Commander Zuo and Fu Tianchou to arrive. Zuo’s party reached Xu Long’s house for the night, where Zuo heard a sound like Pudu Cihang’s Buddhist chants.

• Xu Long killed the giant corpse, and Zhiqiu Yiye entered the house and greeted Yan Chixia.
• Xu Long considered Thousand-Commander Zuo’s martial strength and decided he might make a valuable ally.
• Thousand-Commander Zuo escorted Fu Tianchou toward the capital and stopped at a small house at dusk.
• Xu Long welcomed Zuo and his soldiers into the house, where Yan Chixia and Zhiqiu Yiye were playing chess.
• During the night, Thousand-Commander Zuo heard a strange sound resembling Pudu Cihang’s Buddhist chants.

Xu Long warned that the State Preceptor Pudu Cihang was a demon responsible for the country's decline, but Thousand-Commander Zuo struggled to believe him. When Pudu Cihang arrived to deal with Fu Tianchou, an explosive attack interrupted him and revealed his murderous intent.

• Xu Long told Yan Chixia and Thousand-Commander Zuo that Pudu Cihang was a powerful demon who had eaten the emperor and planned to kill Fu Tianchou.
• Thousand-Commander Zuo rejected Xu Long's claims but decided to ask Pudu Cihang to pardon Fu Tianchou and judge the State Preceptor by his response.
• Thousand-Commander Zuo saw Pudu Cihang arrive with chanting maidservants and a sedan chair, then pleaded for Fu Tianchou's case.
• Pudu Cihang entered the building while his maidservants stopped Thousand-Commander Zuo from following.
• An explosion destroyed a nearby building, and Pudu Cihang accused a demon of interrupting his execution of treacherous ministers.

Xu Long fought Pudu Cihang after the monster revealed his giant Tathagata form and attacked the group. Xu Long destroyed the form with his sword, leaving Pudu Cihang turned to ash.

• Pudu Cihang used the Life-Claiming Sanskrit Chant, but Xu Long resisted it and cut through his human form.
• Pudu Cihang transformed into a giant golden Tathagata, while Thousand-Commander Zuo realized the Dharma Master was a monster.
• Xu Long ordered Yan Chixia and Zhiqiu Yiye to deal with Pudu Cihang's lesser monsters as the old monster attacked with golden light.
• Xu Long evaded Pudu Cihang's palm strike with Instant Transmission and sent sword light that severed and eroded the monster's arm.
• Xu Long surrounded Pudu Cihang with sword light, and the golden Buddha turned to ash and dispersed.

Xu Long burned Pudu Cihang’s centipede body with the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire, but Pudu Cihang used the flames to purge his impurities and transform into a true dragon. Afterward, the two recognized each other as outsiders and began discussing the old gods and the Great Cataclysm.

• Xu Long used Heavenly Eye to unleash the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire on Pudu Cihang’s enormous centipede body.
• As the flames consumed him, Pudu Cihang burned away his centipede flesh and transformed into a true dragon.
• Pudu Cihang thanked Xu Long, and Xu Long guessed that he had joined the faith after being born in a world without buddhas.
• Pudu Cihang revealed his original appearance and asked whether Xu Long had inherited the new gods’ power or was one of them reincarnated.
• Xu Long asked if Pudu Cihang was an old god who had escaped the Investiture of the Gods battle, and Pudu Cihang said he had withdrawn unscathed.
• Pudu Cihang described the old gods who survived the Great Cataclysm as obscure, low-ranking figures who had been overlooked in the primordial age.

Pudu Cihang explained how he used collected bloodlines, his cultivation, and a nation's fortune to awaken dragon blood and transform into a dragon. Xu Long attacked him with the Power of Oblivion, and their clash shattered space before Pudu Cihang revealed the dragon race's power in the spatial turbulence.

• Pudu Cihang recounted how he gathered powerful beings' blood, cultivated the flood dragon's true dragon blood, and sacrificed a nation's fortune to prepare for transformation.
• Xu Long used the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire to burn away Pudu Cihang's demonic body and awaken the will in his dragon bloodline.
• Xu Long rejected Pudu Cihang's offer to spare his life and attacked with Heaven and Earth One Sword.
• Pudu Cihang formed a Geng metal longsword, but Xu Long's Power of Oblivion cut through it.
• Xu Long and Pudu Cihang fought as their attacks shattered space and spatial turbulence engulfed them.
• Pudu Cihang protected himself with blood-red radiance and declared that the dragon race's power was the source of its confidence.