Chapter Summaries

Tu Siyan escaped the Old Beggar’s first attack, but he tracked her down and revealed her eight-tailed form. Their battle tore through Pozi Mountain, and the Old Beggar struggled to contain the destruction after sensing residents in the mountain.

• The Old Beggar freed the soldiers from Tu Siyan’s bewitchment, forced her to reveal herself as a white fox, and captured the foxes with his cloth sack, but Tu Siyan escaped with the gray fox while Ji Yuan vanished.
• The soldiers recovered, found their horses dead, and fled the forest carrying the fox corpses.
• Ji Yuan tracked Tu Siyan from the sky while the Old Beggar pursued her and called on him to hold back.
• Tu Siyan revealed eight tails and shattered a mountain peak, while the Old Beggar used the Mountain Suppressing Technique to strike one of her tails.
• Tu Siyan attacked Pozi Mountain’s peaks and earth veins, and the Old Beggar sensed residents nearby and tried to stabilize the mountain.

The Old Beggar used his Mountain Suppressing Technique to overpower Tu Siyan, but she revealed a borrowed Ninth Tail and turned the fight around. Ji Yuan’s sudden appearance exposed her weakness, and he struck her down with his sword.

• The Old Beggar summoned phantom mountains over Pozi Mountain and began suppressing Tu Siyan, frightening the villagers and the mountain spirit.
• Tu Siyan pleaded for mercy and invoked her Old Ancestor, but the Old Beggar refused to spare her after she had threatened the mountain.
• Tu Siyan drew out a strand of white hair that became a Ninth Tail, unleashing enough demonic power to destabilize the Old Beggar’s technique.
• One of Tu Siyan’s tails knocked Ji Yuan out of concealment, and she realized he had been watching the battle.
• Tu Siyan’s borrowed Ninth Tail faltered when she saw Ji Yuan, allowing him to draw the Green Vine Sword and cut her down, severing a white tail.

Ji Yuan and Old Beggar defeated Tu Siyan and sealed her beneath a mountain, where she would remain unconscious for months. After the battle, villagers and fleeing soldiers saw the aftermath, including a new range of peaks that had joined Pozi Mountain.

• Ji Yuan severed one of Tu Siyan’s tails and captured it with his Universe in the Sleeve technique while Old Beggar completed his Mountain Suppressing Technique.
• Old Beggar’s Mountain Fall Demon Suppression buried Tu Siyan beneath a newly formed mountain and subdued the demon qi around Pozi Mountain.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar found Tu Siyan trapped in a cramped space within the mountain and agreed to question her after she awoke, which Old Beggar said might take six months to a year.
• The fleeing soldiers stopped to catch their breath and hoped the Immortal Masters had won, while villagers believed the Mountain God had suppressed the evil spirit.
• Seven young hunters ventured into the mountains and discovered that a new range of peaks had joined Pozi Mountain.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar tried to summon Pozi Mountain’s mountain god, then Ji Yuan successfully called the hidden deity and appointed a Golden Armored Strongman to guard Tu Siyan. The story then shifted to the imperial capital, where the True Monarch returned amid a violent storm.

• The Old Beggar failed to summon Pozi Mountain’s mountain god because the deity’s connection to the earth veins was weak or the mountain had none.
• Ji Yuan summoned a Golden Armored Strongman and ordered him to guard the mountain and keep Tu Siyan from escaping.
• Ji Yuan noticed that the villagers’ willing power was gathering in the mountains, so he returned and summoned Pozi Mountain’s mountain god.
• The mountain god appeared and repeatedly bowed to Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar, confirming that he had been hiding in the mountains.
• Black clouds gathered above the imperial capital, and a pillar of black lightning shattered the throne room’s roof as the True Monarch returned.

Ji Yuan and Old Mister Lu arranged for Shi Youdao and a Golden Armored Strongman to guard the mountain imprisoning Tu Siyan, the Eight-tailed Fox Demon. After they departed, Ji Yuan and Old Mister Lu compared their divine techniques as they traveled on.

• Ji Yuan asked Shi Youdao to watch over the mountain and protect the seal imprisoning the female demon beneath it.
• Old Mister Lu explained that the new mountain range could strengthen Pozi Mountain’s momentum and help Shi Youdao become an orthodox god.
• Ji Yuan summoned a Golden Armored Strongman to help Shi Youdao guard the mountain and promised to seek official recognition for the Mountain God.
• Ji Yuan warned Shi Youdao that the imprisoned demon was Tu Siyan, an Eight-tailed Fox Demon skilled at persuasion and transformation.
• Shi Youdao greeted the Golden Armored Strongman after Ji Yuan and Old Mister Lu left, and the Divine General told him to guard the mountain and the fiend.
• Ji Yuan and Old Mister Lu discussed their Deity Restraint Techniques, and Old Mister Lu asked about Ji Yuan’s other divine abilities.

Tu Siyan woke beneath the Great Mountain of Fox Suppression and endured the mountain’s punishing pressure before Ji Yuan’s Dragon Saliva Incense helped restore her strength. Left alone, she began manipulating Pozi Mountain’s mountain god, Shi Youdao, while seeking a way to escape.

• Tu Siyan awoke beneath the mountain and learned that attempts to use her Demonic Energy triggered the Mountain Suppressing Technique to crush her.
• Ji Yuan’s Dragon Saliva Incense took effect, easing Tu Siyan’s pain and helping her recover some vitality.
• Tu Siyan shouted until Shi Youdao, the mountain god of Pozi Mountain, came to investigate her cries.
• Shi Youdao introduced himself as the Orthodox God of the mountain, and Tu Siyan flattered him by addressing him as Lord Mountain God.
• Tu Siyan tested Shi Youdao by asking about the mountain spring and the Divine General, then hinted that she might have listened to Ji Yuan before her capture.
• Shi Youdao grew curious about Tu Siyan’s ambiguous remark but eventually left without questioning her.

News of the supernatural upheaval at Pozi Mountain spread through Bianrong Prefecture, prompting the Celestial Master Bureau to investigate. Shi Youdao tried to turn the investigators back, but when they attempted to climb the sealed mountain, the Golden Armored Giant appeared and barred anyone with Spiritual Qi from approaching.

• A Celestial Master Bureau practitioner heard market vendors recount how towering peaks had appeared at Pozi Mountain and driven wild animals from the area.
• The Bianrong Prefecture Celestial Master Bureau sent three Immortal Masters and martial artists to investigate after its soldiers reported what had happened.
• The investigators struggled through thick vines and thorns, used Turtle Divination without success, and found the new peaks towering over the surrounding hills.
• Shi Youdao appeared as a Spirit Monster and warned the group that High Immortals had sealed a powerful demon beneath the mountain.
• Immortal Master Zhao ordered Shi Youdao to lead them closer, and some investigators tried to climb the mountain despite his warning.
• The Golden Armored Giant struck the climbers back and declared that, by the honored one's decree, he guarded the mountain and barred anyone bearing Spiritual Qi from approaching.

The Celestial Master Bureau withdrew from Pozi Mountain after the Golden Armored Divine General warned them away, while Shi Youdao arranged to keep them informed about the sealed mountain. In the Great Show capital, Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar found former sea commander Qiao Yong selling vegetables and accepted his invitation to visit his home.

• The Golden Armored Divine General ordered the Celestial Master Bureau cultivators to leave, and Shi Youdao accompanied them from the Sealed Mountain.
• Shi Youdao told the cultivators that the Golden Armored Divine General guarded an extraordinary demon and asked them to post warnings against approaching the mountain.
• Tu Siyan tried to draw the Golden Armored Divine General into conversation, but he ignored her without reacting.
• After two days in the Great Show capital, Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar encountered Qiao Yong as he packed up his vegetable stall.
• Qiao Yong recognized Ji Yuan, offered to take him and the Old Beggar to the Imperial Advisor, and invited them to stay at his home for the night.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar visited Qiao Yong at his diminished family manor and learned why he had been stripped of office after returning from the East Sea without an Immortal Pill. Qiao Yong explained that he had helped his injured fleet companions with his own resources, and the chapter left Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar understanding his circumstances.

• Qiao Yong led Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar to Qiao Manor, where he welcomed them with formal ceremony and ordered a lavish dinner prepared.
• Qiao Yong told Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar that Emperor Da Xiu had imprisoned him after he returned with only Ji Yuan’s spoken promise and officials accused him of fabricating the message.
• Qiao Yong explained that the Imperial Advisor had determined he was telling the truth and spared him after failing to divine Ji Yuan.
• Qiao Yong said he was released after another expedition’s leader fled with its supplies, but he remained stripped of office.
• Qiao Yong told Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar that he had used his own resources to support injured fleet companions whose pensions had been reduced.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar visited Qiao Yong’s family, uncovered Qiao De’s secret ties to the Celestial Master Bureau, and then went there with Qiao Yong to find the Imperial Advisor. When they learned the advisor was at the capital’s City God temple, the Old Beggar summoned the City God of Great Zhen’s Capital directly.

• Qiao Yong welcomed Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar to dinner, and Ji Yuan gave the family’s children chicken legs.
• That night, Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar confronted Qiao De as he secretly left to contact the Celestial Master Bureau; Qiao De said he planned to protect Qiao Yong’s family if no immortal arrived by next autumn.
• Qiao De went to the Celestial Master Bureau, and Qiao Yong brought Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar there the next morning.
• After the guards said the Imperial Advisor was absent, Ji Yuan revealed that the advisor was with Emperor Da Xiu at the capital’s City God temple.
• The Old Beggar summoned the City God of Great Zhen’s Capital, who appeared before him in astonishment.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar summoned the Great Show capital’s City God to bring Imperial Advisor Men Yutong to them. The Old Emperor accompanied Men Yutong to the Celestial Master Bureau, but Ji Yuan sent the Emperor and Qiao Yong outside before the discussion could begin.

• The Old Beggar summoned City God Chu Ning at the Celestial Master Bureau, and Chu Ning agreed to fetch Imperial Advisor Men Yutong.
• Chu Ning returned to the City God Temple and told Men Yutong and Emperor Da Xiu that Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar were waiting for them.
• Men Yutong went to the Celestial Master Bureau with Emperor Da Xiu, who chose to meet the Immortal Masters despite Men Yutong's warning.
• Emperor Da Xiu greeted Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar, and Men Yutong paid his respects to them.
• Ji Yuan sent Emperor Da Xiu, Qiao Yong, and their attendants outside the courtyards, leaving the Emperor unable to hear the discussion.

The Old Emperor questioned Qiao Yong about his hardship and ordered an investigation into how Qiao Yong’s former subordinates had been treated. In the Celestial Master Bureau, Ji Yuan tested the Imperial Advisor’s Xiezhi painting against a Golden-Red Feather, and their clash released a terrifying demonic aura.

• The Old Emperor asked Qiao Yong how he had met Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar, then learned that Qiao Yong had sold his possessions to help his former subordinates.
• The Old Emperor ordered a guard to investigate whether officials had withheld relief from Qiao Yong’s former subordinates while Qiao Yong continued his account.
• Ji Yuan asked Men Yutong about the Xiezhi Pendant and learned that Men Yutong had a painting of the divine beast that responded to Spiritual Qi and magical power.
• Ji Yuan held a Golden-Red Feather before the Xiezhi painting, and the beast reacted to it as Men Yutong poured in more power.
• The Old Beggar took over holding the painting as Ji Yuan strengthened the feather, causing Black Flame and Golden-Red Fire to collide and fill the hall with a terrifying demonic aura.

Ji Yuan and Old Beggar tested the feather against Men Yutong’s Xiezhi scroll, provoking a blast that wrecked the Celestial Master Bureau’s Main Hall. The scroll revealed no clear origins, but Ji Yuan left believing the feather came from a creature as powerful as Xiezhi, perhaps a Golden Crow or Bi Fang.

• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar increased their Spiritual Qi and magical power as they held the feather and Xiezhi scroll against each other, while Men Yutong and the other cultivators struggled to endure the demon aura.
• The scroll trembled and formed a black-flame claw that struck at Ji Yuan’s Golden-Red Feather, and Ji Yuan countered it with the Mountain Shaking Seal.
• The collision shattered the Main Hall, alarming Emperor Da Xiu and prompting him to send two Guards to check on Men Yutong and the Immortal Masters.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar stopped their test and questioned Men Yutong, who said he had found the painting in the Great Show royal treasury but knew nothing of its origins.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar failed to learn more from the scroll, and Ji Yuan guessed that the feather came from a Golden Crow or Bi Fang.

After the Celestial Master Bureau was damaged by the clash between Ji Yuan and Old Beggar, the two searched Great Xiu’s treasure vault and Imperial Study for unusual items. Ji Yuan found a Gold Thread Rope that Old Beggar said was not of the Five Elements.

• Ji Yuan apologized to Imperial Advisor Men Yutong for damaging the Celestial Master Bureau, then asked to inspect the palace treasure vault.
• Men Yutong reported that the Immortal Masters were unharmed, and the Old Emperor granted their request to enter the vault.
• Ji Yuan and Old Beggar searched the treasure vault but found nothing they wanted to take.
• The Old Emperor led Ji Yuan and Old Beggar to the Imperial Study after they declined his invitation to dine.
• Ji Yuan noticed a Gold Thread Rope binding a scroll, removed it, and examined it with Old Beggar.
• Old Beggar observed that the Gold Thread Rope was not of the Five Elements.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar discovered that the strange Gold Thread Silk had originally bound the Xiezhi Scroll, and the Old Emperor let them keep it. After dinner at Qiao Manor, Men Yutong entrusted the scroll to Ji Yuan, who could not explain its secrets, leaving the Old Beggar even more certain that Ji Yuan concealed extraordinary origins.

• Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar found that the Gold Thread Rope belonged to none of the Five Elements and discovered it had once bound the Xiezhi Scroll.
• The Old Emperor gave Ji Yuan the Gold Thread Rope, and Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar declined his dinner invitation in favor of eating at Qiao Manor.
• Qiao Yong returned to his manor, while Men Yutong decided the Xiezhi Scroll was too dangerous for him to keep and later delivered it to Qiao Manor.
• Ji Yuan cooked for the Qiao family, including a tender fish dish, and shared wine from a Thousand Dou Pot with the others.
• The Old Beggar asked Ji Yuan about the scroll's meaning, but Ji Yuan said he could not explain it, so the Old Beggar retired and privately wondered what kind of divine being Ji Yuan was.

Ji Yuan tested the Gold Thread Rope and discovered that it could reconnect after being cut, but Samadhi True Fire transformed a piece into a gleaming, exceptionally durable material. Intrigued, he prepared to test whether he could refine the rope into a treasure infused with the Five Elements.

• Ji Yuan found that the Gold Thread Rope responded precisely to his thoughts and snapped when he pulled it with great force, then rejoined seamlessly when its ends met.
• Ji Yuan cut the rope with the Green Vine Immortal Sword and confirmed that the segments fused back together despite the sword's wounds.
• Ji Yuan burned a short rope tip with Samadhi True Fire, changing it into a rigid golden segment that resisted his strength and a casual strike from the Green Vine Sword.
• Old Beggar Lu asked Ji Yuan to stop making noise, and Ji Yuan apologized, put away the rope and Xiezhi Scroll, and returned to his room.
• Ji Yuan sealed his room with talismans and dharma coins, gathered refining materials representing four of the Five Elements, and prepared to test fusing them into the Gold Thread Rope.

Ji Yuan experimented with refining the Gold Thread Rope and sought Old Mister Lu’s advice on incorporating the Five Elements, yin and yang, and his powerful divine abilities into a treasure. Old Mister Lu was astonished by Ji Yuan’s resources, and the two began discussing how to refine the treasure despite Ji Yuan’s lack of an earth-aspected spiritual object.

• Ji Yuan tested Samadhi True Fire on Refined Silkworm Thread and a golden scale, but the thread burned away and the scale’s Gui Water essence burst into steam.
• After experimenting through the night, Ji Yuan concluded that refining the treasure would require experience, special methods, and perhaps an earth spiritual object.
• At dawn, Ji Yuan told Old Mister Lu about the Gold Thread Rope experiments and asked for his guidance over tea and honey.
• Ji Yuan described his plans for using Samadhi True Fire and Heavenly Dao Tribulation Thunder, then demonstrated both abilities to Old Mister Lu.
• Ji Yuan explained that his golden scale came from a Mirror Sea Golden Scale Sturgeon and discussed the Gold Thread Rope’s metal aspect, prompting Old Mister Lu to focus on finding an earth element and refining methods.

After Qiao Yong was restored to his former post, Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar departed, leaving him a letter and a bottle of Dragon Saliva Incense for the Old Emperor. The Old Emperor drank the potent wine and passed out, while Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar headed toward Pozi Mountain after sensing that Tu Siyan had awakened.

• Gong Shun delivered the Old Emperor’s decree restoring Qiao Yong to his former post and asked him to pass along the emperor’s wish to meet Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar.
• Qiao Yong found Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar gone, but discovered Ji Yuan’s letter and a jade bottle of Dragon Saliva Incense left behind with the breakfast dishes.
• Men Yutong recognized the wine as genuine Wine of Longevity brewed by a True Dragon, and the Old Emperor drank the entire bottle.
• The Old Emperor became drunk and collapsed, so Qiao Yong and Gong Shun carried him to rest while Men Yutong saved the bottle’s lingering fragrance.
• Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar traveled toward Pozi Mountain and sensed that Tu Siyan had awakened.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar visited Tu Siyan beneath the mountain and questioned her about her schemes, but she evaded them and they left her imprisoned. After the Golden Armored Strongman strengthened the seal, Tu Siyan sensed that the gray fox had returned and became certain she would escape.

• Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar descended to Pozi Mountain and spoke with the imprisoned Tu Siyan.
• The Old Beggar refused to release Tu Siyan, offering only to shorten her sentence from a hundred years to sixty.
• Ji Yuan questioned Tu Siyan about the curse on Young Master Xiao, her attacks on mortals, and Jade Fox Cave Heaven's plans, but she denied wrongdoing and changed the subject.
• Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar left, telling Tu Siyan they would speak again after the Immortal Dao Convention.
• Tu Siyan sensed the gray fox's familiar scent, and the Golden Armored Strongman strengthened the mountain seal after she sang.
• Tu Siyan realized the fox had returned and concluded that she would escape.

Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar searched Ruan Mountain Ferry for an earth-spirit treasure to forge a magic weapon and found Mountain God Jade at Spirit Treasure Pavilion. Ji Yuan traded one hundred As-You-Wish Money for it, securing a suitable material for their plans.

• The Old Beggar and Ji Yuan discussed Tu Siyan's lies and whether the Nine-tailed Fox knew she had been suppressed, but could not determine who was behind her actions.
• The Old Beggar suggested searching Ruan Mountain Ferry for an earth-spirit treasure, and he and Ji Yuan found nothing suitable in the market until they visited Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
• A steward showed Ji Yuan and the Old Beggar Mountain God Jade, demonstrating how it controlled and transformed earth.
• Ji Yuan offered his As-You-Wish Money for the Mountain God Jade, and the steward tested one coin by using it to condense earth into gold.
• Ji Yuan agreed to trade one hundred As-You-Wish Money for the Mountain God Jade.