Chapter Summaries

The Devil Race members failed to locate Jade Void Mountain with their Divine Abilities and debated whether to attack or search elsewhere. They chose to search across Great Shang without alerting the sect, while Jade Void Mountain remained hidden above the clouds.

• The Devil Cultivators used their Divine Abilities to search the clouds but found no trace of Jade Void Mountain.
• The regrouped Devil Cultivators confirmed that none of them had located the sect and grew wary that it might be concealed nearby.
• A Devil Race great power warned that a broad spell attack could alert the sect and destroy their advantage if Jade Void Mountain was elsewhere.
• The Devil Race members agreed to search throughout Great Shang, avoiding attacks on mortals and the immortal sect's disciples.
• After the Devil Race members departed, Jade Void Mountain was revealed to be hidden above the clouds, unseen by their Divine Abilities or naked eyes.

Fang Zelin learned that Devil Race mighty figures were searching for the hidden immortal sect near Jade Void Mountain, but the Five Directions Flags concealed the mountain gate from them. After discussing the risks with Yunzi, he decided to wait until the scattered enemies gathered, then ambush and kill them all.

• Disciples used a bronze mirror to show Fang Zelin Devil Race mighty figures searching near Jade Void Mountain, and he confirmed they had not found the sect because of the Five Directions Flags.
• Fang Zelin told the disciples to use the mirror to monitor the Devil Race and report any threat to the people.
• Yunzi proposed attacking the dozen or so Devil Race mighty figures, and Fang Zelin agreed to wait until they gathered so the sect could ambush them together.
• Yunzi left to inform Zhenke and the other fellow Daoists so they could prepare for the ambush.

Yunzi prepared the sect leaders and elite disciples to attack the Devil Race’s mighty figures once they gathered. Meanwhile, Old Devil Lin and Old Devil Wu’s growing unease proved widespread among the devils, and the chapter ended as they realized this place might be the source of their premonition.

• Yunzi instructed the disciples watching with the Law Treasure to monitor the devils and alert the sect leaders if reinforcements appeared.
• Yunzi gained the sect leaders’ agreement to strike the devil mighty figures and summoned elite disciples to prepare for battle.
• After searching Great Shang without finding the immortal sect, Old Devil Lin met Old Devil Wu and discovered that they both felt inexplicably restless.
• Old Devil Lin and Old Devil Wu went to join the other devils, and the watching disciples reported that the devils were gathering.
• Old Devil Lin and Old Devil Wu told the gathered devils about their unease, and several others revealed they felt the same worsening premonition.

The Devil Race gathered at the immortal sect’s suspected location, but its members grew increasingly uneasy despite finding no danger with their Divine Abilities. Fang Zelin led the Daoist Sect disciples in a surprise attack, and the chapter ended as they unleashed their Law Treasures against the Devil Cultivators.

• Old Devil Lin and the other Devil Cultivators discovered that everyone at the gathering felt the same growing dread, though none could find anything unusual nearby.
• The Devil Cultivators argued over whether to leave or stay, and the last member of their kind arrived, felt the danger even more strongly, and tried to depart.
• Fang Zelin saw that the final Devil Cultivator was about to join the gathering and ordered the disciples to choose targets and kill them in one strike.
• The Daoist Sect disciples appeared among golden light and clouds, revealing themselves to the startled Devil Cultivators.
• Fang Zelin asked whether the disciples had chosen their targets, and they began channeling Law Power before hurling their Law Treasures into the air.

Fang Zelin and the immortal sect disciples used powerful Law Treasures to overwhelm and capture the gathered Devil Cultivators. Before returning to Jade Void Mountain to suppress their captives, Fang Zelin left ten disciples behind to guard the site for a hundred years.

• Old Devil Lin and the other Devil Cultivators transformed and prepared to fight the cultivators waiting above the clouds.
• A disciple rang the Chaos Bell, scattering the Devil Cultivators’ devil Qi and disrupting their Law Techniques.
• The disciples used umbrellas, a Pill Furnace, and other Law Treasures to capture and attack the Devil Cultivators.
• As the Devil Cultivators fled, Old Devil Lin tried to send a severed finger as a warning, but Fang Zelin burned it away and the disciples captured Lin.
• Fang Zelin ordered ten disciples to guard the site for a hundred years, left the Demon-Slaying Gourd with them, and led the others back to Jade Void Mountain.

After returning to Jade Void Mountain, the cultivators refined their captured Devil Race mighty figures with Law Treasures, stripping away their cultivation and recovering Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune. Fang Zelin left the sect leaders to guard the prisoners while he returned to planting medicinal herbs.

• The cultivators and disciples poured Law Power into the Law Treasures to suppress and refine the captured Devil Race mighty figures.
• Two Devil Race mighty figures were struck by five-colored light that passed through their defenses and stripped away three hundred years of cultivation with each sweep.
• Fang Zelin and the sect leaders watched Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune flow out of the Law Treasures and return to the immortal sects.
• Fang Zelin estimated that refining the captured demons would restore a little more than one-fiftieth of the sects' current Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune.
• Fang Zelin asked the sect leaders to guard the Law Treasures and left for Yingping Peak to plant medicinal herbs.

The immortal sect disciples weakened and imprisoned the Devil Race mighty figures in the Law Treasure, while Fang Zelin and the sect leaders considered the threat still remaining in the Devil Race lands. Yunzi praised Fang Zelin for restoring the immortal sects, then joined him to discuss the Dao of water.

• Yunzi ordered the disciples to stop draining the Devil Race mighty figures and keep them imprisoned instead of killing them, so the Devil Race lands would not be alerted.
• The disciples sealed the weakened devils inside the Law Treasure and put them to sleep, while the captives feared their clansmen would face the same power.
• The sect leaders told Fang Zelin that the devils’ cultivation had been stripped away, and he urged the disciples to make time to cultivate because the number of enemies was unknown.
• Yunzi praised Fang Zelin for reclaiming the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune and strengthening the immortal sects, and recalled how the Law Treasure had changed their prospects against the Devil Race.
• Fang Zelin and Yunzi sat together beside a stream and exchanged insights about the Dao of water.

The Devil Race, unable to recover the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, sent cultivators to investigate the immortal sect and attack the Human Race with help from the Demon Race. A Dinggui Mountain disciple reported the threat to Senior Fang, leaving the immortal sect aware of the coming attack.

• The Devil Cultivators checked the life lamps of the missing scouts and found them all intact.
• The Devil Cultivators suspected the scouts might have kept the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune and agreed to send juniors to investigate for signs of a battle.
• The Devil Cultivators also ordered an attack on the Human Race, and countless Devil Cultivators set out for the human dynasty with members of the Demon Race.
• A Dinggui Mountain disciple arrived at Yingping Peak and told Senior Fang that the Devil Race was forcing the Demon Race to join an attack on the mortal dynasty.

After learning that demons and Devil Cultivators had conquered nearly every dynasty, Fang Zelin and the sect leaders sent fifth- and sixth-generation disciples to aid the Shang Dynasty and Great Yu. The two armies were still struggling at Pingshan Ridge, with their commanders desperate for help from the missing immortals.

• Fang Zelin and Yunzi learned that demons and Devil Cultivators had infiltrated the mortal world and seized all but the Shang Dynasty and Great Yu.
• A Dinggui Mountain disciple explained that patrol and mirror-monitoring lapses had delayed the discovery, and Fang Zelin ordered the negligent disciples to receive punishment from their sect leaders.
• Fang Zelin and the sect leaders agreed to send fifth- and sixth-generation disciples down the mountain to fight the demons and devils, and the disciples hurried toward the battlefield.
• At Pingshan Ridge, the Shang Dynasty and Great Yu commanders discussed their repeated defeats and their inability to find any immortals who could help them.

An old Daoist and his young disciple faced the prospect of the army’s defeat by a demon host, and the master explained why he would not flee: his Daoist teachings demanded that he uphold justice. At dawn, the demons advanced on the city, bringing the army to what appeared to be a decisive battle.

• The old Daoist told the commanders that he and his disciple could not defeat the many powerful demons or the Devil Cultivator leading them.
• The young attendant asked why his master had come to fight, and the old Daoist explained that fleeing would betray the booklet’s teaching to uphold justice and protect the righteous path.
• The old Daoist offered to help his disciple escape, but the boy refused to abandon the master who had cared for him and accepted the booklet to study.
• At dawn, enemy-attack drums roused the army, and the old Daoist and his disciple joined the commanders and soldiers on the city wall.
• A horn sounded, and the demon-controlled enemy troops advanced toward the city.

A city’s defenders struggled against an army of corpse soldiers until immortals arrived and destroyed a mountain thrown at the walls. The Devil Cultivators confronted the immortal sect disciples, defending their rise through stolen Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune and declaring that victory would decide who was right.

• The defenders discovered that rain had washed the cinnabar from their arrows, reapplied it, and began destroying corpse soldiers with their shots.
• A Devil Cultivator ordered a tiger demon to lift a mountain and hurl it at the city, while the old Daoist’s talisman transformed into a saber that shattered against the demon.
• The mountain broke apart before reaching the walls, and immortal cultivators arrived on flying swords as the soldiers cheered.
• The Devil Cultivators and demons flew out to face the immortals, whose disciples condemned them for slaughtering people and turning an army into corpse soldiers.
• A fifth-generation disciple accused the Devil Cultivators of stealing the Immortal Sect Karmic Fortune, and the Devil Cultivators answered that the winner takes the crown.

Daoist Sect disciples confronted Devil Cultivators and the demons they had forced into battle, relying on an array of powerful Law Treasures to kill most of the demons. The Devil Cultivators watched in disbelief, wondering whether cultivation and Divine Abilities still mattered in a world where Law Treasures dominated combat.

• A Jade Void Mountain disciple warned his fellow Daoists that the Devil Cultivators were formidable, and the disciples prepared their Law Treasures while Yellow Turban Strongmen attacked the corpse soldiers.
• The Devil Cultivators forced the frightened demons to charge the Daoist Sect disciples, threatening them when they tried to retreat.
• The disciples unleashed their Law Treasures, and the Demon-Binding Rope sealed a rat demon's Law Power before a sword killed him.
• A tiger demon tried to catch the Mountain-Overturning Seal but was crushed, and the other Law Treasures killed more than half of the demons.
• The Devil Cultivators questioned why the disciples relied on Law Treasures instead of their cultivation and Divine Abilities, and wondered whether the times had changed.

The cultivators used their powerful Law Treasures to break through the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and defeat the Devil Cultivators. As they prepared to leave, the old Daoist called out to ask them to wait.

• A Rising Tide Valley disciple used the Li Fire Fan to incinerate the remaining demons, and the cultivators discussed its power.
• Wu Hunyi urged the Devil Cultivators to fight, and they unleashed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to conceal themselves and attack.
• The cultivators swept their Law Treasures in every direction, killing nearby Devil Cultivators and tearing holes through the banner.
• The black clouds dispersed, revealing that the cultivators had defeated all the demons and devils while the soldiers and the old Daoist watched from below.
• The cultivators decided to leave and search elsewhere, but the old Daoist bowed and shouted, "Immortal elders, please wait!"

Yunxi brought an elderly Daoist and his young attendant back to the Daoist Sect after he used an ancient book to learn a few Daoist arts and stood against the yaomo. At the Ancient Cloud Temple, Zhenke considered the old Daoist’s request to join and the Heart-Questioning Trial.

• An old Daoist sent a talisman-bearing arrow toward the Daoist Sect disciples, and Yunxi flew down to question him about his Daoist arts and ancient book.
• Yunxi and her junior brothers agreed to take the old Daoist and his young attendant to the mountain so the seniors could decide whether they could join the sect.
• Yunxi brought the pair through the mountain’s gates, where the old Daoist marveled at the immortal realm and worried about passing the sect’s assessment.
• Yunxi explained the pair’s situation to a senior brother, then took them to the Ancient Cloud Temple to meet Zhenke.
• Zhenke considered the old Daoist’s advanced age and thought that he could only enter the Daoist Sect by attempting the Heart-Questioning Trial.

Zhen Ke arranged for an old Daoist and his disciple to take the Heart-Questioning Trial, while Fang Zelin visited Jade Willow Mountain to obtain a technique for combating the Devil Race. As Fang Zelin traveled onward, he found signs of the mortal world's suffering and encountered starving refugees, whom he prepared to help.

• Zhen Ke offered the old Daoist the Heart-Questioning Trial, and he asked that his disciple be allowed to enter with him.
• Fang Zelin arrived, learned that the old Daoist and his disciple were about to take the trial, and used his Dharma Eye to see their recent causes and effects.
• Fang Zelin asked Zhen Ke for Jade Willow Mountain's Golden Mouth and Jade Voice technique and its green jade, then set off down the mountain to study it.
• Fang Zelin found scorched earth, corpses, and a Land God Temple whose local land god had vanished after being attacked.
• Fang Zelin came upon a starving group of refugees who eyed the children among them, so he took rice balls from his sleeve to help them.

Fang Zelin gave starving refugees spirit rice and directed them toward the armies of Great Shang and Great Yu, then practiced a Daoist Law Technique as he traveled. He met Ran Qianqian in a carriage, and she recognized him as the immortal depicted in her family’s ancient portrait.

• Fang Zelin fed a group of starving refugees and urged them to follow the road toward Great Shang and Great Yu for help.
• Fang Zelin studied the Law Technique and successfully summoned wind, fire, clouds, and rain, but stopped when a more difficult attempt threatened to cause backlash.
• A carriage party asked Fang Zelin where he came from, and he told them he was from Great Shang and that immortals had slain the demons there.
• Ran Qianqian decided to travel to Great Shang after hearing that immortals had intervened, then showed Fang Zelin the portrait of an immortal kept by her family.
• Ran Qianqian looked at Fang Zelin and recognized him as the immortal in the portrait.

Fang Zelin met Ran Qianqian, a descendant of the painter Ran Ziming, and reclaimed the portrait he had once promised to collect. Unable to grant her wish to cultivate immortality or gain eternal life, he heard her settle on a request for her descendants’ safety and prosperity.

• Ran Qianqian recognized Fang Zelin as an immortal and revealed that Ran Ziming was her ancestor.
• Fang Zelin remembered his agreement with Ran Ziming, examined the portrait, and offered Ran Qianqian one request in exchange for taking it.
• Ran Qianqian asked to cultivate immortality, but Fang Zelin judged that she lacked affinity for the immortal path and explained the Daoist Sect’s demanding requirements.
• Ran Qianqian asked for a way to attain eternal life, but Fang Zelin warned her of the dangers and loneliness it would bring.
• After confirming that her journey ahead would be safe, Ran Qianqian asked Fang Zelin to bless her descendants with health, peace, and prosperity.

Fang Zelin agreed to help Ran Qianqian with a Blessing Technique and arranged for them to stay at an abandoned post station while she prepared. Later, at Seeking Dao Mountain, he learned from the old fisherman that he repeatedly forgot what happened there, and the fisherman offered to teach him tricks for the Golden Mouth and Jade Voice Technique.

• Fang Zelin agreed to bless Ran Qianqian after she spent three days bathing, burning incense, and meditating without distractions.
• Fang Zelin restored an abandoned post station, where Ran Qianqian arranged for her household servants and martial artists to stay.
• Fang Zelin struggled to study the Law Technique while Ran Qianqian prepared for the blessing.
• At Seeking Dao Mountain, Fang Zelin asked the old fisherman why he could not remember what happened there, and learned that he had asked the same questions many times before.
• The old fisherman was astonished that Fang Zelin had begun learning the Golden Mouth and Jade Voice Technique, then took him to explain its lost tricks.

Fang Zelin received the ancient insights into The Law Follows One's Words from the old Daoist and mastered the Divine Ability. With his forgotten memories of Seeking Dao Mountain restored, he offered to take the long-secluded Daoists out to see the modern immortal sects.

• The old Daoist explained that The Law Follows One's Words came from merging with the Dao and revealed that ancient Daoists had preserved their collective insights for someone capable of mastering it.
• Fang Zelin accepted the one-use book of insights, and its golden characters entered his mind before the book crumbled to ash.
• Fang Zelin studied the insights while the old Daoist and the others anxiously waited.
• Fang Zelin opened his eyes and said he had learned the Divine Ability, then recovered memories of his earlier visits to Seeking Dao Mountain.
• Fang Zelin offered to take the old Daoist and the others out to see the modern world, saying he could do so now.

Fang Zelin completed Ran Qianqian’s blessing and departed, while she and her household set out under the protection of the blessing. He then arrived beneath a city and found surviving underworld officials and gods fighting demons alongside cultivators.

• Fang Zelin finished cultivating his Divine Ability and prepared to complete Ran Qianqian’s blessing before leaving.
• Fang Zelin led Ran Qianqian through the blessing ceremony, using The Law Follows One's Words to bestow protection and good fortune upon her.
• Fang Zelin warned Ran Qianqian to do good and not rely on her blessing to commit evil, then departed after declaring their affinity had ended.
• Ran Qianqian instructed her servants to pack up and set off, while the martial artists accompanying her felt safer from demons after her blessing.
• Fang Zelin appeared beneath a city and saw cultivators and surviving underworld officials fighting demons; he noticed the underworld gods’ soul bodies were fading and considered finding incense to restore them.