Chapter Summaries

Cao Youqian impressed Giant God Academy with his extreme body-cultivation methods and agreed to join its campaign against the Fire God Sect. A month later, he assembled with the academy’s forces, where two figures approached from the horizon.

• Cao Youqian shared rare holy wine with the banquet guests, winning their favor.
• Cao Youqian described tempering his body with earth fire and an Extreme Yin holy vein, astonishing the academy’s cultivators.
• Cao Youqian urged the cultivators to break their limits, and the Heaven-Supporting Great Sage arranged for him to join the campaign against the Fire God Sect.
• Cao Youqian spent a month sparring with Giant God Academy’s Great Sages and receiving their guidance.
• Cao Youqian led the assembled forces in the academy plaza, where two figures flew toward them from the horizon.

Cao Youqian traveled with Giant God Academy’s elders and told them about Chu Feng’s mastery of every Dao and the hundred arts. Back at Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng approved Wang Baole’s trip to a cooking competition and welcomed Great Sage Benlei, who planned to stay and seek his guidance.

• Cao Youqian boarded a Giant God Academy flying ship with Elders Eight Treasures and Profound Crystal, then served them tea.
• Cao Youqian described Chu Feng’s Buddhist-style life, his command of all Daos, and his mastery of the hundred arts to the two Great Sages.
• Wang Baole told Chu Feng he had received an invitation to the God of Cooking competition in Unrivaled City, and Chu Feng let him go.
• Shi Xuan told Chu Feng that Great Sage Benlei had brought a descendant seeking a master, and Chu Feng arranged for Benlei to visit him.
• Great Sage Benlei arrived at Chu Feng’s courtyard and said he wanted to stay at Dao-Seeking Academy and ask for cultivation guidance.

Great Sage Benlei received a week of sparring and Dao instruction from Chu Feng, while Cao Youqian proposed using himself as bait to draw out the Fire God Sect. The two Great Sages were tempted by his plan but asked whether his claimed trump card could truly suppress an ordinary Saint.

• Great Sage Golden Wing took Great Sage Benlei to spar with Dao-Seeking Academy’s chiefs, helping him build a reputation.
• Chu Feng taught Great Sage Benlei about the thunder scripture and clarified his shortcomings in a Dao lecture.
• Aboard Giant God Academy’s flying boats, Cao Youqian asked Great Sage Eight Treasures and Great Sage Profound Crystal why the Fire God Sect would not flee.
• Cao Youqian proposed posing as a Divine Physique bearer near the Fire God Sect to lure its forces into a trap.
• Cao Youqian claimed he had a trump card that could suppress an ordinary Saint, and Great Sage Eight Treasures asked if that was true.

Cao Youqian planned to lure the Fire God Sect into a trap by revealing his Immortal Physique and using himself as bait. After the Giant God Academy’s party reached the Frenzied Lion Kingdom, he made a public show of his status, and word quickly reached the sect’s hidden followers.

• Cao Youqian told Great Sage Blazing Sun, Great Sage Eight Treasures, and Great Sage Profound Crystal that he would reveal his Immortal Physique to attract the Fire God Sect.
• Cao Youqian explained his plan and asked Great Sage Profound Crystal to find disciples willing to accompany him to the sect’s headquarters.
• Several days later, the Giant God Academy’s airship landed outside the royal city of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom.
• Great Sage Eight Treasures and Great Sage Profound Crystal presented Cao Youqian as the academy’s Holy Son to the Frenzied Lion King.
• Cao Youqian attended the royal banquet, and news of his reputation reached the Fire God Sect followers hidden in the city.

At the Frenzied Lion Kingdom’s royal banquet, Cao Youqian demonstrated his overwhelming power by clearing the clouds and raising a sun over the city, shocking the gathered cultivators. The Fire God Sect, which had been plotting to capture him for his bloodline, was terrified by his display.

• Elder Xiong ordered the Fire God Sect to investigate Cao Youqian, hoping to capture him and help their sect leader become a Saint.
• At the royal banquet, Great Sage Eight Treasures praised Cao Youqian’s strength, and Cao announced that he would make the sun and moon shine together above Frenzied Lion King City.
• Cao Youqian released his pressure across the palace and city, then formed a red sun that drove away the darkness and turned night into dawn.
• The Frenzied Lion King and the Fire God Sect members trembled under Cao Youqian’s pressure, while Elder Xiong admitted he was frightened.
• Cao Youqian withdrew his presence and returned to his seat, leaving the banquet in stunned silence.

Cao Youqian recruited seventy-two followers and set out to travel through the kingdoms, secretly waiting for a Fire God Sect spy among them to reveal himself. After more than half a month on the road, he chose to enter Cloud Witch Mountain and asked a former resident named Black Harrier to guide him.

• Cao Youqian told Great Sage Eight Treasures to recruit followers and gave him a jade tablet to conceal his presence.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal selected seventy-two young cultivators, and Cao Youqian departed Frenzied Lion King City with them.
• Cao Youqian revealed that he had spotted a Fire God Sect spy among the followers by the greed and excitement in his eyes.
• After traveling for more than half a month, Cao Youqian decided to pass through Cloud Witch Mountain despite its dangers.
• The prince of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom introduced Black Harrier, who had lived in Cloud Witch Mountain for over ten years, and Cao Youqian asked whether he truly knew the mountain.

Cao Youqian tested Black Harrier and let him lead the group into Cloud Witch Mountain, while secretly anticipating a trap and preparing for the Fire God Sect’s destruction. After three days of travel, Black Harrier said they were two days from the dangerous place he had promised to show them.

• Cao Youqian questioned Black Harrier about Great Sages and Half-Demons, then ordered him to stay by his side and guide the group to a dangerous place.
• At midnight, Black Harrier sent a message by harrier pigeon, unaware that Cao Youqian and his companions were watching with their spiritual senses.
• Cao Youqian announced that the group would enter Cloud Witch Mountain, while Great Sage Eight Treasures revealed that the attack on the Fire God Sect was scheduled for seven days later.
• Cao Youqian led the group into Cloud Witch Mountain under the banners of the Frenzied Lion Kingdom and the Giant God Academy.
• After three days without serious trouble, Cao Youqian asked Black Harrier how long remained before they reached the dangerous place, and Black Harrier said two days.

Cao Youqian led his group into Witch Devil Valley despite Prince Mad Lion’s fears and encountered an ambush led by a Great Sage devilman. He revealed that Black Harrier had told him the Fire God Sect was waiting for him, leaving both sides stunned.

• Cao Youqian ordered the group to enter Witch Devil Valley before the three major forces swept Cloud Witch Mountain that night.
• Cao Youqian and his companions crossed the devil mist and reached a bizarre forest, where he warned them that a Great Sage and his ambushers were waiting.
• A scarlet-eyed old devilman emerged with a group of fiendish devilmen and pressured Cao Youqian’s attendants and mounts with his Great Sage presence.
• Cao Youqian calmly spoke with the old man, identified him as a Great Sage devilman with Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon blood, and said courtesy before force was the Miscellaneous Dao Institute’s rule.
• Cao Youqian revealed that Black Harrier had told him the Fire God Sect had arranged the ambush, and everyone turned to stare at Black Harrier.

Cao Youqian let Great Sage Blood Pupils escort him and his companions to the Fire God Sect headquarters, where he defied the sect’s Great Sages at the altar. When the Fire God Sect leader confronted the Great Sage Eight Treasures and Song Zhaoyi, a blazing sun appeared and a powerful woman emerged from it.

• Cao Youqian dismissed Black Harrier’s accusations and insisted that Great Sage Blood Pupils lead the group to the Fire God Sect headquarters.
• Cao Youqian and his companions crossed the Five Elements Devil Land under the Fire God Sect’s escort and reached its headquarters.
• Cao Youqian followed Great Sage Blood Pupils into the palace and arrived at the altar, where he refused to kneel before the Fire God Sect’s seven Great Sages.
• Cao Youqian stood his ground as a Fire God Sect Great Sage pressured him, while the sect leader pointed out that Great Sage Eight Treasures and Song Zhaoyi were with him.
• A blazing sun appeared above Cao Youqian’s group, and a confident woman stepped out after the Fire God Sect leader challenged her to show herself and fight.

Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun confronted the Fire God Sect and its summoned Fire Devil God. Cao Youqian used his master's Sword Jade to destroy the demon, then challenged the stunned Great Sages to fight him.

• Great Sage Blazing Sun revealed her name and taunted the Fire God Sect master, who summoned the Fire Devil God from the altar.
• The Fire Devil God appeared, frightened Prince Mad Lion and the others unconscious, and declared that Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun would be his offerings.
• Cao Youqian and Great Sage Blazing Sun mocked the Fire Devil God and said he was weaker than Saints they had faced before.
• The Fire Devil God attacked Cao Youqian with Devouring Devil Flame, but Cao Youqian called for his master and activated the Sword Jade.
• The sword light destroyed the Fire Devil God, and Great Sage Blazing Sun caught the devil crystal and gave it to Cao Youqian.
• Cao Youqian asked which Great Sage would fight him next, but the Fire God Sect remained silent.

Cao Youqian rejected the Fire God Sect’s surrender and gave its Great Sages a chance to flee while his allies hunted them. He defeated Great Sage Blood Pupils, and Great Sage Eight Treasures killed his opponent as they prepared to search for the sect’s treasures.

• The Fire God Sect master and his followers offered to serve Cao Youqian, but he refused and declared that he would slaughter them.
• Great Sage Blazing Sun challenged the Fire God Sect master and took him away to fight, while Cao Youqian offered Great Sage Blood Pupils a chance to live if he could defeat him.
• Cao Youqian let the Fire God Sect’s disciples flee, except for Black Harrier, and sent Song Zhaoyi and the others to hunt them as Great Sage Eight Treasures chose a Great Sage to fight.
• Cao Youqian fought Great Sage Blood Pupils without using the Sword Jade and killed him with the Extreme Dao Divine Fist after revealing his mastery of the True Essence of the Great Dao.
• Great Sage Eight Treasures used the opening to defeat and kill his opponent, then asked Cao Youqian whether his fighting skills were worthy of notice.

Cao Youqian, Great Sage Blazing Sun, and Great Sage Eight Treasures searched the Fire God Sect and discovered a hidden treasury, while the three major factions launched their assault on Cloud Witch Mountain. Great Sage Profound Crystal spotted approaching enemies as the armies advanced.

• Great Sage Blazing Sun returned after defeating the Fire God Sect Master, and Cao Youqian explained that he had let the sect’s forces escape to delay the three major factions.
• Cao Youqian, Great Sage Blazing Sun, and Great Sage Eight Treasures searched the Fire God Sect and found a concealed passage guarded by restrictions.
• Great Sage Blazing Sun used an ancient Dao Script character to dispel the Devil Qi sealing a door, revealing a vast treasury that the three agreed to divide equally.
• The three major factions surrounded Cloud Witch Mountain and ordered their armies to attack the Fire God Sect.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal led the Frenzied Lion Kingdom’s army into the mountain, then warned his forces that enemies were approaching.

Great Sage Profound Crystal intercepted Great Sage Devious Claw and bluffed him into checking the Fire God Sect’s soul lamp, then exploited his shock to defeat and kill him. Giant God Academy’s forces routed the sect’s fleeing followers, and Profound Crystal ordered them to leave no survivors as the academy pursued its victory.

• Great Sage Devious Claw flew toward the Frenzied Lion Kingdom, found Giant God Academy’s army, and tried to hide until he could escape.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal confronted Devious Claw and claimed that the Fire God Sect’s leader and other Great Sages had been suppressed or killed.
• Devious Claw checked the eight-flame lotus lamp and saw that the sect leader’s flame had gone out, giving Profound Crystal the opening to attack.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal battered Devious Claw while Giant God Academy’s forces charged the fleeing Fire God Sect cultivators.
• Profound Crystal killed Devious Claw and destroyed his escaping soul, then ordered the academy’s forces to pursue every remaining sect follower.
• Great Sage Profound Crystal admitted to King Golden Rhinoceros that he had bluffed about receiving a message from the Holy Son.

Heavy Sword Academy and Nine Nether Holy Land forces intercepted fleeing Fire God Sect cultivators and learned that the Holy Son of Dao Seeking had attacked the sect. They set out to seize the Fire God Devil Crystal, believing the Holy Son’s raid would lead them to its treasures.

• Great Sage Wufeng ordered the Heavy Sword Academy army to prepare after learning that Fire God Sect followers and Great Sages were fleeing toward them.
• Wufeng and Great Sage Xuantie ambushed two Fire God Sect Great Sages, killing one and crippling Great Sage Moya.
• Moya revealed that the Holy Son of Dao Seeking had attacked the Fire God Sect and was likely taking its treasures, but Wufeng dismissed his warnings and killed him.
• Wufeng told Xuantie that their forces would eventually make the Holy Son surrender the treasures he had taken.
• After learning about the Holy Son from defeated Fire God Sect Great Sages, Great Sage Guili ordered the Nine Nether Holy Land to hurry and claim the Fire God Devil Crystal.

Cao Youqian continued plundering the Fire God Sect before meeting the armies of the three major powers, whose leaders questioned the Giant God Academy’s actions. As Cao Youqian faced a hostile Great Sage at the sect headquarters, he invited the man to test his strength, leaving the gathered cultivators in silence.

• Cao Youqian and Great Sage Eight Treasures spent the night looting the Fire God Sect’s treasury, then Cao Youqian led his attendants to search more of the sect.
• Great Sage Guili accused Great Sage Profound Crystal of secretly sending Cao Youqian to attack the Fire God Sect’s headquarters, and Profound Crystal claimed Cao Youqian had defeated him and acted independently.
• The armies of the Nine Nether Holy Land, Heavy Sword Academy, and Giant God Academy entered the valley, with tensions rising between their leaders.
• After receiving Great Sage Eight Treasures’ warning that the other powers had arrived with ill intentions, Cao Youqian went to meet them.
• A hostile red-haired Great Sage confronted Cao Youqian, who identified himself as the Holy Son of Dao Seeking and challenged the man to test his strength.

Cao Youqian confronted the other forces’ Great Sages at the Fire God Sect headquarters and negotiated how they would divide its spoils. After three days of searching, the forces departed, and Cao Youqian planned to cultivate and grow stronger so he would not fall behind his Eldest Senior Brother.

• Cao Youqian intimidated Great Sage Heiming with his power, then explained that he had taken only the Fire God Sect Master’s treasury and a tenth of the headquarters’ other treasures.
• Great Sage Xuantie accepted Cao Youqian’s proposed division, and Great Sage Guili agreed as well despite wanting the Fire Devil God’s devil crystal.
• The six Great Sages assigned their forces separate areas to search, while Great Sage Guili warned Great Sage Heiming not to provoke Cao Youqian or his Dao Protector.
• Great Sage Wufeng advised Heavy Sword Holy Land’s disciples to avoid making an enemy of Cao Youqian.
• After three days and three nights, the three forces left the Fire God Sect, and Cao Youqian said he would cultivate and advance on the Barbarian Continent to keep up with his Eldest Senior Brother.

After Great Sage Benlei made progress in secluded cultivation, Chu Caiyi learned that the External Affairs Institute had found her children. She left Miaomiao Mountain with Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian to seek them out.

• Great Sage Benlei arrived after comprehending two points of the True Essence of the Great Dao and told Chu Feng he planned to travel and continue cultivating.
• Elder Little White visited Chu Feng's feast and gave Chu Caiyi a jade slip showing where her children were.
• Chu Caiyi told Chu Feng she had searched for her children and decided to leave to find them.
• Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian asked to accompany Chu Caiyi, and Chu Feng agreed after warning them to follow her instructions.
• Chu Caiyi, Chen Qianqian, and Bai Qian left Miaomiao Mountain.

Chu Caiyi traveled toward the Southern Yan Kingdom to find the children she had left behind, while the chapter introduced Li Ping'an, who supported his younger sister in Ningzhou City. Li Ping'an's engagement to Liu Jiahui was called off, and the chapter ended as Uncle Liu took offense at his refusal of the offered silver.

• Chu Caiyi told Chen Qianqian and Bai Qian that her children were almost eighteen, and Marquis Colorful Feather flew faster toward the Southern Yan Kingdom.
• Li Ping'an returned home to his younger sister, Li Yingying, and shared meat buns and roast chicken with her.
• Li Ping'an tended his wounds and prepared to practice the Black Tiger Saber Technique before Uncle Liu arrived with a chest of silver.
• Uncle Liu said Liu Jiahui had joined an immortal sect and wanted to sever her worldly ties, so he offered Li Ping'an a thousand taels to end their engagement.
• Li Ping'an rejected the thousand taels and asked for the original hundred taels and the money he had spent over the years, angering Uncle Liu.

After refusing most of the Liu Lineage’s money, Li Ping'an learned that they intended to kill him and planned an escape from Ningzhou. He evaded the Black Tiger Gang’s trap, though its men discovered the empty residence and alerted Deacon Yu.

• Li Ping'an accepted two hundred taels from Uncle Liu, who later revealed that he still intended to have Li Ping'an killed so Liu Jiahui could sever her emotional ties.
• Li Ping'an told Li Yingying to escape through the residence’s secret passage while he sought help from his master, the Fierce Tiger Hall Master.
• The Fierce Tiger Hall Master gave Li Ping'an a token for a Canal Gang boat, but secretly planned to use the token and Spirit Bee honey to track him and endanger the Canal Gang.
• Li Ping'an hid the token, disguised himself, and left through the secret tunnel beneath the residence.
• Black Tiger Gang members searched the empty Li residence, realized Li Ping'an had escaped, and sent word to Deacon Yu.

Deacon Yu pursued Li Ping'an and Li Yingying, but Chu Caiyi arrived with Chen Qianqian and Marquis Colorful Feather and revealed herself as their long-lost mother. After learning the Fierce Tiger Hall master's plan, Chu Caiyi agreed to let her children take revenge themselves and asked about their lives over the past seventeen years.

• Deacon Yu tracked Li Ping'an and Li Yingying to a road north of Ningzhou Prefecture and ordered his disciples to attack them.
• Chu Caiyi descended with Chen Qianqian and Marquis Colorful Feather and killed the Fierce Tiger Hall disciples with a single blow.
• Li Yingying recognized Chu Caiyi as their mother, and Chu Caiyi embraced her children.
• Chen Qianqian immobilized Deacon Yu and forced him to reveal the Fierce Tiger Hall master's plan against the siblings.
• Chu Caiyi promised to avenge her children, but agreed to let Li Ping'an and Li Yingying settle accounts with their enemies themselves.