Chapter Summaries

Chen Hai realized that Gathering Wood had broken through Earth and reconsidered the Mysterious Gate’s role in Proclaiming Earth’s humanization. As the factions converged at the two rivers, Su Yao received the Peach Blossom Sword and broke the Proclaiming Earth barrier, preparing to invite the True Lord’s reincarnation to return.

• Chen Hai examined the wooden pattern on his palm, reflected on the Mysterious Gate and the Jade Void lineage, and took out the Great Marsh Banner.
• A mysterious voice ordered Su Yao and his companions to assist the True Lord, but blood rain revealed that a Devil Lord had fallen.
• Su Yao’s group reached the confluence and used the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet and Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk to protect themselves.
• Su Yao saw the Jieshi Dao Lineage and Great Qing confronting Nanzhao’s ruler and the Buddhist School, and argued that the Buddhist School was interfering rather than the ruler joining it.
• Huangmeizi sent the Peach Blossom Sword to Su Yao, who used it to split and shatter the Proclaiming Earth barrier.
• Su Yao recalled the talisman tablet and said it was time to invite the True Lord’s reincarnation to return.

Su Yao and his companions confronted Chen Hai, who had become the Proclaiming Earth True Lord’s reincarnated body, and defeated him with their combined powers. The True Lord’s wooden casket sank into the river after three heavenly forces contested it, leaving the canyon transformed and the casket’s fate unresolved.

• Su Yao and five companions entered the rift and found Chen Hai immersed in Proclaiming Earth power, with a wooden casket pulsing inside him.
• Chen Hai revealed himself as the Proclaiming Earth True Lord, invited Su Yao to join his undertaking, and began fighting when Su Yao refused.
• Yang Xiu used the Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk to counter Chen Hai’s attacks while Su Yao used the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet and Peach Blossom Sword.
• Su Yao combined Peach Blossom with the Autumn Steed Sword and, with Yang Xiu’s protection, shattered Chen Hai’s giant sword and mortally wounded him.
• Chen Hai’s body disintegrated, and the wooden casket absorbed the Great Marsh Banner and Sixfold Completion Jar before Vast Righteousness Qi, Purple Qi, and wisdom light fought over it.
• The casket fell into the river and disappeared; a Xun Wind healed the battle damage except for the widened river valley, and Su Yao left the casket’s fate unanswered.

Su Yao reunited with his nephew Su Mingcheng, learned about his family’s past and a mysterious aunt who practiced Heavenly Governance, then pursued a silver trace back to Qixia Mountain. He returned to the sealed mountain after decades away, weeping as he said he was home.

• Su Yao watched Su Mingcheng defeat a Foundation Establishment snake demon and confirmed that he was his nephew.
• Su Yao sent Liu Yunhe and four others to visit their families, then gave Yang Nan a token and told him to bring his people to the spirit mountain near Qixia Temple.
• Su Yao killed the snake demon and followed Su Mingcheng to his grandparents’ graves at Shouwei Mountain, where he learned about his aunt Gu Wanniang and her Heavenly Governance cultivation.
• Su Mingcheng revealed that Gu Wanniang had come from the South Sea and met Su Yao in a secret realm, but silvery starlight dispelled Su Yao’s probing and led him on a chase.
• Su Yao destroyed a silver talisman clone and found himself outside Qixia Mountain’s protective formation.
• Su Yao gazed at Qixia Mountain after decades away, wiped his tears, and said, “I’m back.”

Su Yao returned to Qixia Mountain after decades away, reclaiming its mountain-god talisman decree and accepting an imperial honor. Pear blossoms bloomed across the mountain as he reached the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace, where Nannuo, Jueming, and the disciples welcomed him home.

• Su Yao confronted the mountain god of Qixia Mountain and demanded that he take his own life in exchange for sparing his lineage.
• The mountain god surrendered his talisman decree and destroyed his divine rank, disappearing as the mountain’s earth qi returned to Qixia Mountain.
• Chen Hong delivered an imperial decree naming Su Yao the Nation-Protecting True Person and bestowing titles, treasures, and spiritual materials, which Su Yao accepted.
• Su Yao used the talisman decree to open the way into Qixia Mountain, where immortal music sounded and pear blossoms bloomed across the autumn mountain.
• Su Yao crossed the rainbow bridge and reached the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace, where Nannuo, Jueming, and more than fifty disciples welcomed him back.

Su Yao returned to Qixia Temple, learned that Daozheng and others had sent no word, and agreed to Qingyang’s plans to open the mountain and arrange a marriage proposal. He accepted an invitation to the Flower-Shifting Palace’s ceremony in Fuzhou, where its two palace masters would seek divine attainments, then ended the chapter reflecting on those long absent.

• Su Yao asked Qingyang about Daozheng, True Lord Xicheng, and Gui Hong, but Qingyang had received no word from them.
• Qingyang confessed that it had arranged for Zilin to receive the Purple Cloud Unity Covenant, and Su Yao agreed to proceed with the arrangement.
• Qingyang told Su Yao that the Primordial Lady of Purple Void had slain three Great Qing True Lords and two Buddhist bodhisattvas, and that the Flower-Shifting Palace was inviting him to its ceremony.
• Lianyue invited Su Yao and Qixia Temple to Fuzhou for the two Flower-Shifting Palace masters’ gold-seeking ceremony, and Su Yao accepted.
• Lianyue explained that the Flower-Shifting Palace had withdrawn from Nanzhao to avoid the Proclaiming Earth affair, and Su Yao reflected on the palace’s caution before returning up the mountain.

At Mount Jing, Miaoyuan underwent the gold-seeking ceremony before a vast gathering of Purple Mansion cultivators, with Su Yao and Zilin observing. She attained the Subsidiary Rank of Flourishing Yin Wood and became Divine Lord Nurturer of Virtue in All Blossoms, while Miaoqing prepared to begin her own pursuit of gold.

• Su Yao watched the Purple Yang Temple delegation arrive with Zilin and her elder sister, the head of Mount Lao's Purple Yang Temple.
• Miaoqing left Mount Jing to guard from a distant hill while Miaoyuan began her gold-seeking ceremony.
• Miaoyuan manifested Receive Eastern Qi, Nurture the Azure Embryo, Govern Spring and Longevity, Sunward Branch, and Guard the Flowering Signal, then combined them into the gold nature of Flourishing Wood.
• Su Yao recognized that Miaoyuan had combined Five Virtues Resonance with Heavenly Heart Resonance and was pursuing the Divine Dao.
• Miaoyuan attained the Subsidiary Rank of Flourishing Yin Wood and declared herself Divine Lord Nurturer of Virtue in All Blossoms, establishing her dominion over vegetation, flowering seasons, and the nurturing of lifespans.
• The gathered cultivators bowed and congratulated Miaoyuan, while Miaoqing rose from her hill and turned east to begin seeking gold.

Miaoqing failed to obtain the Flourishing Wood Remaining Rank, but used the Hundred Lotus Pill to become a Heavenly Immortal while returning her golden nature to True Lord Miaoyuan. As the sisters faced an old demonic foe, a white scar split the sky and the Heavenly River began pouring into the mortal world.

• Miaoqing followed the Primordial Lady of Purple Void's guidance and used her five Divine Abilities to seek the Flourishing Wood Remaining Rank, but the rank did not answer.
• Miaoqing swallowed the Hundred Lotus Pill, released her golden nature to True Lord Miaoyuan, and cultivated into a Heavenly Immortal.
• Miaoqing declared her attainment in Linchuan, Fuzhou, and the gathered Purple Mansions congratulated her.
• A demonic voice challenged True Lord Miaoyuan and Miaoqing to settle an old grievance, and the two sisters vanished to fight beyond the heavens.
• A golden sword light appeared in the mortal world, a white scar split the sky, and Heavenly River water poured through it as a Purple Mansion warned that the Five-Colored Stone had gone wrong.

Su Yao and Zilin left Mount Jing for Qixia Mountain as the Heavenly River continued pouring through a scar in the sky. Zique watched them go and kept her concerns about her younger sister and Su Yao to herself.

• Su Yao told Zilin that Qinghe Commandery and Qixia Mountain would face danger if the breach in the heavens widened, and said he had to return there.
• Zique arrived from Purple Yang Temple, greeted Su Yao, and exchanged restrained words with Zilin.
• Su Yao explained that an Immortal or Dao Lord might have shaken loose a corner of the Five-Colored Stone and warned that repairing it would be difficult.
• Zique invited Su Yao to Mount Lao to discuss important matters, and Su Yao departed for Qixia Mountain with Zilin.
• Zique watched the sisters part without speaking, then told a Purple Mansion cultivator that saying more would have been too much.

Su Yao and Zilin held back the Heavenly River flood threatening Qinghe Commandery City until four disciples arrived with Spirit Treasures to secure the land and collect the water. Su Yao left for Qixia Mountain to find Qingzhu while the others began rescuing the city.

• Su Yao used the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner to shield Qinghe Commandery City from the flood, and Zilin's Purple Gauze Umbrella failed to withstand the Kan Water.
• Liu Yunhe, Han Ziyi, Li Siyi, and Zhang Ziyan arrived with Spirit Treasures, while Xuejie stayed on Qixia Mountain to guard its thirty-six secret realms.
• Su Yao assigned the four disciples to secure the riverbanks, stabilize the earth veins, collect the floodwater, and capture its Kan Water essence.
• Su Yao left for Qixia Mountain to find Qingzhu, and Zilin remained to guard the disciples.
• The four disciples used their Spirit Treasures to contain and redirect the flood as the people of Qinghe Commandery City watched the waters recede.

Su Yao visited Qingzhu on Qixia Mountain to seek a way to mend the breach in the heavens, learning that an East Sea Dragon Palace Dao Lord had split the Five-Colored Stone to pressure the Dragon God for the Sea-Subduing Stone. The South Sea Dragon Palace helped contain the flood, and Su Yao left after Qingzhu told him to visit Mount Lao.

• Su Yao climbed Qixia Mountain and found Qingyang lying before the Ancestral Master Hall, warming himself beneath five Great Yang light rings.
• Qingyang told Su Yao that an East Sea Dragon Palace Dao Lord had split the Five-Colored Stone to force the Dragon God to surrender the Sea-Subduing Stone.
• Returning Water Qi surged from the south, gathered the Heavenly River waters, and eased the strain on the four guardians and their Spirit Treasures.
• Qingyang called the South Sea Dragon Palace envoy back, and the aged voice thanked him.
• Su Yao picked up Ask Amid the Clouds and returned it beside Qingyang, who explained he had borrowed five Spirit Treasures to warm himself after being soaked by Kan Water.
• Su Yao bowed before the memorial tablets and Qingyang, then left; Qingyang told him to visit Mount Lao, and Su Yao said he knew.

Baihezi came to Qixia Mountain seeking to borrow treasures for the fight against the Blood Devil, but Qingzhu refused his request and clashed with him. Afterward, Su Yao learned Qingzhu had secretly guided his romantic prospects to strengthen ties with Mount Lao, and the two wrestled over Ask Amid the Clouds.

• Qingzhu brought Su Yao to meet Baihezi, who asked for the Heaven-Piercing Pillar and then two Wu Earth Law Treasures to aid True Lord Xicheng against the Blood Devil.
• Qingzhu said he would consult Qizhenzi, then hosted Baihezi with Vermilion Rosy Cloud Brew and immortal apricots.
• Qingzhu and Baihezi fought when the Taiji Talisman Edict descended on Qixia Mountain, and the Transforming Azure Bracelet carried Su Yao away from the clash.
• Su Yao found Qingzhu injured before the Ancestral Hall, where Qingzhu used five great suns to recover and admitted he had hoped Su Yao would marry a woman from Mount Lao to secure the Five Fires Seven Fowl Fan.
• Su Yao accused Qingzhu of guiding his fate and rushed for Ask Amid the Clouds, but Qingzhu pinned the sword beneath himself, and they wrestled before the Ancestral Hall.

Su Yao parted from Zilin at Mount Lao and promised her to wait for him. On his journey south, Zique questioned whether his feelings were true, then accepted his assurance and entrusted Zilin to him, leaving the gates of Mount Lao open to him.

• Zilin told Su Yao that borrowing the Five Fires Seven Fowl Fan was her sister's decision and promised to speak with Zique herself.
• Su Yao and Zilin exchanged farewells, and Su Yao flew away before calling back, “Wait for me.”
• Zique appeared before Su Yao in the Great Void and asked whether he truly loved Zilin or wanted the fan.
• Zique explained that Zilin's fate and cultivation might benefit from being with Su Yao, and Su Yao assured her that his feelings were true.
• Zique accepted his answer, said Mount Lao's gates would always be open to him, and flew toward the Purple Mansion Continent.

Su Yao returned from Mount Lao and learned from Qingzhu why Qixia Temple was desperate to strengthen itself and what cultivation path Qingzhu had planned for him. He concealed the Prism’s role in his rapid progress and left the meeting committed to keeping his true abilities hidden.

• Su Yao reported his conversations with Danqiuzi and Zique, and Qingzhu admitted to arranging events without Qizhenzi’s involvement because Xicheng might not be able to contain the devil much longer.
• Qingzhu explained how Guiyuan’s death, Xicheng’s failed efforts, and Qixia Temple’s conflicts had left the temple vulnerable, and said Su Yao could help protect it by attaining the Rainbow Cloud Fruition.
• Qingzhu outlined Su Yao’s remaining Divine Abilities, saying he should cultivate Heaven-Weaving Shuttle and Half Farewell to Heaven before Rosy Clouds Red City, and set a three-hundred-year goal for preparing to seek gold.
• Su Yao privately recognized that the Prism had already shown him how to cultivate the remaining abilities, but decided to conceal his progress and the Prism from everyone.
• Qingzhu said they would inventory the treasure cave another day, then left Su Yao alone in the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace.

Zhao Shouyi overwhelmed Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han with his five perfected Human Dao Divine Abilities, nearly crushing Zichuan. Qixia’s temple master emerged from seclusion and used Half Farewell to Heaven to break Zhao Shouyi’s attack, then challenged him over his choices.

• Zhao Shouyi confronted Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han in the South Sea and refused to let them pass to fight the Demonic Dao.
• Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han attacked Zhao Shouyi together, but his five Human Dao Divine Abilities countered them and weakened all three.
• Zhao Shouyi focused his five Divine Abilities on Zichuan, shattered his defenses, and sent him crashing across the sea.
• As Zhao Shouyi’s five forces bore down on Zichuan, Qixia’s temple master appeared and used Half Farewell to Heaven to freeze the battlefield and dismantle the attack.
• The temple master addressed Zhao Shouyi, questioning why he had abandoned his Dao Path and attacked Qixia’s disciples.

Su Yao fought Zhao Shouyi in the South Sea, revealed that he had perfected all five Divine Abilities, and killed him after Zhao refused to abandon his blood feud over Nanzhao. Su Yao collected Zhao’s four Spirit Treasures, sent Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han back to Qixia, then flew toward the Demonic Qi to continue his preparations.

• Zhao Shouyi confronted Su Yao over the deaths in Nanzhao and attacked him with five Divine Abilities and four Spirit Treasures.
• Su Yao used Pear Blossom Return, his Spirit Treasures, and his Divine Abilities to fight back, but Zhao’s Sun and Moon Radiant Together Pearl shattered Heaven-Weaving Shuttle and pushed him into retreat.
• Su Yao revealed Rosy Clouds Red City, his fifth Divine Ability, and used its suppressive force to extinguish Zhao Shouyi’s halos before killing him with Pear Blossom Return.
• Zhao Shouyi’s body and soul disintegrated, and Su Yao caught the sun-and-moon pearl, bronze mirror, whisk, and bronze lamp as they fell.
• Su Yao gave pills to Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han and told them to return to Qixia.
• Su Yao flew toward the Demonic Qi, intending to make preparations to seek gold and clear the miasma.

Su Yao arrived at the South Sea battlefield and used the Prism to discover a hidden Five Laws Perfection Heavenly Devil waiting to ambush him. He appeared at the last moment, trapped the enemy Great True Persons in Half Farewell to Heaven, killed one Devil Cultivator and gravely wounded another, while the rest of the battle remained unresolved.

• Zilin, Liu Yunhe, Li Siyi, Han Ziyi, Zhang Ziyan, Zhu Xuejie, Yingge, Qingyuan, and Lei Ke fought Devil Cultivators as Liu Chan and Hu Bugui struggled against four Great True Persons.
• Su Yao concealed himself with the Great Yin Dharma Robe and used the Prism to find a hidden Five Laws Perfection Heavenly Devil waiting for him.
• The Village Hypocrisy Great True Person used a talismanic edict to summon the hidden Heavenly Devil, leaving Qixia Temple's forces facing five Great True Persons.
• Su Yao appeared and cast Half Farewell to Heaven, suppressing the Five Laws Perfection Heavenly Devil before it could act.
• Su Yao killed the Second Divine Ability Desire Devil Cultivator attacking Zilin and wounded the Third Divine Ability Village Hypocrisy cultivator so severely that he could no longer fight.

Su Yao revealed his Five Laws Perfection and destroyed the Heavenly Devil Great True Person before joining the other battles and killing or grievously wounding the Purple Mansion Devil Cultivators. As he moved to help the four Great True Persons, three Yuanfu allies and a Great True Person of the Blood Devil path appeared and surrounded him.

• The Heavenly Devil Great True Person broke free of Half Farewell to Heaven, discovered that Su Yao had reached Five Laws Perfection, and challenged him to battle.
• Su Yao used Rosy Clouds Red City and Pear Blossom Return to overwhelm the Heavenly Devil Great True Person, who detonated his Divine Abilities before Su Yao destroyed him with his sword and the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner.
• Su Yao joined the battles across the field and slew or grievously wounded all eight Purple Mansion Devil Cultivators.
• As Su Yao prepared to aid the four Great True Persons, the Great True Persons of the Blazing Fire, Greater Yin, and Fu Water paths drove him back and demanded that he stop.
• The Great True Person of the Blood Devil path joined the other three, surrounding Su Yao, who questioned why Yuanfu had allied with the Demonic Dao.

Su Yao faced Yan Sui, Xue Li, Gui Wuque, and Ze Chongyuan alone as they combined their Divine Abilities and Spirit Treasures to trap and overwhelm him. He revealed the power of his talismans and an indestructible Jianmu Dharma body, leaving the four opponents shocked as the battle continued.

• Yan Sui, Xue Li, Gui Wuque, and Ze Chongyuan attacked Su Yao together, combining their Spirit Treasures to form the Lake Autumn Moon domain and prevent his escape.
• Su Yao countered their opening attacks with the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner and Pear Blossom Return, then used his talismans to strengthen his Law Power and Sword Intent.
• The four opponents unleashed waves of Divine Abilities and Spirit Treasures, but Su Yao defended himself with his many techniques and repeatedly recovered his advantage.
• Su Yao activated Drinking from the Marsh and Bearing the Abyss, expanding his Law Power and forcing the four men back.
• Su Yao activated Raise Wood to Reach the Heavens, making his Dharma body withstand the blood sea, moonlight chains, marsh water, and Samadhi True Fire without being shaken.
• Yan Sui recognized Su Yao's Dharma body as the Body of Jianmu of the Jia Wood path, and the four opponents reacted in shock.

Su Yao used his seven talismans to defeat eight Great True Persons across two battlefields, but a True Lord’s Desire Qi threatened him. An imperial edict from the Emperor of Great Qing drove the Desire Qi away, and the mysterious Human Dao figure behind it vanished.

• Su Yao used Clear the Source and Discern the True to find weaknesses in Xue Li, Ze Chongyuan, and Gui Wuque’s techniques, then disrupted their attacks while defending against Yan Sui.
• Gui Wuque and Ze Chongyuan combined their Spirit Treasures, enabling Gui Wuque to reach Five Laws Perfection and suppress Su Yao until he activated Gather the Myriad and Return Them to One.
• Su Yao gathered his power into one sword strike, killing Yan Sui, Xue Li, Gui Wuque, and Ze Chongyuan.
• Su Yao reached Liu Chan, Hu Bugui, Zilin, Liu Yunhe, and their allies’ battlefield, then used Purple Ultimate Immortal Clarity to kill the four Great True Persons who fled.
• A True Lord emerged in pink mist and ensnared Su Yao with Desire Qi, but an imperial edict ordered demons and devils slain and drove the mist back.
• The True Lord retreated after a mysterious yin-like Human Dao presence appeared within the imperial edict, and Su Yao watched as the figure and edict faded.

Su Yao returned to Qixia Mountain with the injured Zilin, learned why Qingzhu had been wounded, and received Xicheng’s gold-seeking method. As Zilin recovered, Su Yao resolved to forge a new path rather than follow the method or precedents of those before him.

• Su Yao carried Zilin back to Qixia Mountain and found Qingzhu injured after a confrontation with Perfected One Luxuan of the Mystic Rain Palace.
• Qingzhu explained that the Mystic Rain Palace had once sought to help Changlu attain the Gui Water rank, while Great Qing had arranged for Nuoli to block that possibility.
• Qingzhu admitted that he and Qizhenzi had brought Su Yao and Zilin together hoping Su Yao would help her advance, but his unexpected speed had made him fear she would be left behind; Su Yao promised to face the future with her.
• Qingzhu gave Su Yao Xicheng’s gold-seeking method, Core Dawn Pierces Heaven, Rosy Clouds Gold-Seeking Method, and explained that no one could evade the Turbid and Clear Branch’s examination.
• Qingzhu identified the unfamiliar Human Dao presence as an inner attendant from Taizong’s Southern Ocean voyages, who had likely proved a new Remaining Rank.
• Su Yao decided he would not use the gold-seeking method or follow the old paths, and planned to travel before going to Zhongnan to seek a new Dao path.