Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Wolf Sect forces attacked the Demonic Sect’s oasis and discovered that Qilin True Person had awakened beneath it as a little Qilin. He reunited with Yue Tianchi and Yue Chunfeng, learned that the Demonic Sect had fallen, and planned to meet Yue Gude and Chu at Incense Valley.

• Yue Tianchi led the assault on the oasis while Yue Chunfeng found that the lamp tower guards had hidden the Demonic Sect’s defeat and escaped with treasures.
• The Heavenly Wolf Sect and its allies rained arrows on the Demonic Sect disciples and began clearing the oasis as its vicious Sha weakened.
• A little Qilin emerged from the lake and pinned Yue Tianchi down, mistaking him for a Demonic Sect disciple named Sanlang.
• Yue Tianchi recognized the Qilin as his long-lost master, and Yue Chunfeng arrived and confirmed that they had come to exterminate the Demonic Sect.
• The little Qilin explained that he had transformed underground and could not awaken while the Demonic Sect’s Fortune endured.
• Yue Chunfeng invited the little Qilin to join Yue Gude and Chu at Incense Valley for tea.

Chu Tianshu and Qilinzi studied the Zhu Xian Stone Sword together until Chu Tianshu suddenly vanished, apparently returning to his own world. The others mourned his abrupt departure, while Qilinzi urged them to leave the hall and begin a new journey.

• Qilinzi reunited with Yue Gude and thanked Chu Tianshu for his role in his return, then joined him in examining the Zhu Xian Stone Sword.
• Chu Tianshu and Qilinzi divided the sword’s layers between them, compared their findings, and worked with the others to record and interpret its structure.
• After the victory celebration, the group continued studying the sword for many days, while Yuchan, Fang Wuchen, and the others interpreted its mysteries.
• Chu Tianshu vanished in a flash of light while praising Fang Wuchen’s latest insight, and the little Qilin could not find any trace of him.
• Yue Gude concluded that Chu Tianshu had returned to his own world, and Fang Wuchen regretted not having time to say goodbye.
• Qilinzi accepted that they might meet Chu Tianshu again and led the others out of the hall to make a fresh start amid the jianghu’s continuing troubles.

Chu Tianshu returned to the Grotto-Heaven ruins and reunited with Chen Ying, Feng Jianhua, and Teacher Xiaobai. After learning about the Flame Devil Race’s invasion of North America and the Ghost God groups’ involvement, he planned to share cultivation techniques and help Teacher Xiaobai take human form.

• Chu Tianshu returned to the Grotto-Heaven ruins and found Chen Ying, Feng Jianhua, and Teacher Xiaobai there.
• Feng Jianhua told Chu Tianshu that he had reached Double Leakless after fighting the Flame Devil Race in the Americas.
• Feng Jianhua explained that the Flame Devil Race had invaded around Yellowstone Volcano, disrupted communications, and relied on hidden Ghost God groups for help.
• Chen Ying said that experts and the military were attacking the Flame Devil Race’s puppet forces and searching cities for interference devices.
• Chu Tianshu offered to leave cultivation techniques with Chen Ying and told Teacher Xiaobai about a method for Demon Cultivators to take human form.

Chu Tianshu refined a moon-to-sun cultivation method for Teacher Xiaobai and produced many ice-crystal books for Chen Ying. Back in his home world, he reflected on karmic affinity and the predicted Dao Child of Qingyun Sect, then agreed to travel to California to investigate the Flame Demons’ plans.

• Chu Tianshu gave Teacher Xiaobai an ice bowl inscribed with a cultivation method combining moon worship with the Great Void Divine Art.
• Chu Tianshu created numerous ice-crystal books, impressing Chen Ying with his ability to reproduce different calligraphic styles.
• Chu Tianshu and Feng Jianhua returned from the Grotto-Heaven, and Chu Tianshu considered how karmic affinity could lead to the appearance of a Dao Child of Qingyun Sect.
• Feng Jianhua called Helai, who warned Chu Tianshu not to rush into the Yellowstone Volcano complex because the Flame Demons could use missiles.
• Helai proposed that Chu Tianshu go to California, where the Flame Demons might be preparing a defensive line and Chen Taozhi and other former subordinates were active.
• Chu Tianshu accepted the plan and decided to go to California first.