Chapter Summaries

Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven attacked Ye Xuan with her fists and blood-red sword, but he effortlessly countered her techniques and eventually struck her into a crater. As she rose, her killing aura intensified and her presence surged, leaving Ye Xuan wondering whether she was breaking through.

• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven charged Ye Xuan after he broke her divine ability, but he blocked her close-combat attacks with ease.
• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven drew her blood-red longsword and launched a tornado of bloodlust, which Ye Xuan crushed before meeting her sword strikes with Sword Qi.
• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven unleashed Shura Slash, but Ye Xuan's simple Sword Qi exhausted its power.
• Ye Xuan appeared behind Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven and punched her into the ground, making her spit blood.
• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven rose from the crater and declared that Ye Xuan had driven her into a dire predicament as her killing aura and presence surged.

Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven fought Ye Xuan in Chaoge, but he effortlessly repelled her attacks and shattered her strongest technique. Furious and humiliated, she began invoking another Ashura art.

• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven temporarily pushed herself to the Quasi-Saint threshold and attacked Ye Xuan, who blocked her with a finger.
• Ye Xuan struck Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven in the chest and sent her flying, provoking her into a furious close-quarters fight.
• Kong Xuan briefly appeared, recognized Ye Xuan's superior strength, and wondered why Ancestor Minghe had sent Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven to Chaoge before leaving.
• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven unleashed her Netherworld Great Sun Slash, but Ye Xuan shattered it with a single sword strike.
• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven raised her hands and began chanting an Ashura technique.

Ye Xuan defeated Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven’s Ashura summon and learned that she had come to Chaoge as part of Ancestor Minghe’s plan to offer her to the Human Emperor. The chapter ended with her confirming that the ancestor had sent her.

• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven summoned a giant Ashura, but Ye Xuan destroyed it and wounded her with his Supreme Sword Qi.
• Ye Xuan questioned the fallen Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven, who claimed to be the Human Emperor’s woman to deter him.
• Ye Xuan revealed that he was the Human Emperor, and Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven introduced herself as Yu Se, Tian of the Ashura Clan.
• Ye Xuan demanded an explanation for her claim, and Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven said she had made it while trying to escape his overwhelming power.
• Ye Xuan asked whether Ancestor Minghe had sent her to Chaoge, and Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven confirmed that he had.

Ye Xuan welcomed Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven into Chaoge after explaining that his strike had helped treat her hidden injuries. Meanwhile, Deng Chanyu stopped at an inn in Grass Temple Village on her way back from Chaoge and encountered a grotesque stranger.

• Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven told Ye Xuan that Ancestor Minghe had sent her to help him with covert affairs and contact the Ashura Clan during the coming war.
• Ye Xuan explained that he had deliberately forced congealed blood from Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven to help her hidden injuries surface safely, and she thanked him.
• Ye Xuan invited Paranirmita-vaśavartin Heaven into Chaoge, where she could now enter and leave freely.
• Deng Chanyu, returning from a secret trip to Chaoge, stopped at the inn in Grass Temple Village for food, wine, and rest.
• A short, ugly man entered the inn, and Deng Chanyu looked away from him with contempt.

Deng Chanyu was poisoned at a roadside inn, where the old man and waiter planned to rob her and assault her. Tu Xingsun revealed himself as their unexpected opponent and broke the old man’s knee.

• Deng Chanyu ate and drank at the inn, then grew dizzy and collapsed after realizing the food might have been poisoned.
• The old man and waiter confirmed that Deng Chanyu and the short winter melon had been drugged, and they plotted to rob them and assault Deng Chanyu.
• The waiter went to deal with the short winter melon, but discovered he had vanished, while the old man carried Deng Chanyu toward the back room.
• Tu Xingsun spoke from unseen places, frightening the two thieves as they searched for him.
• Tu Xingsun kicked the old man and broke his knee, sending him tumbling to the ground.

Tu Xingsun rescued Deng Chanyu from a black shop, killed its owner and waiter, then waited for her to wake. When Deng Chanyu mistook him for another attacker and struck him with her flying stone, Tu Xingsun fell, leaving her ready to throw again.

• Tu Xingsun caught the unconscious Deng Chanyu and killed the waiter with his iron staff after the man panicked and insulted him.
• Tu Xingsun crushed the old shop owner's head after the owner begged for mercy.
• Tu Xingsun admired Deng Chanyu's beauty but chose to wait until she woke rather than take advantage of her while she was unconscious.
• Deng Chanyu woke, mistook Tu Xingsun for a villain, and kicked at him as he tried to explain.
• Deng Chanyu struck Tu Xingsun in the forehead with her colored stone and prepared to throw another.

Tu Xingsun captured Deng Chanyu with the Immortal Binding Rope after she struck him with her Flying Stone Technique. He explained that they had both been victims of a black inn, and Deng Chanyu apologized after realizing he had saved her; the chapter ended with Tu Xingsun introducing himself and asking her name.

• Deng Chanyu guarded against Tu Xingsun after he vanished with the Earth Escape Technique.
• Tu Xingsun ambushed Deng Chanyu from behind and bound her with the Immortal Binding Rope.
• Tu Xingsun warned Deng Chanyu that struggling would tighten the rope, but she cursed him and accused him of plotting to humiliate her.
• Tu Xingsun pointed out the dead innkeeper and waiter, explaining that they had drugged both of them and that he had killed them.
• Deng Chanyu realized Tu Xingsun had saved her, apologized for attacking him, and heard him introduce himself as a disciple of Juliusun.

Deng Chanyu invited Tu Xingsun to join Yin Shang’s forces at Three Mountains Pass after recognizing his Earth Escape Technique. Tu Xingsun agreed to go with her but asked her to accept a condition, and Deng Chanyu asked him to state it.

• Deng Chanyu introduced herself and explained that she was returning to Three Mountains Pass after escaping the black inn.
• Deng Chanyu recognized Tu Xingsun’s Earth Escape Technique and recalled how Zhang Kui and Wu Long had demonstrated the technique with their soldiers.
• Deng Chanyu invited Tu Xingsun to serve under her father at Three Mountains Pass, but Tu Xingsun hesitated because his master had sent him to assist Jiang Ziya in Xiqi.
• Deng Chanyu prepared to leave, and Tu Xingsun hurried after her and agreed to go with her if she accepted one condition.
• Deng Chanyu asked Tu Xingsun what his condition was.

Tu Xingsun asked Deng Chanyu to marry him in return for rescuing her, but she rejected him and revealed that she loved the Human Emperor. Tu Xingsun remained intent on pursuing her and agreed to escort her to Three Mountains Pass.

• Tu Xingsun asked Deng Chanyu to marry him so he could serve Yin Shang as her husband and ally to her father.
• Deng Chanyu grew furious and attacked Tu Xingsun, but he easily deflected her sword and reminded her that he had saved her.
• Deng Chanyu acknowledged her debt to Tu Xingsun but refused to marry him because she already loved someone.
• Tu Xingsun demanded to know whom Deng Chanyu loved, and she said it was the current Human Emperor.
• Tu Xingsun said he would escort Deng Chanyu to Three Mountains Pass to meet her father, while she warned him to stop pursuing her and rode away on her Chestnut Purple-Gold Horse.
• Tu Xingsun watched Deng Chanyu ride off and smiled, suspecting she was trying to shake him off.

Tu Xingsun pursued Deng Chanyu, who realized a group of riders approaching near Three Mountains Pass were likely Xiqi agents disguised as bandits. She persuaded Tu Xingsun to attack them, while the riders focused on capturing her and stealing her valuables.

• Tu Xingsun used his Earth Escape Technique to catch up with Deng Chanyu and warned her that armed riders were approaching.
• Deng Chanyu recognized the riders' Azure Smoke Horses as a sign they might be from Xiqi and suspected they were gathering intelligence.
• Deng Chanyu urged Tu Xingsun to kill the riders, claiming they were bandits coming to attack them.
• Tu Xingsun burrowed underground to confront the riders as Deng Chanyu watched, readying her sword and Flying Stone Technique.
• The riders charged toward Deng Chanyu, hoping to capture her, steal her treasures, and obtain intelligence about Yin Shang.

Tu Xingsun killed the bandits pursuing Deng Chanyu after they insulted him and attacked him. He returned to Deng Chanyu and asked for her opinion of his skills, but she dismissed his performance as merely useful.

• Tu Xingsun raised a boulder in front of the pursuing bandits, killing more than a dozen, then revealed himself and identified himself as Tu Xingsun.
• The bandit chief insulted Tu Xingsun and ordered the men to attack him; the bandits were revealed to be Xiqi troops spying on Three Mountains Pass who had pursued Deng Chanyu to capture and question her.
• Tu Xingsun vanished and killed several bandits by surprise, frightening the survivors into fleeing.
• Tu Xingsun chased down the fleeing bandits, struck down their horses, and killed every last one of them.
• Tu Xingsun returned to Deng Chanyu and asked how she rated his skills, but she said he was only somewhat useful for killing bandits.

After Tu Xingsun killed the bandits, Deng Chanyu told him that Yin Shang had trained more than three hundred soldiers in the Earth Escape Technique, leaving him worried about the kingdom’s strength. As they reached Three Mountains Pass, Deng Jiugong remained anxious about his daughter’s month-long absence.

• Tu Xingsun followed Deng Chanyu toward Three Mountains Pass while she downplayed his skill and claimed she had seen hundreds of people who knew the Earth Escape Technique.
• Deng Chanyu explained that General Zhang Kui and Wu Long had trained a unit of more than three hundred soldiers in the technique under the Human Emperor’s orders.
• Tu Xingsun realized that Yin Shang’s forces might be formidable and worried that Jiang Ziya would struggle against them.
• At Three Mountains Pass, Deng Jiugong worried that Deng Chanyu had been missing for more than a month, while his deputy general reassured him that her skills would protect her.

Deng Chanyu returned safely to Three Mountains Pass after visiting Chaoge, and Deng Jiugong decided to take her there to meet the Human Emperor and pursue a marriage. Their conversation was interrupted when Deng Jiugong spotted a strange, ugly man near the General's Mansion.

• Deng Chanyu returned to Three Mountains Pass, and Deng Jiugong scolded her for being gone for more than a month.
• Deng Chanyu told Deng Jiugong that she had visited Chaoge to see the Human Emperor, whom she had only glimpsed from afar.
• Deng Jiugong promised to take Deng Chanyu to Chaoge and offer betrothal gifts to the Human Emperor on her behalf.
• Deng Chanyu grew excited and nervous at the prospect of marrying the Human Emperor, while Deng Jiugong reassured her that he would likely favor her.
• Deng Jiugong spotted a short, ugly man near the General's Mansion, drew his sword, and demanded to know what he was.

Tu Xingsun joined Deng Jiugong’s forces at Three Mountains Pass as a vanguard general after Deng Chanyu recommended him. He remained there hoping to win Deng Chanyu’s affection, but she avoided him, and the other generals’ insults made him increasingly resentful before he used his Earth Escape Technique to go see her.

• Tu Xingsun concealed his anger when he learned Deng Jiugong was arranging a marriage for Deng Chanyu and introduced himself as a disciple of Juliusun.
• Deng Jiugong questioned why a Chan Sect disciple had come to Yin Shang, and Deng Chanyu explained that Tu Xingsun had saved her and possessed a powerful Earth Escape Technique.
• Deng Jiugong appointed Tu Xingsun as a vanguard general at Three Mountains Pass, and Tu Xingsun accepted so he could stay near Deng Chanyu.
• Tu Xingsun settled into a comfortable residence but grew miserable when Deng Chanyu repeatedly avoided him.
• Tu Xingsun heard the other generals mock his appearance, swallowed his anger rather than leave, and eventually used his Earth Escape Technique to seek out Deng Chanyu.

Tu Xingsun overheard Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu planning to go to Chaoge so Deng Chanyu could marry the Human Emperor, and his jealousy drove him to confront them in her bedchamber. After Deng Chanyu rejected him, Tu Xingsun threatened to use force, and she armed herself against him.

• Tu Xingsun used the Earth Escape Technique to reach Deng Chanyu's bedchamber and hid outside to listen.
• Deng Jiugong told Deng Chanyu he had arranged matters at Three Mountains Pass and would take her to Chaoge to ask the Human Emperor for her hand.
• Tu Xingsun grew furious when he heard their plans and burst into the bedchamber, startling Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu.
• Tu Xingsun accused Deng Chanyu of rejecting his devotion and pursuing the Human Emperor, while Deng Jiugong demanded he leave.
• Deng Chanyu rebuked Tu Xingsun and told him she loved the Human Emperor and would repay him for saving her life, but would never marry him.
• Tu Xingsun threatened to use force, and Deng Chanyu grabbed her longsword and prepared to defend herself.

Tu Xingsun fought Deng Jiugong after the Deng family rejected his claim to Deng Chanyu, then used the Immortal Binding Rope to capture him. Tu Xingsun vanished with Earth Escape as Deng Chanyu faced him, leaving her father bound and both of them in danger.

• Deng Jiugong confronted Tu Xingsun over entering Deng Chanyu's chambers and ordered him to leave Three Mountains Pass.
• Tu Xingsun accused the Deng family of ingratitude and claimed Deng Chanyu should belong to him, while Deng Jiugong condemned him and attacked.
• Deng Jiugong's martial skill initially overwhelmed Tu Xingsun, but Tu Xingsun used the Immortal Binding Rope to bind him.
• Deng Chanyu threatened Tu Xingsun and demanded that he release her father, while Deng Jiugong struggled against the rope.
• Tu Xingsun decided to take control of both Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu, then vanished using Earth Escape.

Tu Xingsun captured Deng Chanyu and Deng Jiugong, then forced Deng Jiugong to swallow a Heart-Burying Pill that turned him into a puppet. He prepared to control Deng Chanyu as well, leaving her bound and horrified by his claims that she was his wife.

• Deng Chanyu tried to flee, but Tu Xingsun grabbed her from beneath the ground and bound her beside Deng Jiugong.
• Tu Xingsun blamed Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu for rejecting and humiliating him, then revealed two Heart-Burying Pills that could make them his puppets.
• Tu Xingsun forced one pill into Deng Jiugong, whose eyes went blank as he fell under Tu Xingsun's control.
• Deng Chanyu blamed herself for her past choices and warned Tu Xingsun that he would face retribution.
• Tu Xingsun justified his actions by blaming Deng Chanyu for favoring the Human Emperor, called himself her husband, and asked what wishes she still had.

Tu Xingsun turned Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu into puppets and headed for Xiqi, while Jiang Ziya worried that Chaoge’s growing reputation had crushed Xiqi’s morale. Jiang Ziya’s disciples dismissed the threat posed by the divine monkeys, leaving the camp confident but unprepared for what might come.

• Deng Chanyu swallowed Tu Xingsun’s pills and became a lifeless puppet alongside Deng Jiugong, leaving Tu Xingsun troubled by the outcome.
• Tu Xingsun took Deng Jiugong and Deng Chanyu underground toward Xiqi, intending their arrival to count as surrender.
• At Mount Qi, Jiang Ziya worried that Chaoge’s supernatural displays and the defeat of Xiqi’s Black Bird had weakened his army’s morale.
• Yang Jian reassured Jiang Ziya that Chan Sect reinforcements would soon help Xiqi, easing his concerns somewhat.
• Wei Hu and Lei Zhenzi dismissed the divine monkeys as minor demons and boasted that their magic and treasures could defeat them.

Tu Xingsun arrived at Xiqi with two stiff, expressionless companions and introduced himself as a disciple of Juliusun sent to assist Jiang Ziya. He revealed a mysterious ability by vanishing before the assembled warriors, leaving them unable to identify his technique.

• Lei Zhenzi and Han Dulong boasted that they could defeat the demon monkeys, easing Jiang Ziya's worries about Xiqi's defenses.
• A soldier reported that three unusually dressed visitors were asking to see Jiang Ziya, and Yang Jian recognized the dwarf as a junior disciple he had met at Jialong Mountain.
• Jiang Ziya went out with his martial nephews and met Tu Xingsun, who introduced himself as Juliusun's disciple and said his master had sent him to help.
• Jiang Ziya asked Tu Xingsun what abilities he had learned, and Tu Xingsun said his magic power was only at the True Immortal realm but he had another useful divine ability.
• Tu Xingsun spun around and vanished, surprising everyone except Yang Jian, who watched with a faint smile.

Tu Xingsun arrived in Xiqi with Deng Chanyu and Deng Jiugong, displaying his Earth Escape Technique and Immortal Binding Rope while claiming Deng Chanyu had begged to marry him and Deng Jiugong had willingly defected. Jiang Ziya publicized Deng Jiugong’s supposed defection, and the news sparked outrage throughout Yin Shang.

• Tu Xingsun demonstrated his perfected Earth Escape Technique and showed everyone the Immortal Binding Rope his master had given him.
• Tu Xingsun introduced Deng Chanyu as his wife and Deng Jiugong as the commander of Three Mountains Pass, while both stiffly paid their respects to Jiang Ziya.
• Tu Xingsun claimed Deng Chanyu had begged to marry him and Deng Jiugong had chosen to aid Xiqi, though Jiang Ziya and the others recognized that the pair were under his control.
• Jiang Ziya sent people to spread word that Deng Jiugong had defected from Yin Shang, portraying him as having left the darkness for the light.
• People across the realm reacted to the news, and Yin Shang’s people angrily condemned Deng Jiugong as a traitor.