Chapter Summaries

Lü Dongbin fought Han Xiangzi, who unleashed increasingly dangerous Devil Qi attacks after Lü shattered his barrier and resisted his counterattacks. The chapter ended as Han Xiangzi used the Devil-Transformed Body technique, flooding his body with Devil Qi and transforming into a terrifying form.

• Lü Dongbin shattered Han Xiangzi's barrier and faced Han's desperate counterattack.
• Han Xiangzi suffered intense pain as Devil Qi surged through his body, then enveloped himself in black mist and patterns.
• Han Xiangzi formed a gigantic devil ball and hurled it at Lü Dongbin, but Lü barely swayed from the impact.
• Han Xiangzi condensed his Devil Qi into a small devil ball and spread it into black clouds while Lü dismissed his technique.
• Han Xiangzi shouted, "Devil-Transformed Body, explode!" and drew the black Devil Qi into himself, blasting apart his fists as his body turned dark and sinister.

Han Xiangzi awakened his Devil Race bloodline and fought Lü Dongbin, but their battle escalated as both claimed the title of Devil Emperor. It ended with Lü Dongbin tearing Han Xiangzi’s arm apart.

• Han Xiangzi’s Devil Qi surged as his bloodline awakened, but Lü Dongbin blocked his attack and sent him flying, leaving him badly wounded.
• Han Xiangzi summoned a giant skull of Devil Emperor’s Devil Essence and claimed to be the Devil Emperor, but Lü Dongbin mocked him.
• Han Xiangzi appeared behind Lü Dongbin and hurled him into the ground, severely injuring him.
• Lü Dongbin vowed to make the entire Devil Race submit to him, and his Devil Qi and cultivation surged as Han Xiangzi attacked again.
• Lü Dongbin caught Han Xiangzi’s arm and tore it apart with a blast of Devil Qi.

Lü Dongbin overwhelmed Han Xiangzi in battle and forced him to agree to his condition, but the confrontation resumed when Lü Dongbin demanded Han Xiangzi hand over his Devil Race bloodline. Han Xiangzi refused as Lü Dongbin advanced with a devil saber.

• Lü Dongbin tore off one of Han Xiangzi's arms, pursued him, and fought him through the trembling void.
• Han Xiangzi realized he could not defeat the Saint King-level Lü Dongbin and agreed to Lü Dongbin's condition so he could be released.
• Han Xiangzi vowed to kill Lü Dongbin after reaching the Saint King Realm in three hundred years, but Lü Dongbin mocked his plan.
• Han Xiangzi recognized the devil saber Lü Dongbin produced and questioned whether Lü Dongbin intended to oppose the Han Household.
• Lü Dongbin demanded Han Xiangzi surrender his Devil Race bloodline, and Han Xiangzi refused as Lü Dongbin approached with the saber.

Lü Dongbin defeated the Devil Emperor possessing Han Xiangzi, then guided Han Xiangzi back to the right path and took him as a disciple. Han Xiangzi accepted Lü Dongbin’s guidance to follow him and devote himself to comprehending the Dao.

• Lü Dongbin attacked Han Xiangzi with the devil blade, drained his strength, and severed his right hand.
• Lü Dongbin demanded Han Xiangzi’s Devil Race bloodline, but Han Xiangzi refused and sent a remnant soul fleeing as a red cloud.
• Lü Dongbin struck Han Xiangzi with the devil blade, and Han Xiangzi’s body burst into bloody fragments.
• After the Devil Emperor’s soul was stripped away, Han Xiangzi came to his senses, thanked Lü Dongbin for guiding him back to the right path, and dressed in clothes Lü Dongbin brought.
• Lü Dongbin told Han Xiangzi to follow him, comprehend the Dao, and avoid straying down the wrong path again.

He Xiugu fled an arranged marriage, found Ao Changsheng’s cave, and received his guidance to travel east, where Lü Dongbin rescued her from the Great Heavenly Venerable. The Great Heavenly Venerable fled when an unknown ancient immortal arrived to defend Lü Dongbin.

• He Xiugu ran away from her family to avoid an arranged marriage and entered Ao Changsheng’s cave by mistake.
• Ao Changsheng gave He Xiugu a peach and told her to travel east, recognizing her as the fourth of the Eight Immortals for their tribulation.
• He Xiugu became lost in the wilderness, where the Great Heavenly Venerable attacked and tried to seize her.
• Lü Dongbin appeared and fought the Great Heavenly Venerable, who revealed that he served as the Holy Court’s Great Heavenly Venerable in High Antiquity.
• A huge fireball arrived after a voice threatened the Great Heavenly Venerable for hurting its disciple, and he turned to flee.

Lü Dongbin rescued He Xiangu from the Great Heavenly Venerable, who fled into the woods. A Six-Eared Macaque then appeared and impersonated Sun Wukong, but Lü Dongbin exposed him and turned his attention back to the Great Heavenly Venerable and his followers.

• Lü Dongbin struck the Great Heavenly Venerable down and drove him to flee, then He Xiangu thanked Lü Dongbin for rescuing her.
• The Six-Eared Macaque appeared, claimed to be a Great Heavenly Venerable, and fought Lü Dongbin.
• Lü Dongbin recognized the Six-Eared Macaque, cut several of his monkey hairs, and forced him to escape.
• Lü Dongbin threatened the Great Heavenly Venerable and his followers, while the Great Heavenly Venerable grew anxious and considered leaving with his disciples.

Lü Dongbin and the Great Heavenly Venerable fought after Lü rejected the young Heavenly God’s threats. Though the Great Heavenly Venerable wounded Lü and tried to escape with a Purple Lightning Talisman, Lü killed him with black lightning and then attacked the fleeing Heavenly Gods.

• Lü Dongbin ordered his allies to seize the Great Heavenly Venerable, who retaliated with a giant palm.
• Lü Dongbin struck the Great Heavenly Venerable’s attack with lightning, but the Great Heavenly Venerable pierced Lü’s chest with a golden spear.
• He Xiangu used a seven-colored golden lotus to heal Lü as the Great Heavenly Venerable tried to leave with his Heavenly Gods.
• The Great Heavenly Venerable prepared to use a Purple Lightning Talisman, but Lü Dongbin struck him with black lightning and killed him.
• Lü Dongbin formed a huge beam of black light and slashed it at the fleeing Heavenly Gods, who panicked and tried to escape.

Lü Dongbin overwhelmed the heavenly soldiers and Lesser Heavenly Gods, then faced eighteen Immortal Sovereign-level Greater Heavenly Gods who attacked him together. After his trident sent them flying, he attacked the remaining immortals, and their Law Treasures collided in an explosion that shattered the void.

• Lü Dongbin killed the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Lesser Heavenly Gods, and the heavenly soldiers with black light and his palm strikes.
• The remaining immortals accused Lü Dongbin of slaughtering their people and charged him with their Law Treasures, while he fought back with his trident.
• Lü Dongbin killed the Lesser Heavenly Gods who attacked him and demanded that the survivors surrender or die.
• Eighteen Immortal Sovereign-level Greater Heavenly Gods arrived and attacked Lü Dongbin, who sent them flying with a strike from his trident.
• Lü Dongbin hurled his trident at the remaining immortals, and their Law Treasures clashed in an explosion that collapsed the surrounding void.

Lü Dongbin crushed the immortals who resisted him, using his trident to kill them despite their pleas to submit. The Nine Provinces forces watched as he asserted his dominance over the battlefield.

• Lü Dongbin swallowed the fleeing immortals in a black hole, killing them, then demanded that the rest kneel and admit defeat.
• Lü Dongbin attacked the lesser immortals when they refused to agree to his demands, and they struggled to withstand his trident.
• The Nine Provinces experts praised Lü Dongbin as he fought the Immortal Venerable Realm experts, while heavenly soldiers and generals helped slay the fleeing immortals.
• The lesser immortals begged Lü Dongbin for mercy and offered to submit, but he ground them into ashes with his trident.
• The Nine Provinces cultivators stared in shock at the immortals’ destruction.

Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu climbed Mount Hua together after he crushed the monkey impostors, but He Xiangu secretly staged her disappearance and left him behind. Lü Dongbin continued exploring and discovered a portrait of himself beside a young woman he identified as He Xiangu, prompting him to suspect she had a hidden secret.

• Lü Dongbin killed the lesser immortals who had impersonated immortals, while the heavenly soldiers seized their treasures and the survivors begged for mercy.
• He Xiangu asked to accompany Lü Dongbin, and the two set out together for Mount Hua and Kunlun.
• After several days of climbing, He Xiangu stayed behind to rest while Lü Dongbin went ahead to scout.
• He Xiangu broke her treasured sword, left a pool of blood, and secretly walked away, thinking Lü Dongbin was too reckless to be her lord.
• Lü Dongbin returned, found He Xiangu gone, and continued climbing until he found a dark cave marked “Three Purities.”
• Lü Dongbin discovered a portrait depicting himself beside a beautiful young woman and concluded that she was He Xiangu, whose secret he intended to uncover.

Lü Dongbin used He Xiangu’s portrait to locate her, then discovered skeletal remains in a mountaintop cave after the portrait triggered an explosion. As Old Iron Crutch searched the mountain for He Xiangu, three enormous fire lotuses appeared above a nearby summit, unleashing immense power.

• Lü Dongbin burned He Xiangu’s portrait and saw her exhausted, then hid the scroll and continued climbing.
• Lü Dongbin met Old Iron Crutch and falsely claimed He Xiangu had fled and might be hiding a treasure, asking him to search for her.
• Lü Dongbin reached the summit cave, used blood-red liquid on the portrait, and caused an explosion that exposed skeletal remains.
• Lü Dongbin swallowed a spirit medicine and felt his Qi surge as Old Iron Crutch and several Daoist priests searched the mountain without finding He Xiangu.
• Three enormous fire lotuses rose above a nearby mountain, and Old Iron Crutch and the Daoist priests wondered whether He Xiangu had obtained an ancient divine weapon.

Old Iron Crutch led Lü Dongbin and the other Daoists into a Daluo Golden Immortal’s cave, where they discovered a preserved palace and a pill furnace. Lü Dongbin realized the cave was only an avatar and questioned Old Iron Crutch about He Xiangu, who revealed that she had fled and lost her physical body.

• Old Iron Crutch concluded that Lü Dongbin was searching for He Xiangu and led the Daoists toward the ruins to find her.
• Lü Dongbin met Old Iron Crutch at the cave entrance and warned him that entering could be dangerous.
• Old Iron Crutch struck the ground, opening a pit that revealed the underground palace, and entered with Lü Dongbin and the Daoists.
• Inside, Lü Dongbin recognized the bronze cauldron as the pill furnace of a Daluo Golden Immortal and wondered why the demon monk had not sought He Xiangu there.
• Lü Dongbin inferred that the cave abode was an avatar and asked Old Iron Crutch where He Xiangu was.
• Old Iron Crutch revealed that He Xiangu had fled long ago, but her physical body could not withstand the Daluo Golden Immortal’s cultivation and had been destroyed.

Old Iron Crutch and Lü Dongbin headed to the Nine Bends Cave Abode to search for He Xiangu, while Lü Dongbin concealed his true intentions. They encountered the cave abode’s master, a Daluo Golden Immortal’s reincarnated divine sense, and continued inside together.

• Old Iron Crutch agreed to search for He Xiangu while Lü Dongbin secretly recognized that Old Iron Crutch had fallen into his trap.
• Old Iron Crutch reunited with Zhang Hu, who directed him toward the nearby Nine Bends Cave Abode as Lü Dongbin followed.
• At the cave entrance, Old Iron Crutch and Lü Dongbin met the young master of the Nine Bends Cave Abode, whom Lü Dongbin identified as the reincarnation of a Daluo Golden Immortal’s divine sense.
• Old Iron Crutch told Lü Dongbin that a treasure had saved him but left him unable to fight, and Lü Dongbin agreed to walk ahead.
• Lü Dongbin told Old Iron Crutch that he had come to find and kill the Daluo Golden Immortal to avenge his master.

Lü Dongbin persuaded the badly injured Old Iron Crutch to accompany him toward the Nine Bends Cave Abode, then left him behind to recover. Meanwhile, a white-haired elder healed himself with a Purple Firmament Palace gourd and summoned Old Iron Crutch, who departed before arranging for Zhang Yue'e to hide until her injuries healed.

• Lü Dongbin identified Old Iron Crutch's severe injuries and agreed to go with him, but told him to wait and recover before following.
• A white-haired, white-bearded elder endured lightning from a purplish-red gourd until his injuries healed, then ordered Old Iron Crutch to fulfill his promise and warned him not to play tricks.
• Old Iron Crutch hurried after the elder, then stopped to tell Zhang Yue'e to hide while he recovered and contacted her again.
• Zhang Yue'e agreed to hide because she was still injured and did not want the Zhang Household to learn that she knew their identities.

He Xiangu sought refuge with Western Queen Mother, who retrieved the Nine-Tailed Fox's soul from the Dragon Palace of the Western Sea. After escaping a vortex that unleashed black shadows, Western Queen Mother headed into the thirty-six cities to plunder them, where a red-feathered bird searched for treasure and attacked a gigantic monkey.

• He Xiangu rode a seven-colored auspicious cloud to seek refuge with Western Queen Mother in West Ox Hezhou.
• Western Queen Mother followed a pull to the Dragon Palace of the Western Sea, caught the Nine-Tailed Fox's soul, and absorbed it.
• A vortex opened above West Ox Hezhou and released black shadows that pursued Western Queen Mother until she fled beyond their reach.
• Western Queen Mother flew to the thirty-six cities and destroyed a demon while beginning her attempt to seize territory.
• A red-feathered bird entered a major city, searched for its treasure, and attacked a gigantic monkey, which cried for help.

The monkey drove the red-feathered bird from the city, but the Western Queen Mother trapped and killed him. She reported the incident to the Jade Emperor, then captured and killed the red-feathered bird, while another monkey fled to his cave to avoid her.

• The monkey wounded the red-feathered bird and chased her from the city into a forest, where he stopped to bathe by a lake.
• The Western Queen Mother trapped the monkey with vines, killed him, and took his corpse to report the matter to the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor ordered the Western Queen Mother to capture the red-feathered bird and bring her to him.
• The Western Queen Mother brought the red-feathered bird before the Jade Emperor, then killed her after rejecting her pleas for mercy.
• After seeing the Western Queen Mother kill the red-feathered bird, a monkey returned to his cave and hid.

The Western Queen Mother visited the Jade Emperor, who gave her a precious token and asked her to help summon and capture a demon snake in Jade Capital City. She agreed and gave him carved jade pieces to send out, leaving the plan in motion.

• The Western Queen Mother arrived at the Jade Emperor's residence and waited while he rested.
• The Jade Emperor welcomed the Western Queen Mother and gave her a token made from Heavenly River Crystal.
• The Jade Emperor asked the Western Queen Mother to place the token on Jade Capital City's wall so he could summon and capture a demon snake.
• The Western Queen Mother agreed to help and carved talismanic incantations onto jade pieces for the Jade Emperor to send out.

The Western Queen Mother and Jade Emperor enjoyed the Heavenly Palace’s pleasures while calamity approached, as Wei’s political turmoil and war with the Donghu unfolded below. Zhongli clashed with Li Yuanji over an exposed record of his crimes, then learned that attackers had destroyed his military camp and provisions.

• The Western Queen Mother privately vowed revenge after leaving the Jade Emperor, then visited him the next morning with washing supplies.
• The Eastern Han and Wei fought amid shifting alliances, while Zhongli’s plans to establish a new dynasty were exposed by an imperial edict detailing his crimes.
• Zhongli accused Li Yuanji of framing him, and Li Yuanji replied that he had only revealed the truth.
• Zhongli advanced on Li Yuanji, who raised his spear, and the two began fighting.
• A soldier reported that intruders had killed the camp’s men and burned its provisions, shocking Zhongli.

Zhongli ordered his troops to prepare for an attack on the capital of Wei and negotiated with Li Yuan, claiming royal blood would let him rally an army against the rebels. After Li Yuan revealed Zhong Yuanji’s severed head, Zhongli secretly sent word to the rebels to attack Wei’s capital, then gathered his elite soldiers for a campaign against Zhong Yun and his followers.

• After hearing of a Donghu sneak attack, Zhongli ordered the army to stay alert and discussed a plan to salvage the situation with his adjutant.
• Zhongli privately praised his son, Zhong Yuanji, but Li Yuan arrived and accused him of betrayal.
• Zhongli offered to surrender in exchange for a drop of Li Yuan’s royal blood, then suggested retaking Wei’s capital and fortifying its border.
• Li Yuan showed Zhongli Zhong Yuanji’s severed head and agreed to the plan to attack Wei’s capital.
• Zhongli ordered his generals to assemble in secret and sent a soldier to urge the rebels to attack Wei’s capital immediately.
• Zhongli gathered his personal elite troops in a remote valley to capture the capital and kill Zhong Yun and his followers.

Zhongli used a supposed deal to lure Zhao Yun’s forces into a devastating battle while his army ravaged the State of Wei’s capital. Zhao Yun realized too late that Zhongli’s real target was Daliang City, leaving his army at risk of being surrounded.

• Zhongli rejected the proposed deal and led his troops into battle, quickly defeating Zhao Yun’s outnumbered forces.
• Zhongli’s soldiers stormed the State of Wei’s imperial palace, slaughtering its people and looting its wealth as Zhao Yun watched helplessly.
• Zhao Yun grew enraged and led his troops into a desperate fight, while Zhongli intended to use him as bait.
• Zhao Yun spotted Zhongli moving toward the southeast and realized Zhongli had tricked him so the enemy armies could converge on Daliang City.