Chapter Summaries

Cao Guojiu rescued Cao Yan and received a glowing jade pendant that brought him to Ao Changsheng, who directed him toward a cultivation opportunity in West Ox Hezhou. Cao Guojiu set off with the Taiyi Mysterious Origin Sword Instruction, while Ao Changsheng revealed that he was pursuing the legendary immortal palace of Fairy Chang'e.

• Cao Guojiu persuaded Madam Cao to look after Cao Yan and ordered his subordinates to keep watch over her.
• Cao Yan gave Cao Guojiu a jade pendant in thanks, then vanished; the pendant crumbled and transported him to Ao Changsheng's cave.
• Ao Changsheng advised Cao Guojiu to seek his opportunity in West Ox Hezhou and warned him of its powerful Demon Beasts.
• Cao Guojiu chose to continue toward West Ox Hezhou, and Ao Changsheng suggested he take his senior brother as his master.
• Ao Changsheng gave Cao Guojiu the Taiyi Mysterious Origin Sword Instruction, which he recognized and took with him.
• Ao Changsheng revealed that he was targeting Fairy Chang'e's legendary immortal palace and that her sword technique could annihilate a Sage.

Cao Guojiu entered a dangerous valley near the Demon King's domain, where a giant centipede attacked him. He fought back with the Demon-Slaying Spear but was killed, while Yang Jian escaped far away.

• Ao Changsheng disappeared after Cao Guojiu had traveled away, and Cao Guojiu flew south to find a place to cultivate.
• Cao Guojiu entered a valley filled with powerful Demon Beasts and demon plants, then was seized by a giant centipede and weakened by its Yao Qi.
• Cao Guojiu used instant movement to escape the centipede's attack, then drew the Demon-Slaying Spear from his bundle.
• Cao Guojiu launched the spear at the centipede, but it struck him with its tail and drove the spear through his chest.
• The centipede cut Cao Guojiu's throat, killing him and scattering his soul.
• Yang Jian used an escape technique to travel a million li away and sped off from a valley.

Yang Jian discovered that a Demon Beast's Nascent Soul had tried to possess him, then subdued it and continued to the Demon Beasts' lair, where he found dozens of powerful Demon Kings. He later told Cao Guojiu that the Heavenly Fire Pool could help them reach Saint Level, and the two encountered a young man at the mountain's foot.

• Yang Jian killed a centipede and found its Nascent Soul entering his sea of consciousness to possess him.
• Yang Jian trapped and destroyed the Nascent Soul, then observed that his Vajra Seal had gained more Law Seals.
• Yang Jian killed Demon Beasts along the way and arrived at their lair, where he sensed more than thirty Demon Kings, including one at the peak of the Body Integration Realm.
• Yang Jian told Cao Guojiu that passing the life-and-death trial and tribulation at the Heavenly Fire Pool could give them a chance to reach Saint Level.
• Yang Jian led Cao Guojiu down the mountain, where a young man expressed surprise that Cao Guojiu had returned alive.

Yang Jian escorted Cao Guojiu and his companions from danger in Heavenly Water City, then confronted a pursuing black-robed man after the group was chased by two patrol squads. The chapter ended with Yang Jian appearing behind the wounded man, who faced him in despair.

• Yang Jian led Cao Guojiu and his companions to a mountain summit and used a teleportation array to bring them to safety.
• Cao Guojiu learned that Yang Jian was Steward Zhao from the city lord's residence, and the city lord agreed to help escort the group out of Heavenly Water City.
• Yang Jian spotted two patrol squads pursuing Cao Guojiu and told Steward Zhao to stay with him, assuring him the city lord would not punish him.
• Yang Jian gave the woman in green a spatial array disc and Spirit Stones, then fought the black-robed man, knocking him down and badly injuring him.
• Yang Jian appeared behind the black-robed man, while Cao Guojiu recognized that Yang Jian had concealed his true appearance.

Nüwa and True Person Taiyi tried to persuade Ao Changsheng to join the Heavenly Dao, but he refused and warned Taiyi against defying him. Meanwhile, He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin set out for Penglai Island to find the sealed divine artifact.

• Nüwa visited Ao Changsheng, who dismissed the Heavenly Dao and refused to interfere with its plans.
• True Person Taiyi arrived and challenged Ao Changsheng, but Ao Changsheng warned him that he would face consequences if he persisted.
• True Person Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court and gathered his followers to discuss how to suppress Ao Changsheng, though he privately worried he could not defeat him.
• After learning from Tieguai Li about the cave ruins, He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin decided to fly to Penglai Island to retrieve the sealed divine artifact.

Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu reached Mount Kunlun, where they reunited with Tieguai Li and discovered the Dragon Race’s inheritance site and the Dragon Tomb. As they flew back to report their findings to the Dragon King, a violent boom sounded from a cave entrance on the mountainside.

• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu arrived at Mount Kunlun and entered its mysterious cave abode.
• Tieguai Li reunited with them and explained that he was investigating the Dragon Race’s extermination and had found its inheritance site.
• Lü Dongbin, He Xiangu, and Tieguai Li reached the summit and found the Dragon Tomb marked on a stone stele.
• He Xiangu identified the Jiaolong that had killed the Dragon King and Dragon Queen as a powerful threat, and Lü Dongbin suggested reporting the discovery to the Dragon King.
• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu began flying back, but a violent boom erupted from a cave entrance on the mountainside.

Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu entered a mysterious cave abode where an unseen master trapped them and demanded their submission. Lü Dongbin struck back at a white net, but the net began to shatter, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Lü Dongbin sensed a terrifying Yao Qi and evil presence in the cave abode, but a mysterious voice compelled him and He Xiangu to approach it.
• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu entered a purple-black hall filled with dragon statues and discovered blood from the cave abode turning into red snakes.
• He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin tried to retreat, but an invisible force immobilized them.
• A hidden voice claimed the cave abode as its territory and demanded that the two immortals submit or die.
• Lü Dongbin attacked a giant white net with his Law Power, and the net began to shatter.

Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu confronted an Illusion Demon after escaping the giant white net, then joined forces to subdue it. The Illusion Demon remained under attack as their combined sword techniques formed two dragons and charged at him.

• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu struck three ghost-masked men aside as they tried to flee toward the great hall.
• One ghost-masked man attacked with a spear, but Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu dodged and entered the Illusion Demon's illusion realm.
• He Xiangu identified the Illusion Demon and warned Lü Dongbin that its illusions made it dangerous.
• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu fought the Illusion Demon, and Lü Dongbin showed that its attacks could not overpower him.
• Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu combined their sword attacks into two giant dragons and sent them charging at the Illusion Demon.

He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin fought the Illusion Demon, whose giant snake form and rapid healing made him difficult to hurt. He Xiangu overcame his illusions, tore off one of his wings, and pierced his chest with a golden sword.

• The Illusion Demon used his giant snake tail to bind Lü Dongbin and He Xiangu, but their swords barely scratched his tough body.
• He Xiangu severed the Illusion Demon's claw with her Soul-Slaying Sword, and Lü Dongbin's punch made the demon howl and exhale black smoke.
• He Xiangu wounded the Illusion Demon, but his injuries healed almost instantly.
• The Illusion Demon summoned hundreds of venomous snakes, but He Xiangu's golden halo absorbed their venom and protected her.
• He Xiangu seized the Illusion Demon's wing, tore it off, and pierced his chest with a golden sword.

He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin killed the Illusion Demon and discussed using its body as Lü Dongbin’s puppet while searching for a fire dragon. When Heavenly Gate arrived to avenge its Demon Beast and seize He Xiangu’s Heaven and Earth Ring, she slaughtered its disciples but was surrounded by a powerful elder.

• He Xiangu killed the Illusion Demon, and she told Lü Dongbin she would refine its core and make its body his puppet.
• He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin discussed finding a fire dragon so Lü Dongbin could regain a body, though He Xiangu doubted they could overcome the Kunlun Sect’s crisis.
• Several thousand Heavenly Gate cultivators descended, and He Xiangu attacked them in response to their arrival.
• He Xiangu killed the Heavenly Gate disciples who charged her and flew away, then slaughtered the pursuing forces.
• A white-bearded Heavenly Gate elder and several elders surrounded He Xiangu and demanded her Heaven and Earth Ring.
• He Xiangu recognized that the elder’s Ninth Layer of Qi Refining cultivation far surpassed her own and braced for the threat.

He Xiangu forced the Heavenly Gate to agree to help her find Nine Yang Grass and protect her junior brother, Master Kongzhi, in exchange for the Qilin blood. The negotiations shifted when Lü Dongbin mistook the grass she presented for a rare snow lotus and asked to buy it.

• He Xiangu severed the old man's arm and accused the Heavenly Gate of coveting her Qilin blood, but Lü Dongbin stopped her from killing anyone.
• He Xiangu demanded that the Heavenly Gate obey her orders and search for Nine Yang Grass to cure her hidden ailment.
• He Xiangu explained that Nine Yang Grass could extend life but caused a deadly toxin and infertility, which was why she needed pills made from it.
• He Xiangu asked the Heavenly Gate to find protection for Master Kongzhi, and Lü Dongbin offered the help of an eminent monk with profound Law Techniques.
• He Xiangu presented a stalk she called Nine Yang Grass, but Lü Dongbin identified it as a thousand-year-old Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and asked to buy it.
• He Xiangu said she needed the snow lotus to refine a pill, and Lü Dongbin asked whether she could name a more suitable reward.

He Xiangu learned that her junior brother’s Seven-Aperture Exquisite Gu could only be suppressed by a ten-thousand-year-old Nine-Tailed Centipede, while Lü Dongbin admitted that defeating the beast would be difficult. When Heavenly Court forces arrived at the valley, He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin fought them, but the opposing forces’ numbers and powerful artifacts left them in danger.

• He Xiangu refused Lü Dongbin’s offer of treasures and explained that a ten-thousand-year-old Nine-Tailed Centipede had poisoned her junior brother.
• Lü Dongbin identified the poison as the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Gu and said the rare centipede would be difficult to defeat.
• He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin reached the valley and found hundreds of Heavenly Court experts gathered there.
• He Xiangu clashed with the experts and declared that she would reclaim the Heavenly Gate, while Lü Dongbin and the elders joined the battle.
• The fighting spread as more Heavenly Court forces appeared, and Lü Dongbin asked He Xiangu what they should do against the vastly larger force.

Lü Dongbin swallowed a pill to recover his cultivation and fought He Xiangu, whose swordsmanship pushed him to unleash more of his power. He raised his cultivation to the Immortal Emperor Realm, leaving the battlefield trembling before his presence.

• Lü Dongbin swallowed a pill and recovered most of his cultivation as the Heavenly Court experts retreated.
• He Xiangu and Lü Dongbin exchanged sword and spear strikes, and Lü Dongbin knocked her back with a powerful attack.
• He Xiangu filled the sky with sword blossoms while Lü Dongbin answered with a spear blossom, and their clash injured several fighters nearby.
• He Xiangu unleashed streams of Sword Qi, prompting Lü Dongbin to raise his cultivation to the Immortal Emperor Realm.

He Xiangu ambushed Lü Dongbin after the Yin-Yang Demon Sect’s sect master threatened her, revealing strength enough to repel his attack. Lü Dongbin tried to flee, but the sect master blocked his path and attacked him with a spear.

• Lü Dongbin summoned a golden liger to clash with He Xiangu while spectators struggled under the pressure of their attacks.
• The Yin-Yang Demon Sect’s sect master warned He Xiangu that his people were lying in ambush nearby and threatened to wipe out her group.
• Sun Wukong called out to Lü Dongbin, distracting him as He Xiangu’s golden liger ambushed and wounded him.
• Lü Dongbin attacked He Xiangu, but she parried him with her immortal sword and forced him to realize the plan had failed.
• Lü Dongbin attempted to escape, but the Yin-Yang Demon Sect’s sect master appeared before him with a spear and struck at him.

Lü Dongbin was badly wounded in his fight with the Demon Sect's sect master, while Ao Changsheng negotiated with Luo Jie over a Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir. The chapter ended with Ao Changsheng preparing to return Luo Jie to his physical body after securing his promise to find an Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir.

• The Demon Sect's sect master mocked Lü Dongbin and attacked him with a black dragon of demonic essence.
• Lü Dongbin shattered the dragon with a glowing stone, but another stone exploded and left him gravely weakened.
• In West Ox Hezhou, the Western Queen Mother, Daoist Randeng, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Daoist Jieyin, and Ao Changsheng discussed the upheaval caused by the Demon Sect.
• Ao Changsheng revealed that Luo Jie was the demon god Rakshasa, and Luo Jie asked him for the Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir.
• Ao Changsheng offered Luo Jie the elixir in exchange for finding an Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir and agreeing to two conditions.
• Luo Jie accepted, and Ao Changsheng prepared to take him back into his physical body.

Ao Changsheng bargained with Luo Jie, demanding Essence Blood in exchange for helping him obtain an Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir and escape. After Luo Jie agreed, Ao Changsheng took control of the situation and prepared to proceed with his plan.

• Luo Jie asked Ao Changsheng where the Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir was, but Ao Changsheng refused to reveal its location until Luo Jie stated his demand.
• Luo Jie asked for one Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir, and Ao Changsheng demanded a drop of Essence Blood in return.
• Ao Changsheng threatened to imprison Luo Jie's soul, and Luo Jie agreed to give up Essence Blood if Ao Changsheng rescued him and sent him back to the Chaos World.
• Luo Jie summoned an incarnation to collect the nine Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs while Ao Changsheng prepared a Spirit Gathering Formation for it.
• Ao Changsheng placed Luo Jie's incarnation in the formation, took six of the elixirs for himself, and told the lesser demons they could begin.

Ao Changsheng lured Luo Jie into helping refine Immortal-Grade Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixirs, then used the release of Luo Jie's physical body to trigger a lightning strike and weaken him. Ao Changsheng suppressed Luo Jie and prepared to take him to his cave abode, while Luo Jie began healing his injuries.

• Ao Changsheng and Luo Jie left with the lesser demons, but Ao Changsheng stopped in the Chaos World and asked Luo Jie to help refine elixirs.
• Ao Changsheng released Luo Jie's physical body, which brought down a powerful lightning tribulation that injured Ao Changsheng.
• Ao Changsheng revealed that he had planted a Divine Sense Mark on Luo Jie's incarnation and used the attack to prevent Luo Jie from controlling it or escaping.
• Ao Changsheng threatened to destroy Luo Jie's physical body unless he cooperated, and Luo Jie reluctantly agreed.
• Ao Changsheng put Luo Jie's incarnation in a Storage Bag and disappeared to make preparations, while Luo Jie stayed behind to heal.

Ao Changsheng confronted Luo Jie at the Devil Palace and used his Divine Sense Mark to destroy Luo Jie's physical body. Ao Changsheng then activated his Primordial Spirit Marks on the eighty-one Devil Beasts, and Luo Jie raised a golden defensive barrier against the attack.

• Ao Changsheng arrived at the devil-infested mountain range and called for Luo Jie to come out of his cave abode.
• Luo Jie revealed that he had reached the Great Perfection of the Body Integration Realm and refused to submit to Ao Changsheng.
• Ao Changsheng used his devouring force and Divine Sense Mark to restrain Luo Jie, then pierced his golden head with a beam of black light.
• Luo Jie's body burst apart, and Ao Changsheng declared that he would tear the traitor to pieces.
• Ao Changsheng activated his Primordial Spirit Marks on the eighty-one Devil Beasts, causing Luo Jie's body to tremble.
• Luo Jie formed a powerful golden defensive barrier around himself.

Ao Changsheng appeared to kill Luo Jie and tried to collect his remains, but a golden chain burst from his token and struck him. As Ao Changsheng reeled in shock, sword-rays appeared behind him.

• Ao Changsheng used the defensive screen and black flames to destroy Luo Jie's body and Nascent Soul.
• Ao Changsheng summoned his golden gourd and tried to refine Luo Jie's remains into slaves.
• Ao Changsheng's gold token released a golden chain that struck him and sent him flying backward.
• Ao Changsheng stared at the chain in disbelief as fierce sword-rays suddenly slashed toward him from behind.

Lü Dongbin defeated Yang Jian and pursued the Qilin bloodline at Kunlun, where he enlisted Cao Guojiu’s help and settled in the Kunlun Sect’s guest quarters. There, Lü sensed a familiar presence in the distance and noticed a strange white cloud covering the sky.

• Lü Dongbin narrowly defeated Yang Jian after three hundred exchanges and sought the Qilin bloodline in a cave on Mount Kunlun.
• Cao Guojiu confronted Lü Dongbin over the bloodline, but Lü offered him the Azure Lotus Jade Dew Pearl and asked for his aid.
• Cao Guojiu took the pearl, then led Lü Dongbin to the Kunlun Sect headquarters, where the immortals welcomed him.
• Cao Guojiu showed Lü Dongbin to a guest pavilion in the rear courtyard, and Lü sensed a familiar presence beyond the mountain.
• Lü Dongbin and Cao Guojiu spotted a strange layer of white cloud covering the distant sky.