Chapter Summaries

Lü Dongbin fought the Devil Dao cultivator with his spatial ring and a Jade Slip’s white light, but the ring began to weaken as the surrounding cultivators joined the attack. Meanwhile, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi visited Ao Changsheng and asked for his view of the Primordial World’s current situation.

• Lü Dongbin trapped the Devil Dao cultivator in his spatial domain, but the Devil Dao cultivator returned and attacked with his black bat wings.
• The Devil Dao cultivator’s blows sent Lü Dongbin’s black ring of light flying, and he warned Lü Dongbin that he would remain trapped there.
• Lü Dongbin used the Jade Slip to raise pillars of white light that blocked the Devil Dao cultivator’s attack, while black mist spread from a huge pit.
• The Devil Dao cultivator battered the black ring until it dimmed, then urged the surrounding cultivators to destroy it and attack Lü Dongbin and the Immortal Realm cultivators.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi arrived at Ao Changsheng’s cultivation ground and asked what he thought of the Primordial World’s current state.

Ao Changsheng and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi discussed why the Devil Race had invaded the Primordial World, and Yuanshi proposed that the attack concealed a larger plan backed by a power beyond the Sages of the Three Purities. The chapter ended with Ao Changsheng confused about what that grand plan involved.

• Ao Changsheng told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi that he believed the Primordial World was safe for the time being because the Devil Race would not act rashly.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi connected the invasion to the Devil Race's expansion across 3,654 heavenly domains and the Sages of the Three Purities' recent defeat.
• Ao Changsheng questioned why the Devil Race would attack the Primordial World when its Karmic Luck was weak and suggested that the Sages of the Three Purities might be the real target.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi claimed that a power surpassing the Sages of the Three Purities stood behind the Devil Race.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said the Devil Race's apparent attack on the other four heavenly domains was a cover for its grand plan to invade the Primordial World, leaving Ao Changsheng puzzled.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Ao Changsheng discussed the Devil Race’s invasion and agreed to investigate its plan, while Ancestor Hongjun urged Ao Changsheng to stay hidden because their powers were sealed. Ancestor Hongjun believed the invasion would draw other experts to the Primordial World, creating an opportunity for them to act.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi warned Ao Changsheng that provoking the Devil Race could endanger the Primordial World and asked him to investigate its invasion.
• Ao Changsheng suggested the Devil Race was moving its members to the Ten Thousand Devils Cavern to cultivate secret techniques, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi concluded it sought to strengthen itself.
• Ao Changsheng agreed to investigate with Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, who planned to consult the other Sages of the Three Purities and warned Ao Changsheng to leave the Primordial World.
• Yang Jian, who had hidden nearby, relaxed after Celestial Venerable Yuanshi left without harming Ao Changsheng.
• Ao Changsheng asked Ancestor Hongjun why the Devil Race targeted the Sages of the Three Purities, and Ancestor Hongjun advised them to hide while their powers remained sealed.
• Ancestor Hongjun predicted that the invasion would draw experts from the Three Realms, giving them a chance to act while the Devil Race and other forces suffered.

Ao Changsheng agreed to Ancestor Hongjun’s plan to secretly prepare against the Devil Race, while the Western Queen Mother urged the Jade Emperor and the other immortals to watch the Devil Race’s movements and exploit the conflict. The Jade Emperor assigned Lady Nüwa and Taibai Jinxing to investigate who was directing the Devil Race’s army.

• Ao Changsheng left Ancestor Hongjun’s hall and returned to the Dragon Palace to arrange and deploy his forces.
• Zhenyuanzi told the Jade Emperor, Lady Nüwa, and the other immortals that the Devil Race’s army had secretly descended toward Human Race territory.
• The Western Queen Mother argued that the Devil Race was targeting the Human Race and that the immortals should use its coming campaign to their advantage.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Lady Nüwa and Taibai Jinxing to watch the Thirty-Three Heavens and report unusual Devil Race movements.
• Taibai Jinxing set out to investigate who was directing the Devil Race’s army and punish the mastermind.

Sun Wukong broke the strange phenomenon of the five elements and brought his cultivation to its peak, shocking the Jade Emperor and the Western Sect leader. He prepared to break the Heavenly Court’s confinement and rescue his master, while a group of demons meditated in a mountain hollow.

• Ao Changsheng saw through Nüwa and the Jade Emperor’s schemes and noted that their conflicts had damaged their relationships.
• A strange phenomenon erupted around Sun Wukong as the Five Elements Origin spun wildly, and the Jade Emperor and the Western Sect leader coveted its power.
• Sun Wukong rose, sealed the phenomenon, and shattered the five elements gathering, leaving the Jade Emperor and the Western Sect leader stunned and disbelieving.
• The Jade Emperor ordered the Western Sect leader to find a way to break the Heavenly Court’s confinement before Sun Wukong could escape.
• Sun Wukong burned away the phenomenon with the Five Fires Heaven-Extinguishing Instruction and resolved to rescue his master.
• A group of demons meditated in a mountain hollow around a mysterious symbol formed by colored lights.

Taishang Laojun recovered his Primordial Spirit and prepared to face Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court again. Sun Wukong destroyed the small temple and captured the Primordial Spirits inside, but the Heavenly Court sent a Seven-Colored Meteorite against him.

• Taishang Laojun restored his Primordial Spirit with the Five Elements Reincarnation Cauldron and resolved not to lose to Sun Wukong again.
• Sun Wukong vowed to rescue his master after cultivating further, then flew to destroy the small temple.
• Sun Wukong shattered the temple, caught the fleeing Primordial Spirits, and stored them in his Storage Ring to refine later.
• Sun Wukong noticed a Seven-Colored Meteorite above him and realized the Heavenly Court intended to kill him.

Sun Wukong fought the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Emperor and four divine generals, but their treasures and the Sword of the Heavenly Court inflicted severe wounds. He summoned the Jingu Bang to strike back, yet the Heavenly Emperor blocked it and launched another sword attack.

• The Heavenly Emperor struck Sun Wukong with a palm and tried to suppress and kill him.
• Sun Wukong powered up and charged, but the Heavenly Emperor's Law swords and the four divine generals' treasures wounded him.
• Sun Wukong used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to strengthen his veins and renewed his attack.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned the Sword of the Heavenly Court, which repeatedly pierced Sun Wukong and left him covered in wounds.
• Sun Wukong ordered the Jingu Bang to suppress the Heavenly Emperor, but the Heavenly Emperor blocked it and engulfed Sun Wukong in a rain of sword shadows.

Sun Wukong blocked the Heavenly Emperor’s attack and shattered his body with a staff strike, while Nüwa questioned why he still seemed demonic. Elsewhere, Lü Dongbin escaped Daoist Silver’s pursuit after handing him a dragon, and Daoist Silver began considering how to attack from a distance.

• The Heavenly Emperor attacked the wounded Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong’s golden light blocked the sword strike.
• When the Heavenly Emperor appeared behind him and struck, Sun Wukong swung his staff and burst the Heavenly Emperor’s body into bloody mist.
• Nüwa wondered why Sun Wukong still had a demonic nature despite having passed through the tribulation of Western Heaven.
• Lü Dongbin set out for Yingzhou Island to rescue He Xiangu, but Daoist Silver stopped him and asked to borrow his dragon.
• Lü Dongbin handed over the dragon, then tore apart Daoist Silver’s pursuing fireball and fled toward Yingzhou Island.
• Daoist Silver chased Lü Dongbin to a star, lost sight of him, and wondered whether his Law Power could attack across a distance.

Lü Dongbin appeared among the cultivators of Southern Wilderness Island after Daoist Silver’s Fire Phoenix failed to finish him, and he used the promise of the Nine Chapters of the Azure Emperor to gain access to the island’s library. Daoist Silver excitedly led him and the others into a vast valley filled with towering trees.

• Daoist Silver sent a Fire Phoenix after Lü Dongbin, but a huge silver fireball attacked him and shook the star where he stood.
• The cultivators blamed a demon fox and prepared to capture her, until Lü Dongbin appeared and said he only wanted to ask them something.
• Lü Dongbin claimed he could defeat the island lord with Fire Element Law Techniques and offered Daoist Silver the Nine Chapters of the Azure Emperor.
• Daoist Silver recognized the cultivation method and invited Lü Dongbin to the Southern Wilderness Island library, leading the group into a valley of enormous trees that absorbed Fire Element energy.

Lü Dongbin asked Daoist Silver about He Xiangu, but no one on Southern Wilderness Island had heard of her. When Daoist Silver threatened him, Lü Dongbin revealed his power and challenged the island’s cultivators to a wager.

• Lü Dongbin asked Daoist Silver whether He Xiangu lived in the waters around Southern Wilderness Island, and Daoist Silver said he had never heard of her.
• Daoist Silver warned Lü Dongbin to leave before Demon Race cultivators hunted him, but Lü Dongbin said he had his own way to leave.
• Daoist Silver grew angry when Lü Dongbin dismissed his warning and threatened to deal with him.
• Lü Dongbin released his divine sense across Southern Wilderness Island, but the island’s defensive formation blocked it.
• Lü Dongbin wagered his life against Daoist Silver’s submission and revealed that dozens of Golden Core Stage cultivators stood with him.
• Daoist Silver’s cultivators warned Lü Dongbin that he should leave, but he insisted they were insignificant beyond the island.

Lü Dongbin attacked Daoist Silver and overwhelmed him with his spear and Azure Dragon technique. Daoist Silver was left grievously wounded after the dragon struck him, while the other cultivators remained in danger.

• Lü Dongbin charged Daoist Silver with a giant spear, but Daoist Silver’s palm imprint shattered it and revealed his overwhelming power.
• Lü Dongbin demanded that Daoist Silver and the other cultivators kneel and surrender their weapons or be killed.
• Daoist Silver attacked Lü Dongbin, but Lü Dongbin’s spear shadows battered him and steadily broke down his defenses.
• Lü Dongbin thrust at Daoist Silver’s chest, but Daoist Silver dodged and counterattacked with his white jade saber.
• Lü Dongbin summoned an Azure Dragon, which bit into Daoist Silver and hurled him into a mountain, leaving him severely wounded.

Lü Dongbin continued to overpower Daoist Silver despite the latter’s repeated attacks and shattered white jade saber. He left Daoist Silver beaten on the ground as the other cultivators watched in disbelief.

• Daoist Silver recovered from his earlier defeat and charged Lü Dongbin with his white jade saber.
• Lü Dongbin dodged the saber’s blast, and Daoist Silver’s weapon broke when its attack missed.
• Daoist Silver attacked again, but Lü Dongbin blocked his strikes with his spear.
• Daoist Silver launched a two-saber attack, but Lü Dongbin knocked one blade aside and struck him with a fist and elbow.
• Daoist Silver fell to the ground, bloodied, while the watching cultivators stared in shock at Lü Dongbin’s victory.

Lü Dongbin overwhelmed Daoist Silver in their fight, mocking him and leaving him badly injured. Daoist Silver refused to accept defeat, but Lü Dongbin vanished after blocking his saber, leaving him sensing imminent danger.

• Daoist Silver questioned Lü Dongbin’s identity, then clashed with his spear and was knocked back as a mountainside shattered.
• Lü Dongbin struck Daoist Silver again, sending him flying and leaving him severely wounded.
• Lü Dongbin mocked Daoist Silver for being weak, and Daoist Silver charged at him in a rage.
• Lü Dongbin punched Daoist Silver’s white jade saber, cracking the blade and injuring Daoist Silver’s hand and face.
• Daoist Silver attacked again, but Lü Dongbin blocked his saber with his spear, put the spear into his storage ring, and vanished.
• Daoist Silver sensed danger and realized Lü Dongbin seemed considerably stronger than him.

Lü Dongbin defeated Daoist Silver when the latter tried to stop him, then confronted Bai Yuchan over the Mystic Heaven Sect’s attempt to bar him from the ancient tombs. Bai Yuchan apologized, but Lü Dongbin remained hostile and demanded to know why the sect thought it could control his entry.

• Daoist Silver charged after Lü Dongbin, determined to keep him there even at the cost of his life.
• Lü Dongbin’s spear struck Daoist Silver in the chest and knocked him down as a massive bolt of lightning shattered the ground nearby.
• Bai Yuchan praised Lü Dongbin’s hidden strength and admitted that the Mystic Heaven Sect meant him no harm.
• Lü Dongbin accused Bai Yuchan and the Mystic Heaven Sect of sending an expert to stop him from entering the ancient tombs.
• Bai Yuchan apologized, but Lü Dongbin questioned whether the sect believed it could control him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

Lü Dongbin fought Bai Yuchan with a golden dragon, killed him, and burned his corpse before leaving the battlefield. In the forest, a silver needle struck Bai Yuchan, and a white-robed man later captured his fleeing Primordial Spirit with a short blade.

• Bai Yuchan activated the tomb’s formations and attacked Lü Dongbin with black water, but Lü Dongbin summoned a golden dragon and wounded him.
• Bai Yuchan escaped underground, then fled toward the mountain forest as Lü Dongbin pursued him with golden lightning.
• Lü Dongbin stabbed Bai Yuchan through the chest, killed him, and burned his corpse until nothing remained.
• Lü Dongbin entered a dense forest, where a silver needle shot from his body and struck Bai Yuchan between the brows; Bai Yuchan fell limp, and the surrounding tree was smashed.
• A burly man in white robes appeared, split open Bai Yuchan’s forehead with a golden-lit short blade, and trapped his fleeing Primordial Spirit.

Bai Yuchan submitted to the blade and began cultivating to become its puppet, while Lü Dongbin broke through after obtaining Bai Yuchan’s jade pendant. Lü Dongbin then entered a guarded city on Yingzhou Island, where a guzheng’s deadly music attacked him, leaving him preparing to fight.

• Bai Yuchan agreed to submit to the short blade and entered seclusion to cultivate as its puppet.
• Lü Dongbin returned to his cave, broke through his bottleneck with the jade pendant from Bai Yuchan’s corpse, and greatly increased his strength.
• Gongsun Hailong visited Lü Dongbin and relayed his master’s summons; Lü Dongbin agreed to kill Gongsun Hailong after being asked to help with a revenge plot.
• Lü Dongbin entered a guarded city on Yingzhou Island and saw masked Middle Golden Core Stage figures, a female cultivator playing a guzheng, and precious treasures in a great hall.
• Lü Dongbin touched the guzheng, whose music turned into a swordlike attack that threatened his soul, so he gathered his power to confront the black-clad figures.

Lü Dongbin battered the ground before discovering that an array on the guzheng was draining his soul power and leaving him helpless. Men in black surrounded him, and their leader threatened him with a forbidden drug as Lü Dongbin struggled against the array’s devouring force.

• Lü Dongbin struck the ground repeatedly, creating deep cracks and a massive handprint.
• Lü Dongbin examined a depression on the guzheng and realized its array was absorbing his soul power until he collapsed.
• Men in black surrounded Lü Dongbin, and their black-robed leader produced a gourd filled with the sect’s forbidden drug.
• The black-robed man demanded the blood in Lü Dongbin’s body, but Lü Dongbin refused and tried to escape.
• The array kept Lü Dongbin trapped and drained his power as he wondered why his cultivation was disappearing.

Lü Dongbin fought the man in black while the formation’s guzheng absorbed his soul power, but he broke through the man’s attack and wounded him. The man ordered his four or five companions to join the fight, leaving Lü Dongbin outnumbered by six Golden Core experts and in growing danger.

• The guzheng absorbed Lü Dongbin’s soul power, weakening him as he struggled against the formation.
• The man in black attacked with poisonous smoke from his gourd, but the guzheng’s power shattered it.
• Lü Dongbin refused to surrender, and the man in black transformed into a Jiaolong and attacked him with spear shadows.
• Lü Dongbin broke through the spear assault and struck the man in black, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• The wounded man in black ordered his four or five companions to attack Lü Dongbin together.
• Lü Dongbin faced six Golden Core experts and regretted refusing the man in black’s earlier advice.

Lü Dongbin endured the Blood Bat Sect’s Thousand Souls Erode the Spirit ambush and overwhelmed the attackers with his secret arts. After his power left him and he collapsed unconscious, the surviving men in black attacked him and pierced his chest with a halberd.

• A man in black taunted Lü Dongbin with the Blood Bat Sect’s secret art, Thousand Souls Erode the Spirit, and demanded that he surrender.
• Lü Dongbin summoned a sun and unleashed a flaming mountain, killing one attacker and hurling the others away.
• Lü Dongbin pursued the men in black through the valley, cutting apart their Law Treasures and killing nearly half of their force.
• After using a secret art, Lü Dongbin fell unconscious and withered as the surviving men in black turned back to attack him.
• The men in black bombarded Lü Dongbin with magical artifacts, and a halberd pierced his chest and emerged from his back.

Lü Dongbin survived the men in black’s assault and fought back, but their renewed attack left him wounded. Experts from Immortal Demon City arrived to rescue him, only to be ambushed and slaughtered before a powerful blade strike forced the black-clad man to dodge.

• Lü Dongbin opened his eyes, overwhelmed the men in black with the Golden Crow Halberd, and drove them toward the cavern, where chains knocked them back.
• Lü Dongbin teleported behind one attacker and killed him, then fought off the men in black as they attacked together.
• A man in black struck Lü Dongbin and sent him retreating while the others pursued.
• Experts from Immortal Demon City arrived to rescue Lü Dongbin, but the black-clad man attacked and reduced them to pools of blood.
• An unseen attacker’s golden blade light forced the black-clad man to dodge and carved a long trench through the ground.