Ch. 161Houtu Was Still Alive
Lin Yunji revealed that Houtu had survived becoming the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and reunited her with the grieving women. He explained that he had used a puppet in her place, while Patriarch Minghe left with a warning to the Asura Clan never to provoke him.
- Lin Yunji examined the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda and considered refining it and using his Primordial Expanse purple qi to become a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage.
- Lady Pingxin returned to the Reincarnation Wheel, which sank into a trench beneath the Netherworld Blood Sea as the Underworld formed.
- Bixiao and the other women mourned Houtu until Lin Yunji revealed her alive; Houtu embraced him and explained how a seven-colored light had carried her to him.
- Patriarch Minghe witnessed Houtu's return, saluted Lin Yunji, and ordered the Asura Clan never to provoke him.
- Lin Yunji told the women that he had refined a puppet to become the Six Paths of Reincarnation in Houtu's place, and they teased him for making them worry.