Chapter Summaries

Zuo Quan and Zuo Luo discussed their failed attempt to control Zhang Xuezhou and planned to strengthen Zuo Teng so he could help subdue him in a future attempt. They agreed to send Zuo Teng to Qinmeng for advancement, while Zuo Luo prepared to recuperate at Luo Zhong's imperial mausoleum as construction there threatened to disturb him.

• Zuo Quan told Zuo Luo that Ren Yisheng had praised the Zuo Household after the luck meant for Zhang Xuezhou apparently benefited Ren instead.
• Zuo Quan and Zuo Luo concluded that Zuo Luo's attempt to plant a Subspecies in Zhang Xuezhou had not fully succeeded, and they considered trying again while Zhang Xuezhou was awake.
• Zuo Quan and Zuo Luo decided Zuo Teng needed to grow stronger so he could help restrain Zhang Xuezhou, and Zuo Quan agreed to provide him with five pieces of lucky gemstone jewelry for a trip to Qinmeng.
• Zuo Luo agreed to let Zuo Teng go to Qinmeng, despite worrying about the danger and his weakening control over him at a distance.
• Zuo Luo said he needed a quiet place to recuperate, and Zuo Quan suggested Luo Zhong's imperial mausoleum, where construction at East Mountain might disturb him.

After learning that Zuo Quan’s treasures could bring good fortune, Ren Yisheng reconsidered his plans and decided the Ren Household should befriend the Zuo Household. The chapter ended with Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Yisheng looking for ways to cooperate with them so Ren Yisheng could obtain a suitable Ferocious Beast and advance his Sequence.

• Ren Yisheng locked away the gold necklace after Zhang Xuezhou explained the possible consequences of harming Zuo Quan and the others.
• Ren Yisheng reflected on the limits of human knowledge and how his own power of control had developed beyond what he could explain.
• Ren Anran suggested that Ren Yisheng seek a gene-related Ferocious Beast and advance to the Seventh Sequence.
• Ren Yisheng decided that good fortune might help him find a suitable Ferocious Beast and called on Zhang Xuezhou to plan how to befriend the Zuo Household.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran proposed cooperating with Zuo Teng on research projects, while Ren Yisheng rejected Ren Wuyang’s suggestion to steal a treasure.

Zhang Xuezhou focused on strengthening his mental power and planning how to repair his brain, then made contact with the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon inside it. He realized Zuo Luo had likely planted a chip in him, but Fortune had helped turn their struggle against the demon, who was now confined by Zuo Luo’s control.

• Ren Anran and Ren Yisheng discussed advancing the Mental Strengthening Chapter to its seventh section, while Ren Anran gave Zhang Xuezhou a detailed map of the Western Kunlun Holy Land.
• Zhang Xuezhou tried gallbladder medicines to advance the Longevity Instruction, but the poisonous doses only helped his Poison Avoidance Instruction and made him nauseated.
• Zhang Xuezhou sealed himself inside the X432 device and used its advanced medical technology to think through how to reach the Western Kunlun Holy Land and repair his brain.
• Zhang Xuezhou encountered the hazy Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon in his mind and threatened to fight rather than let the demon take his body.
• Zhang Xuezhou recognized the figure as something like a chip left in his brain by Zuo Luo and realized Fortune had diverted him in a way that helped counter the demon.
• Zhang Xuezhou concluded that he had gained an advantage because Zuo Luo’s control had confined the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon while he himself had suffered little injury.

Zhang Xuezhou woke to find Buddha Son Shigong fleeing demons after using the Purple-Gold Red Gourd to refine demon blood into Blood Essence. After Shigong defeated their pursuer, they continued toward Western Kunlun with the gourd nearly full and Shigong's cultivation advancing.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke on Buddha Son Shigong's back as they fled a black whirlwind pursuing them for the Purple-Gold Red Gourd.
• Buddha Son Shigong admitted that he had used the gourd to refine demon blood into Blood Essence and had attracted demons by taking it.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to let Shigong keep using the gourd, and Shigong turned to confront the Black Gang Demon.
• Buddha Son Shigong killed the Black Gang Demon, extracted its Demon Core, and filled the gourd with its blood.
• Zhang Xuezhou treated Shigong's wounds with the Supreme Purity True Technique, and Shigong swallowed Blood Essence that replenished his Qi and Blood.
• Buddha Son Shigong said they were a little over four thousand li from Western Kunlun and expected the Blood Essence to advance his cultivation.

Buddha Son Shigong used the Purple-Gold Red Gourd to refine demon blood into Blood Essence and believed it would let him rise rapidly and fight almost anyone in the Divine Ability Realm. He and Zhang Xuezhou continued toward Western Kunlun, with Zhang Xuezhou demonstrating that he could fly.

• Buddha Son Shigong refined demon blood into Blood Essence with the Purple-Gold Red Gourd and consumed some to raise his cultivation.
• Buddha Son Shigong praised the gourd, and Zhang Xuezhou offered to trade it for a suitable treasure found in Western Kunlun.
• Buddha Son Shigong agreed to seek mounts from nearby nomadic tribes for their journey across the remaining several thousand li.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Buddha Son Shigong he had learned to fly and demonstrated by lifting himself into the air on a mass of wind.
• Buddha Son Shigong welcomed Zhang Xuezhou's flying ability because it would make travel easier and let him hunt demons without having to protect him as closely.

Buddha Son Shigong and Zhang Xuezhou traveled east through primitive tribes and into the snowy mountains while seeking a horse-herding tribe. In the storm, Buddha Son Shigong mistook a snow-covered stranger for Zhang Xuezhou and was frozen by the white-haired figure.

• Buddha Son Shigong tied up a small tribe, roasted its sheep, and used a drawing to get directions to a horse-herding tribe.
• Buddha Son Shigong and Zhang Xuezhou headed toward the snowy mountains, traveling at different speeds.
• Buddha Son Shigong spotted a snow-covered figure in the storm and hurried over, believing it was Dongfang Shuo.
• Buddha Son Shigong fed the figure Blood Essence and carried it through the snow, then realized it was a white-haired stranger.
• The stranger called Buddha Son Shigong the match revealed by the goddess and froze him in solid ice.

Zhang Xuezhou found Buddha Son Shigong in an ice cave after searching the snowy mountains, only to learn that a demon had drained his vital essence. As they tried to escape, the demon returned and called Shigong her husband.

• Zhang Xuezhou found a herd of wild horses and waited for Buddha Son Shigong, but Shigong never arrived.
• Zhang Xuezhou searched the snowy mountains, found Shigong’s frozen garment, and followed the trail to an ice cave.
• Zhang Xuezhou found Buddha Son Shigong naked and weakened in the cave, where Shigong explained that a demon had ambushed him and drained his vital essence.
• Zhang Xuezhou helped Buddha Son Shigong leave the cave, but a voice called Shigong her husband as an ice-encased bharal and a white surge pursued Zhang Xuezhou.

Zhang Xuezhou was chased through a blizzard by a powerful female demon, Parvati, and talked her into seeking marriage with Buddha Son Shigong instead of attacking him. They reached the snowy mountain cave, where Zhang introduced them and learned that Parvati was called Daughter of the Mountain.

• Zhang Xuezhou fled from Parvati, whose wind and snow weakened his flight, and tried to distract her by recommending handsome men and powerful demons.
• Parvati asked whether Buddha Son Shigong was her husband, and Zhang explained that they would need to bow in marriage to become husband and wife.
• Parvati declared that she wanted to marry Buddha Son Shigong, then caught Zhang when he froze and fell from the sky.
• Zhang promised to conduct their wedding and serve as witness, and Parvati spared him as she carried him to the mountain cave.
• Zhang introduced Buddha Son Shigong to Parvati, who gave her name, and Buddha Son Shigong translated it as Daughter of the Mountain.
• Zhang praised Parvati's name as a perfect match for Buddha Son Shigong, while Buddha Son Shigong wondered why she had become shy.

Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Buddha Son Shigong to marry Parvati, a powerful demoness who revealed her Snow Maiden Clan heritage and treasures. After the wedding, the newlyweds discussed traveling to Western Kunlun, while Zhang Xuezhou discovered that Ice Soul let him use his full strength without pain.

• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded the reluctant Buddha Son Shigong to perform the wedding rites with Parvati.
• Parvati created ice flowers, and Zhang Xuezhou and Buddha Son Shigong recognized that her power surpassed the Divine Ability Realm and might reach the True Self Realm.
• Buddha Son Shigong and Parvati completed the wedding rites, then discussed traveling to Western Kunlun and seeking the Heavenly Emperor's favor.
• Parvati revealed that the Snow Maiden Clan worshiped the Heavenly Emperor and showed the couple a glazed jade bottle that controlled frost, rain, and snow, along with Ice Soul jade left by Goddess Gushe.
• Zhang Xuezhou used an Ice Soul and found that it suppressed his pain and let him use all his strength.

Zhang Xuezhou and Buddha Son Shigong left Parvati’s icy cultivation grounds and reached the hidden entrance to Western Kunlun Sacred Land. Parvati stayed behind, reflecting on her marriage to Buddha Son Shigong and her hopes of returning to Kunlun.

• Buddha Son Shigong agreed to leave Parvati and travel to Western Kunlun to strengthen his body, while Parvati followed the party despite being unable to enter the Sacred Land.
• Zhang Xuezhou reassured Buddha Son Shigong about his good fortune, and Buddha Son Shigong admitted he worried about enduring Parvati’s strength as his wife.
• After nearly three days of travel, Buddha Son Shigong led Zhang Xuezhou to the hidden entrance to Western Kunlun.
• Buddha Son Shigong circled an ancient willow tree and disappeared into the Sacred Land, followed by Zhang Xuezhou.
• Parvati watched them vanish, wondered how her destined match had turned out to be a buddha son, and concealed herself in her white robe.

Zhang Xuezhou secretly led Buddha Son Shigong through Kunlun Sacred Land, using its Heavenly Robe and transportation disc to avoid detection while searching for a familiar destination. Their travels left them glimpsed at the Wondrous Dharma Palace before they vanished again, and Sha Li and Golden Toad Dharma King wondered if Zhang Xuezhou had returned.

• Zhang Xuezhou entered Kunlun Sacred Land with Buddha Son Shigong clinging to him and used the Heavenly Robe to avoid the formations identifying them as outsiders.
• Zhang Xuezhou used Ren Anran’s map to navigate the Sacred Land and found its Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Translocation Disc.
• Zhang Xuezhou fumbled with the disc until it transported him and Buddha Son Shigong to a palace he did not recognize, so he immediately tried again.
• The disc brought Zhang Xuezhou and Buddha Son Shigong to the Wondrous Dharma Palace, where Sha Li and Golden Toad Dharma King noticed them before Zhang transported them away.
• Sha Li and Golden Toad Dharma King wondered whether Zhang Xuezhou had returned, and Golden Toad Dharma King hoped he would eventually come back to the palace.

Zhang Xuezhou led Buddha Son Shigong to Kunlun Sacred Land’s Drunken Peach orchard and coaxed him into eating fruit, hoping the peaches would get him drunk. As Buddha Son Shigong grew painfully full, Zhang Xuezhou spotted a tree bearing human-shaped fruits and recognized it as the one linked to Cai Ma’s cultivation of the Fate Technique.

• Zhang Xuezhou used the traversal device five times to reach the Drunken Peach orchard with Buddha Son Shigong.
• Zhang Xuezhou ate a white peach to convince Buddha Son Shigong that the fruit was safe, and Buddha Son Shigong began eating too.
• Buddha Son Shigong felt his wounds healing and his vital Qi recovering, then followed Zhang Xuezhou through the grove, eating white, red, and green peaches.
• Zhang Xuezhou urged Buddha Son Shigong to keep eating until he swayed and could barely swallow, while Zhang Xuezhou remained able to eat more.
• Zhang Xuezhou spotted human-shaped fruits on a different tree and recalled that they had guided Cai Ma in cultivating the Fate Technique.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Heavenly Robe to enter the Ten Thousand Peach Garden and ate several Little Person Fruits, while Buddha Son Shigong suffered a stomachache from the drug Zhang had given him. Divine Lord Zhenyuan discovered Zhang in the garden and feared he would be punished for the stolen fruit when Her Ladyship inspected the tree.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Buddha Son Shigong tried unsuccessfully to grab the elusive Little Person Fruits.
• Buddha Son Shigong developed severe stomach pain and rested while Zhang searched for the fruit tree’s true location.
• Zhang followed red ants to find the tree’s position, then picked and ate several golden Little Person Fruits without noticing any effect.
• Zhang heard Divine Lord Zhenyuan’s voice and greeted him, prompting Zhenyuan to appear in the garden.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan recognized Zhang’s Heavenly Robe and feared he would be blamed for the missing fruit when Her Ladyship came to inspect the tree.

Zhang Xuezhou learned that the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree was cultivated with the remains of dead great gods and that its fruit could temper the body and extend life, though it was dangerous for some people to eat. He and Divine Lord Zhenyuan discussed the tree and its role in the Kunlun Sacred Land, then Buddha Son Shigong tried a fruit and collapsed in agony.

• Divine Lord Zhenyuan explained that the fruit tree was cultivated with the corpses of great cultivators and warned Zhang Xuezhou that eating its fruit was a serious offense.
• Zhang Xuezhou questioned Divine Lord Zhenyuan about the ants infesting the tree and suspected that the god wanted to leave the Kunlun Sacred Land with it.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan revealed that the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree's fruit could temper the body and extend life, and admitted that he had eaten three himself.
• Zhang Xuezhou picked another fruit and invited Buddha Son Shigong to try one.
• Buddha Son Shigong ate a fruit, suffered terrible pain in his lower body, and passed out as Divine Lord Zhenyuan noted that Zhang Xuezhou's Poison Avoidance Instruction had improved.

Zhang Xuezhou and Divine Lord Zhenyuan discovered that the Myriad Longevity Fruits could cause severe physical changes, though they also extended life and aided cultivation. After Divine Lord Zhenyuan gained seven hundred and twenty years of life, Zhang Xuezhou was left weighing whether to risk eating more.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Divine Lord Zhenyuan discussed using Buddha Son Shigong as cover for taking fruit, and Divine Lord Zhenyuan planned to move the tree to a secluded mountain location.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan picked ripe Myriad Longevity Fruits and advised Zhang Xuezhou to eat Drunken Peaches instead to nourish his damaged body.
• Zhang Xuezhou ate several Drunken Peaches but saw no improvement in his Heaven and Earth Bridges, and worried that healing might require repeated visits.
• Zhang Xuezhou noticed that Divine Lord Zhenyuan had become childlike after eating the Myriad Longevity Fruits and waited to see what would happen.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan recovered and celebrated gaining seven hundred and twenty years of life, which let him break through the lifespan of an Earth Immortal and advance his Longevity Instruction.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered whether he should risk eating the Myriad Longevity Fruits himself.

Zhang Xuezhou learned the Longevity Instruction from Divine Lord Zhenyuan and rapidly extended his lifespan by consuming Myriad Longevity Fruits. His cultivation made him younger and began shrinking his body, so Divine Lord Zhenyuan stopped him, though Zhang Xuezhou believed he could use the Aging Technique to reverse the changes.

• Divine Lord Zhenyuan explained that he had gained seven hundred and twenty years of life from a Myriad Longevity Fruit and agreed to teach Zhang Xuezhou the Longevity Instruction.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked for ripe Myriad Longevity Fruits and quickly advanced through the Longevity Instruction’s stages, gaining years of life.
• Divine Lord Zhenyuan gave Buddha Son Shigong a Myriad Longevity Fruit, causing him severe pain because he had not cultivated the Poison Avoidance Instruction.
• As Zhang Xuezhou continued advancing, Divine Lord Zhenyuan noticed that Zhang Xuezhou was growing younger and shrinking, then interrupted his cultivation.
• Zhang Xuezhou recognized his bodily changes but remained unconcerned, believing he could use the Aging Technique to make himself older again.

Zhang Xuezhou escaped the Western Kunlun Holy Land with Buddha Son Shigong after Divine Lord Zhenyuan uprooted the Myriad Longevity Fruit tree and fled. He returned to find the Emperor drinking Nine Treasures Wine with the Golden Crow Great Emperor and a hairy monkey who claimed to be his true master.

• Divine Lord Zhenyuan uprooted the Myriad Longevity Fruit tree, told Zhang Xuezhou where to find him, and flew away.
• Zhang Xuezhou carried Buddha Son Shigong out of the Sacred Land and handed him to Parvati, then returned after waiting for a quarter of an hour.
• Zhang Xuezhou searched for the Emperor and considered staying in Western Kunlun to await the Nine Treasures Wine and the next chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Zhang Xuezhou entered the brewery and found the Emperor drinking Nine Treasures Wine while the Golden Crow Great Emperor tended the fire and a hairy monkey circled the wine apparatus.
• The hairy monkey claimed Zhang Xuezhou as his disciple and argued with the Golden Crow Great Emperor about who was fit to be his master.

Zhang Xuezhou reunited with the Emperor’s hairy monkey body and asked for the old Nine Treasures Wine to treat his damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges. The hairy monkey learned Zhang Xuezhou had already reached the Divine Ability Realm and hurried off, alarmed that this disrupted the cultivation plans he and Haotian had made.

• Zhang Xuezhou acknowledged the hairy monkey as his teacher, pleasing it while the Golden Crow Great Emperor warned him against making comparisons.
• The hairy monkey revealed that it had brought in Western Kunlun’s winemaking ingredients and that the wine it drank passed into the sleeping Emperor’s body.
• Zhang Xuezhou noticed the Nine Treasures Wine had become stronger liquor and asked the hairy monkey to brew the earlier medicinal version for his damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges.
• The hairy monkey examined Zhang Xuezhou, learned he had entered the Divine Ability Realm, and panicked because Haotian’s plans depended on Zhang Xuezhou’s cultivation progress.
• The hairy monkey said Ren Anran and Zhang Xuezhou had both upset their plans, then left to discuss the problem with the shrew.

Zhang Xuezhou accidentally formed a Human Pill from the medicines and wine he consumed, allowing his cultivation to advance into the Seventh Realm despite his damaged Heaven and Earth Bridges. The Empress arrived to witness his breakthrough, then discovered that the Golden Crow Great Emperor had apparently entered nirvana after she kicked him.

• Zhang Xuezhou found no matured Nine Treasures Wine, so the Golden Crow Great Emperor brewed a weaker batch and gave him a Golden Crow Feather.
• Zhang Xuezhou told the Golden Crow Great Emperor that True Person Supreme One had died, leaving him despondent over how many old friends and enemies were gone.
• After drinking Nine Treasures Wine alongside Drunken Peaches and Myriad Longevity Fruits, Zhang Xuezhou felt his body refine a Human Pill and began advancing his cultivation.
• Zhang Xuezhou guided his cultivation with Jin Chang's method as purple Law Power gathered around him, and the Empress recognized that he had reached the Seventh Realm.
• The Empress kicked the sleeping Golden Crow Great Emperor, whose flames went out and whose feathers turned black; the Emperor then cried out as a scorched lightning wound appeared on him.

The Golden Crow Great Emperor entered nirvana and died of old age, so the Empress carried his body to be buried beneath the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree. The Emperor and the hairy monkey examined Zhang Xuezhou, whose return and advancement to the Divine Ability Realm left the Emperor troubled.

• The Emperor recognized that the Golden Crow Great Emperor's divine soul had died and ordered his body buried beneath the Myriad Longevity Fruit Tree.
• The hairy monkey tried to wake Zhang Xuezhou but was forced out of his heart by another presence.
• The Empress took the Golden Crow Great Emperor's body away for burial and asked the Emperor and hairy monkey to examine Zhang Xuezhou.
• The Emperor sensed what had happened while he was unconscious and learned that the hairy monkey had exposed his past schemes to Zhang Xuezhou.
• The Emperor recovered some hope when he learned Zhang Xuezhou had returned, but Zhang Xuezhou's Divine Ability Realm cultivation made him anxious.