Chapter Summaries

Fu Danwei punished Fu Henghua and Fu Tongjun by placing sword arts within their bodies, and their pursuit of Fu Xuanxing led him to meet Fu Yaozhen at Splendid Lotus Pond. Fu Yaozhen revealed that she had foreseen their meeting and guided him toward Panlong Hall, leaving their connection to unfold.

• Fu Henghua and Fu Tongjun fought Fu Danwei, who tested their sword arts and planted Wind Spirit Sword Qi and Formless Sword moves in their meridians as training.
• Fu Henghua and Fu Tongjun blamed Fu Xuanxing for their troubles and sent paper strongmen and Gu beasts to capture him.
• Fu Xuanxing escaped his pursuers and followed qin music to Splendid Lotus Pond, where he met Fu Yaozhen.
• Fu Yaozhen sealed the path against Fu Tongjun's Gu beasts, told Fu Xuanxing to call her Yao Zhen, and directed him toward Panlong Hall.
• Fu Yaozhen reflected that she had foreseen the meeting and recognized Fu Xuanxing as the same person she had seen in the future.

Fu Henghua learned that Fu Xuanxing’s past ties to the Fu Family and his sword scabbard had been arranged by earlier generations, while Fu Yaozhen reviewed Henghua’s ancient cultivation scripture and warned of a dangerous journey to Firegate Island. The chapter left Henghua facing three years of training before he could seek Eternal Firestone and confront the possible demonic influence of the Six Desires Pearl.

• Fu Yaozhen visited Fu Henghua, explained Fu Xuanxing’s family connections, and revealed that her Spirit Sight had foreseen their future bond.
• Fu Danwei took Fu Xuanxing to Panlong Hall, drove away the gu beasts, and began teaching him the Two Modes Longwind Sword.
• Fu Yaozhen read Henghua’s Ninefold Wind-Supporting Immortal Scripture, recognized its Nine-Turn Core Method, and assessed the dangers of restoring their grandfather through ancient or Soul-Formation cultivation.
• Fu Yaozhen said the family needed rare ingredients and Eternal Firestone to improve their grandfather’s chances, and she foresaw a perilous trip to Firegate Island in three years.
• Fu Yaozhen promised to help Henghua cultivate for three years and said she would accompany him to Firegate Island, where the Six Desires Pearl might threaten his Dao Path.
• Fu Henghua deduced that the journey’s danger involved the Six Desires Pearl and asked whether he was fated to suffer a demonic calamity.

Fu Henghua prepared for the demonic tribulation three years away by studying the Profound Radiance True Canon, commissioning a ship, and arranging for protective resources. He also taught Fu Tongjun a Gu cultivation method in exchange for help finding materials, then contacted Dongfang Yunqi with his Heavenly Book insights.

• Fu Henghua reread his father's diaries and copied notes on the Profound Radiance True Canon while Xiaoyu warned him about the Six Desires Demon Pearl.
• Hengshou brought Fu Henghua two volumes of the Dragon Palace Mechanism Compendium, and Henghua ordered the Cloud-Chasing Boat converted into a White Dragon Ship.
• Fu Xuanxing fled from Fu Tongjun's Gu beasts and sought refuge at Hongwen Pavilion, where Fu Henghua planted a seven-day Nightmare Technique on him.
• Fu Henghua gave Fu Tongjun the Seven Gu Immortal-Severing Scripture and explained how to cultivate a Six-Winged Golden Cicada, asking her to seek Cosmic Radiance Divine Water and Taiyin True Water.
• Fu Henghua sent Dongfang Yunqi his insights on the Heavenly Book and considered asking Immortal Algae Palace about Taiyin True Water.

Dongfang Yunqi used Fu Henghua’s Chan Jade Mirror to exchange ideas about Heavenly Books and learned how Taiyin cultivators could maintain their power during eclipses and daylight. After Heng Hua lifted Jin Xian’e’s curse, he left Dongfang with a new question just as their mirror connection ended.

• Dongfang Yunqi received Fu Henghua’s artifact-refining method, forged a Chan Jade Mirror, and used it to contact him beneath the full moon.
• Fu Henghua used three months of collected moon dew to destroy Jin Xian’e’s Spirit-Transferring Yin-Restoring Curse, restoring her original form.
• Jin Xian’e promised to help Heng Hua at Firegate Island in three years, then left to seek her Dao companion and gave Liu Xu a ride back to the Central Region.
• Dongfang Yunqi and Fu Henghua discussed how Heavenly Books could diverge from heaven and earth, and proposed the idea of a True-Position Heavenly Book.
• Fu Henghua advised Dongfang Yunqi to use a natal Taiyin Star and the Return Heaven, Turn Sun art to preserve her power during lunar eclipses and in daylight.
• On a later full-moon night, Heng Hua posed another question before the Chan Jade Mirror lost contact at dawn, leaving Dongfang eager to continue their exchange.

Heng Hua arranged for Dongfang Yunqi to send auspicious snow to Firegate Island for his coming tribulation, then set out with Fu Yaozhen and Fu Xuanxing under the pretext of observing the Four Scenery Elder's tribulation. The group traveled toward Flame Waters, where Heng Hua planned to refine the Demon Pearl, while Ji Mingfeng also hurried toward the Four Scenery Elder.

• Dongfang Yunqi used Immortal Algae Palace's treasures to seal a snowflake in an ice hibiscus and sent Yu Luan to deliver it to Fu Henghua at Firegate Island, but the effort worsened her condition.
• Fu Henghua departed Coiling Dragon Island aboard the White Dragon Ship with Fu Yaozhen, Fu Xuanxing, Zhou Xiao, and their companions, telling Fu Danwei that he was going to observe the Four Scenery Elder's tribulation.
• Fu Yaozhen explained that the Four Scenery Elder intended to become a Tribulation Immortal in one step, and she said Fu Henghua's presence could raise his odds of success.
• The White Dragon Ship reached the Central Region, where Fu Henghua met Liu Xu; Ji Mingfeng learned that Fu Yaozhen was traveling toward Flame Waters and set out after them.
• Fu Henghua cultivated aboard the ship as his inner landscape expanded, then accepted three golden hoops that Fu Xuanxing had refined with Separation Flame.
• Fu Xuanxing warned Fu Henghua that people were still watching for the Six Desires Demon Pearl at Firegate Island, while Fu Henghua insisted their journey was safe according to their divinations.

Heng Hua freed the Heart Ape from Five Elements Mountain and traveled with Zhou Xiao and their companions to Sword-Sealing Island, where they arrived to observe Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's tribulation. The chapter left Heng Hua heading to Four Scenery Mountain Crossing after meeting Du Huaiyuan.

• Heng Hua broke apart Five Elements Mountain, released the Heart Ape, and watched it defeat the Shadowwind Tiger with the reforged Golden Cudgel.
• Heng Hua discussed the Six Thieves and the coming journey to Firegate Island with Zhou Xiao, who hoped to learn from Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's Thunder Tribulation.
• The White Dragon Ship crossed the Flame Waters, passed Nine Suns Island, and reached Sword-Sealing Island.
• Heng Hua treated Fu Zigui's fire-poison damage, gave him a Heart-Calming Formula, and advised him on using the Sky Hound's power to break through.
• Heng Hua met Du Huaiyuan, declined to discuss the trading house's dividends, and said he had come to observe Four-Sights Mountain Hermit's tribulation.
• Heng Hua left the main hall and headed for Four Scenery Mountain Crossing.

Fu Henghua and his companions visited Four Scenery Mountain Crossing and learned how the Four Scenery Elder planned to survive his tribulation by having disciples defeat incarnations tied to the four arts. As the tribulation began, Heng Hua watched from Sword-Sealing Island while Fu Yaozhen and the other disciples faced the test.

• Fu Yaozhen led Fu Henghua, Fu Xuanxing, and Zhou Xiao around Wind Zither Terrace, Chess Blossom Valley, Snowscript Peak, and Moon-Painting Lake, where they judged the disciples’ ability to challenge the Four Scenery Elder’s incarnations.
• Fu Henghua explained that the Four Scenery Elder would use the mountain as a barrier against heavenly lightning, then rely on disciples to defeat four incarnations and erase his soul-consciousness imprint.
• Fu Yaozhen said she could barely defeat the zither incarnation, while the chess disciples planned to challenge the Elder as a team and a Golden Core cultivator would assist with painting.
• Fu Henghua told Xiaoyu to protect Fu Yaozhen and several zither cultivators during the tribulation, warning that Four Scenery Tower might fall apart if the Elder failed.
• On the nineteenth day of the tenth month, Fu Henghua watched from Sword-Sealing Island as thunderclouds gathered over Four Scenery Tower and the tribulation began.

As the Four Scenery Elder’s Thunder Tribulation battered Four Scenery Mountain Crossing, Fu Henghua watched the four inheritors confront the elder’s obsessions with zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Fu Yaozhen suppressed the zither obsession, but the chess challenge remained unresolved, so Ji Mingfeng asked Henghua to seek help from the cultivators at Erlong Ravine.

• The mountain-guarding formation absorbed and deflected the Thunder Tribulation while Henghua estimated how long it could hold and considered the Fu Family’s virtuous merit and fortune.
• Zhou Xiao watched Ji Yunshu contest the calligraphy incarnation, spirit painters struggle to capture the Water Moon, and chess masters face the flower-shadow incarnation.
• Fu Yaozhen played Summoning Wind and Thunder, combined it with Henghua’s Zhen and Xun trigrams, and suppressed the Four Scenery Elder’s zither obsession without destroying it.
• Several chess masters were suppressed by the Heaven-and-Earth Exquisite Game, until three mad chess players weakened the flower shadow; the expelled Ji Yun arrived and challenged his master for control of Four Scenery Tower.
• Ji Mingfeng defeated Ji Yun, gave Henghua an Erlong Ravine Landscape Painting, and urged him to ask the two cultivators at Erlong Ravine to help break the chess game.

Heng Hua helped resolve the four artistic obsessions at Four Scenery Mountain Ferry, allowing Duan Sijing to overcome his tribulation and become a Fourth-Turn Golden Core Tribulation Immortal. As the lightning dispersed, Four Scenery Elder offered to take Heng Hua as his disciple in chess.

• Heng Hua entered Four Scenery Mountain Ferry ahead of a Thunder Beast, while Ji Yun followed him inside.
• Heng Hua traveled between the four sites as Ji Yun, Fu Yaozhen, Ji Mingfeng, and True Person Ye Long worked to free Duan Sijing from the chess, zither, painting, and calligraphy obsessions.
• At Chess Blossom Valley, Heng Hua used his Constellation Chess Game and projected memories of Kaiyang Zi and Luo Shenkong to overcome the chess obsession.
• Ji Yunshu, Ji Mingfeng, and Fu Yaozhen resolved the remaining obsessions, and Duan Sijing's tribulation ended.
• Duan Sijing's Origin Core swallowed the Thunder Beasts and thunderbirds as he attained the Fourth-Turn Golden Core realm, and Heng Hua recorded the event.
• Four Scenery Elder appeared before Heng Hua and offered to teach him chess if Heng Hua accepted him as his master.

Heng Hua explored Four Scenery Tower’s Scripture Library, copied its books, and found an empty redwood box resembling his mother’s dowry chest. As he set out for Firegate Island with Fu Yaozhen and Ji Mingfeng, the Six Desires Demon Pearl stirred, unsettling both Heng Hua and Ji Mingfeng.

• Duan Sijing repaired Mountain Ferry, brought Ji Mingfeng into Four Scenery Tower, and let Heng Hua use the Scripture Library.
• Fu Yaozhen guided Heng Hua through the library, where he copied its books into the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome and found an empty redwood box like his mother’s chest.
• Duan Sijing said the box came from the ruins of the Golden Rain Immortal Palace, while Ji Mingfeng insisted his debt to Duan Sijing was settled and left Four Scenery Tower.
• Ji Mingfeng joined Heng Hua and Fu Yaozhen on their journey toward Firegate Island, saying he had business with the Divine Moon Sect and connections to the Zhu Family.
• Fu Xuanxing suppressed the stirring Six Desires Demon Pearl with Separation Flame, while Heng Hua and Ji Mingfeng sensed its demonic energy and tried to conceal their unease.

Fu Henghua sent Lord Jin to meet the Dragon Girl, a kind-hearted castaway who had spent thirty years rescuing people in the Flame Waters, and arranged for her to cultivate. The Dragon Girl carried the White Dragon Ship toward Yanlong, where her presence triggered a strange reaction in Fu Xuanxing and led Heng Hua to question the boy's origins and reflect on Fu Tongjun's lack of bloodline talent.

• Fu Xuanxing struggled to steer the White Dragon Ship after the Six Desires Demon Pearl trapped most of the crew in the Heavenly Demon Illusory Realm, and Heng Hua emerged from seclusion to reassure him that help would come.
• Lord Jin recalled meeting the Dragon Girl, who had rescued people in the Flame Waters for thirty years while living alone on an Immovable Reef.
• Heng Hua learned the Dragon Girl's past, taught her a cultivation method through Lord Jin, and helped Lord Jin calm its restless thoughts with a trace of Dao Virtue.
• The Dragon Girl carried the White Dragon Ship toward Yanlong and swallowed a jade slip Heng Hua threw to her, while Fu Xuanxing's Separation Flame and golden left pupil briefly appeared at the sight of her.
• Heng Hua questioned Fu Xuanxing about his reaction to the Dragon Girl and discussed Fu Tongjun's lack of bloodline talent, prompting Fu Xuanxing to suggest that her hostility had come from fighting for dignity.

Fu Tongjun reflected on her rivalry with Fu Henghua and set out with Fu Liuhui, while Heng Hua and his companions dispelled a Heavenly Demon illusion realm aboard the White Dragon Ship. Ji Mingfeng confronted questions about his past-life identity, then departed toward the Southern Region as the others continued toward Firegate Island.

• Fu Tongjun recalled how she had striven to surpass Fu Henghua, then invited Fu Liuhui to travel with her and look for Fu Xuanxing.
• Heng Hua, Ji Mingfeng, Fu Yaozhen, and another companion joined forces to dispel the Heavenly Demon illusion realm surrounding the White Dragon Ship.
• The group rested on Coldfire Island, where Heng Hua examined Yanlong's fortunes and Fu Yaozhen sensed a change in the Southern Region.
• Ji Mingfeng saw a vision of a palace and demonic cultivators, then asked Heng Hua whether someone who recovered past-life memories remained the same person.
• Heng Hua answered Ji Mingfeng with the example of replacing parts of the White Dragon Ship, and Ji Mingfeng laughed before flying away toward the southern route.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing wondered at Ji Mingfeng's direction, then continued toward Firegate Island.

Fu Henghua used his Constellation Chess Game to turn the Southern Region’s devils and water demons against one another while his companions trained. The group reached the Zhu Family’s territory, where Heng Hua recognized that Firegate Island faced a flood dragon attack and prepared to help.

• Xiaoyu asked Fu Henghua about the past two days, and he told her about meeting and enlightening the dragon maiden.
• Fu Henghua revealed that his chessboard let him manipulate fates and arrange for water demons to attack the Demon Palace’s cultivators, while he used a self-made meteor to stop one from escaping.
• A Golden Core Cultivator’s pressure cracked the chessboard, but a golden piece appeared and restored it; Heng Hua explained that Senior Duan had stopped Ji Yun from reaching him.
• Fu Xuanxing and Hengshou left the ship to fight water demons and devil cultivators while Fu Henghua guided their training through the chessboard.
• Upon entering the Zhu Family’s core territory, Fu Henghua warned the group that a Flood Dragon King was preparing to attack Firegate Island and said they needed to help the Zhu Family.

Yu Luan reached the Dragonreach Waters and joined Heng Hua’s defenders on Rainclear Islet as water demons and Blood Demon Hall cultivators closed in. The attack began, and Fu Xuanxing confronted the water demons’ half-demons while Heng Hua held the northern route.

• Yu Luan was attacked by Blood Demon Hall cultivators while flying over the Dragonreach Waters, but Fu Xuanxing and Hengshou rescued her and Xiaoyu brought her to Rainclear Islet.
• Yu Luan gave Heng Hua a jade bottle containing a snowflake and agreed to help defend the island; Heng Hua assigned her and Zhou Xiao to guard the western route.
• Heng Hua set up a chessboard to track the battle as the water demons and demonic cultivators began attacking Rainclear Islet.
• Xiaoyu explained that the frogmen, fishmen, and snake demons were half-demons created through forbidden methods, and Fu Xuanxing killed them with a sweeping sword strike.
• Xiaoyu used the Cloud Tide Flask to collect the carp demons, while Hengshou and Fu Xuanxing fought the other attackers as more water demons swarmed ashore.

Fu Henghua and his allies fought off water demons and Blood Demon Hall attackers while Fu Yaozhen concealed her fear of a future in which he became a Demon Emperor. Jin Xian'e arrived to help, but warned that nine Flood Dragon Kings threatened the Zhu Family in the Southern Region.

• Fu Yaozhen used her zither to heal and empower the western-route fighters, while Heng Hua killed three Peak Mystic Womb demons with his improved Five Elements Mountain Method.
• Zhou Xiao fought eight Blood Demon Hall cultivators, and Heng Hua trapped three demon cultivators in a mirror realm before turning them into puppets to aid Fu Xuanxing's group.
• Fu Yaozhen recalled visions of Heng Hua becoming a Demon Emperor and explained that she had altered events to reduce the chance of that future and keep everyone alive until they reached Firegate Island.
• Jin Xian'e and a black-robed companion arrived and forced the hidden Golden Core demon cultivators back, but Jin Xian'e revealed that nine Flood Dragon Kings threatened the Zhu Family.

Heng Hua learned that a Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation threatened the Southern Region and prepared a way to counter it while helping Sun Zhuoyun break his curse. As the group reached Scarlet Sun Island, demonic cultivators and a deep-water jellyfish attacked, but a White Dragon Horse arrived and drove the water demon back.

• Heng Hua identified the nine formation eyes as the group learned that the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation could help the water demons overwhelm the Zhu Family.
• Heng Hua used three Taiyin talismans to dispel Sun Zhuoyun’s curse, and Sun Zhuoyun gave him the Dragon-Subduing Golden Needle Method.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing designed nine Dragon-Subduing pillars and made a diagram to persuade the Zhu Family to receive them on Scarlet Sun Island.
• The Flood Dragon King attacked the White Dragon Ship, and Sun Zhuoyun used his flying swords to drive it back as the Zhu Family hesitated to help the approaching group.
• Three Blood Demon cultivators attacked Jin Xian’e and Zhou Xiao while a Peach Blossom Jellyfish assaulted the ship, and Heng Hua stopped Fu Xuanxing from leaping into the water.
• A White Dragon Horse struck the jellyfish with lightning, forced it to retreat, and then charged at the three demonic cultivators.

Fu Henghua brought the Zhu Family a plan to counter the Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea Formation and sought Millennial Flint Essence in exchange. With the Zhu Family facing hidden Demon Palace attackers and a three-day window created by snowfall, the two sides began negotiating, and Zhu Zhenghe offered access to Flame Valley if they accepted Fu Henghua’s plan.

• The White Dragon Horse arrived, reunited with Fu Xuanxing, and explained to Fu Henghua why he had returned late from their earlier rescue mission.
• Fu Henghua used a snowflake from the Immortal Algae Palace to freeze demons across the surrounding islands and announced that he had come to help the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhenghe revealed that Zhu Old Devil had infiltrated Firegate Island and wounded Zhu Zhengming, while the Zhu Family still could not locate the hidden Demon Palace cultivators.
• Fu Henghua presented the Golden Pillars Subduing Dragon Diagram and offered to exchange it for three pieces of Millennial Flint Essence, warning that the snowfall would last only until the twenty-fifth.
• Zhu Zhenghe offered the group a chance to search Flame Valley for Flint Essences if the Zhu Family chose Fu Henghua’s plan.

The Zhu Family agreed to trade the Crimson Origin Golden Register and Flint Essence with Fu Henghua’s group, while the Mysterious Bright Demon Palace debated the Jiang bloodline’s claim to Emperor Jiang’s Treasury. The hall masters learned that Fu Henghua’s abandoned-infant daughter was heading to Demon-Subduing Cliff with a girl who might claim Gu Demon’s inheritance.

• Zhu Zhengxiong reported that the Fire Spirit saw equal fortune and misfortune in the plan, and Zhu Zhengming eventually agreed to proceed with caution.
• Zhu Zhenghe instructed Ziheng to have Fu Henghua sign a contract and supervise the refinement of the nine Dragon-Escaping Pillars, then bring him to Flame Valley at dawn.
• The Blood Demon Hall Master revealed that he had obtained the Heavenly Demon Treasury and was using its resources to prepare for his tribulation.
• The hall masters argued over whether Emperor Jiang’s descendant should inherit the Profound Palace and the Profound Radiance True Canon, while the Blood Demon and Seven Kills Hall Masters opposed the Jiang bloodline’s return.
• The Mystic Feminine Hall Master suggested that Wujian might return, and the hall masters considered how his return could affect the Profound Palace.
• Shadow Demon reported that Fu Henghua’s abandoned-infant daughter had gone to Demon-Subduing Cliff with a girl who might obtain Gu Demon’s inheritance, prompting the hall masters to react with alarm.

Ji Mingfeng destroyed Demon-Subduing Cliff, triggering the Seven-Star Formation and restoring his memories as Wujian Hall Master while Fu Tongjun claimed the Gu Demon inheritance. The seven stars bestowed Demon Emperor Destinies and marks on several people, leaving Fu Tongjun worried about Fu Henghua at Firegate Island.

• The Mysterious Bright Demon Palace discovered that Fu Henghua might become a demon, and Zhang Yue foresaw him destroying the thirteen halls and turning the hall masters into monsters.
• Fu Tongjun and Fu Liuhui met Ji Mingfeng at Demon-Subduing Cliff, where he combined sea maps to tear open the cliff and reveal a Gu King beneath its bones.
• Ji Mingfeng explained that the cliff was one of seven sites in the Seven-Star Demon Suppression formation, and Fu Tongjun fought the Gu King for its inheritance.
• The Seven Northern Dipper Stars shone, shifting the fortunes of the immortal and demon paths and granting seven Demon Emperor Destinies.
• Ji Mingfeng recovered his memories as Wujian Hall Master, while Fu Tongjun killed the Gu King and gained a purple mark; Ji Mingfeng gained a green scroll mark.
• At Firegate Island, Fu Henghua noticed a blue mark on his hand and complained that it was ugly.

Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing entered Flame Valley to cast a spell and destroy the Heavenly Demon Six-Desires Pearl, while Fu Yaozhen helped the Zhu Family repel a water demon assault. In the valley, Liu Yuli and Hall Master Zhu confronted Heng Hua, who summoned Heavenly Demon puppets and resisted the pearl’s influence; Hall Master Zhu then offered him the next Heavenly Sage Hall Master position.

• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing entered Flame Valley in fire-repelling robes and followed a summoned Nuo flame toward the central fire pool.
• Heng Hua used his own lifespan to cast the Fire Register and create artificial fire spirits, then replenished the lost life force through his cultivation.
• Three flood dragons led a water demon army against Firegate Island, while Fu Yaozhen used her Spirit Sight to help Zhu Zhenghe defend the islands and protect Xiaoyu and Hengshou.
• Heng Hua and Fu Xuanxing reached the fire pool, where Liu Yuli and Hall Master Zhu appeared and disrupted Heng Hua’s Nuo fire.
• Heng Hua summoned Sha Ming and two other Heavenly Demon puppets to attack Liu Yuli, then used the Spirit-Suppressing Treasure Jade to resist the Six-Desires Pearl’s evil aura.
• Hall Master Zhu offered Heng Hua the position of the next Heavenly Sage Hall Master if he joined his sect.