Chapter Summaries

Jiang Sheng fought off the nine allied cultivators as they attacked him together, repeatedly countering their strongest techniques with his swordsmanship and Qiyuan’s treasures. After the Heng-Ha Brothers unleashed their gathered yin-yang attack, Zhenshui and Zhenhuo realized their plan had worked, leaving Jiang Sheng’s next move unresolved.

• Jin Yang and Youhua urged the group to stop holding back, while Lanzhen revealed that Zhenshui and Zhenhuo possessed a joint art that could reverse yin and yang and create an opening.
• Zhenshui and Zhenhuo distributed protective talismans, then charged Jiang Sheng alongside Jin Yang, Youhua, the Three Fairy Sisters, and the Heng-Ha Brothers.
• Jin Yang attacked with the Great Sun Heavenly Fire, Youhua concealed a Seven-Turn Divine Nail in the flames, and Jiang Sheng blocked the nail with his left hand while fighting the other assaults.
• The Three Fairy Sisters tried to trap Jiang Sheng behind their sleeves, but his four immortal swords tore through the barrier, and Qiyuan’s treasures broke apart Jin Yang and Youhua’s combined attack.
• Jiang Sheng returned Youhua’s divine nail, pressured Jin Yang with the Judicial Heavenly Monarch Seal, and then faced the Heng-Ha Brothers’ yin-yang blast as Zhenshui and Zhenhuo recognized that their plan had worked.

Jiang Sheng endured a coordinated assault from Jin Yang, Youhua, the Three Fairy Sisters, and the Heng Ha Brothers before discovering that the Water and Fire Daoists had used a power to retrace the past and anticipate his moves. He unleashed Three Heads and Six Arms, recovered his treasures, and began summoning the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation against his opponents.

• Jin Yang, Youhua, the Three Fairy Sisters, and the Heng Ha Brothers combined their attacks and counters to trap Jiang Sheng and block his swords and treasures.
• Jiang Sheng realized that his opponents seemed to know his moves in advance, then manifested Xuanmen Orthodox Art: Three Heads and Six Arms to shatter the descending yin-yang dharma sword and remove the Seven-Turn Divine Nails.
• Jiang Sheng recovered his treasures and identified Zhenshui and Zhenhuo as the true threat, recognizing that they had used a divine art to retrace the past.
• Jiang Sheng placed the Zhu-Lu-Xian-Jue swords at the four cardinal directions and invoked the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation against the nine opponents.

Jiang Sheng used the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation to kill the Heng Ha Brothers after they tried to trick and ambush him. As he turned toward Jin Yang and the others, Jin Yang received news that Fairy Xiaogong had captured Shaobai and Jin Qiong, and declared the battle a draw.

• Jiang Sheng unleashed the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation, and its sword light badly wounded Buguai and Buqi while the others defended themselves with their treasures.
• Buguai and Buqi pretended to surrender, then detonated their heavy sword and golden cup in an attempt to kill Jiang Sheng.
• Jiang Sheng emerged unharmed, countered the brothers’ attack, and pinned them with the Zhu-Xian Sword and Lu-Xian Sword.
• Jiang Sheng used the Soul-Shaking Spikes and his treasures to destroy the brothers’ heads, and the remaining sword Qi killed them as they fled.
• Jin Yang received Fairy Xiaogong’s message that she had captured Shaobai and Jin Qiong, then told Jiang Sheng to stop and called the battle a draw.

Jiang Sheng overwhelmed Jin Yang, Youhua, Zhenshui, Zhenhuo, and the Three Fairy Sisters with his Heaven-Cutting Sword, but stopped short of killing them when Jin Yang threatened the lives of Jin Qiong, Xuan Xin, and Underworld Lord Shaobai. He trapped the survivors in the four-sword formation and demanded that they exchange the three captives for their seven lives.

• Jiang Sheng unleashed Severing Karma, destroying the enemies’ strongest attacks and killing the Heng Ha Brothers’ remaining allies into retreat.
• Jin Yang, Youhua, Zhenshui, and Zhenhuo suffered severe injuries, while the Three Fairy Sisters remained unharmed but terrified.
• As Jiang Sheng prepared to strike the Three Fairy Sisters, Jin Yang warned that Jin Qiong and Underworld Lord Shaobai were in danger.
• Jiang Sheng halted his attack because he would not sacrifice Shaobai or damage the reputation of the Penglai Dao Sect.
• Jiang Sheng trapped the survivors with the four swords and proposed exchanging Xuan Xin, Jin Qiong, and Shaobai for their seven lives.
• Jin Yang accepted the proposed exchange and asked Jiang Sheng to wait while he contacted their contingency.

Fairy Xiaogong defeated Jinqiong and Underworld Lord Shaobai, then captured them and sought to exchange Xuan Xin for Changsheng and Busi. She arranged for Shaobai to carry a message to Ling Yuan about the forgotten Buzhou Divine Court.

• Xiaogong defeated Jinqiong and Shaobai at the ruined Jumang Divine Court and took them to the secret realm to find Xuan Xin.
• Xiaogong told Changsheng and Busi that Jinyang, Youhua, and the Heng Ha Brothers had lost or died, and said she needed Xuan Xin to exchange for their lives.
• Xiaogong's incarnation returned with a restrained captive, while Jinqiong realized Shaobai had feigned unconsciousness after sending out his true spirit.
• Xiaogong revealed that Ling Yuan had defeated Jinyang, Youhua, and the others, and said she would take the captives to exchange hostages.
• Xiaogong asked Shaobai to tell Ling Yuan that Buzhou's people remembered the Heaven Pillar but had forgotten the Buzhou Divine Court.

After the hostage exchange, Jiang Sheng learned from Underworld Lord Shaobai that Xiaogong had fought with three equally powerful bodies, raising the possibility that she knew the secret art One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones. Xiaogong then judged that her side was outmatched and urged the group to leave Buzhou World before they provoked its Heavenly Dao.

• Jiang Sheng welcomed Underworld Lord Shaobai back with tea, and Shaobai explained that his defeat had not shaken his Dao Heart.
• Shaobai told Jiang Sheng that Xiaogong had produced two additional bodies with the same strength as her original, and Jiang Sheng suspected she had used One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones.
• Xuanyi recounted rumors about Xiaogong's unusual talents and possible hidden identities, leaving Jiang Sheng unable to confirm his suspicions.
• Shaobai relayed Xiaogong's question about why Buzhou's inhabitants remembered the Heaven Pillar but had forgotten the Divine Court, and Jiang Sheng urged Xuanyi and Shaobai to leave once their business was settled.
• At the Jumang Divine Hall, Xiaogong told Jin Yang, Youhua, and the others that their forces were unlikely to defeat Jiang Sheng's group and should withdraw before angering Buzhou World's Heavenly Dao.

Xiaogong proposed using the Heavenly Capital Eighteen Star-Baleful Array to capture Lingyuan, while Divine Path leaders from several worlds gathered for an alliance in the Chaos Void. The Five Treasures Divine Lord declared that the Divine Path worlds were ready to make their names resound throughout the heavens.

• Jin Yang and Crown Prince Youhua warned that Buzhou World's dormant Heavenly Dao remained dangerous, and Youhua urged the group to keep Jiang Sheng in Buzhou World.
• Longevity Daoist proposed summoning allies, and Zhenhuo and Fairy Meijiang offered to invite friends of their own.
• Xiaogong revealed an array disk and named her formation the Heavenly Capital Eighteen Star-Baleful Array, which required eighteen people to deploy.
• Prefect Lord Huang of the Nether Void Realm and Divine Lord Qingxia of the Purple Jade Realm arrived at a Dead Silence Star River, followed by the Dharma Boats of the Radiant Truth Realm and Treasure Immortal World.
• The Third Prince of the Radiant Truth Realm clashed with Prefect Lord Huang and Divine Lord Qingxia until the Five Treasures Divine Lord intervened.
• The Five Treasures Divine Lord said the Divine Path worlds had made preparations and were ready to make their names resound throughout the heavens.

Representatives of four Divine Path worlds planned to enter the Buzhou World, awaken its Heavenly Dao, and use its laws to trap their rivals and revive Divine Master Jumang. Meanwhile, Crested Ibis decided to enter Buzhou with allies of her own, drawn by the gathering of powers and her chance to confront the Nine-Headed Insect.

• The Third Prince and the Five Treasures Divine Lord urged the Divine Path worlds to end their long silence and make their power known in the Buzhou World.
• Prefect Lord Huang, Divine Lord Qingxia, the Five Treasures Divine Lord, and the Third Prince brought four tokens tied to the fallen Divine Masters and planned to awaken Buzhou's Heavenly Dao.
• The four Divine Path representatives intended to seal Buzhou, capture the immortal-path and Heterodox Sect cultivators, and use their blood to help Divine Master Jumang return.
• Crested Ibis learned that Daoist Zhenhuo wanted her to help deal with Lingyuan, but she refused that invitation.
• Crested Ibis agreed to join Fang Rui and Kui Yue in entering Buzhou and planned to hunt the Nine-Headed Insect there.

Xiaogong and Lanzhen devised a plan to use King Geng and the lives of his subjects to build a formation against Jiang Sheng, while Jiang Sheng and Underworld Lord Shaobai entered the Bad Wind World to seek Divine Lord Tian Wu’s legacy. The chapter left Qingxia and her companions searching for Tian Wu’s surviving divine consciousness as Jiang Sheng began exploring the realm.

• Jin Yang and the others debated where to confront Jiang Sheng, and Xiaogong proposed using Geng's royal capital and its hundreds of millions of people to strengthen the Dutian Star Baleful Formation.
• Lanzhen agreed to descend as a heavenly maiden, teach King Geng the way to divinity, and have him construct the formation while bearing the resulting karmic consequences.
• A heavenly maiden appeared before King Geng, spoke to him, and transformed into a stone statue, prompting him to announce a grand construction project for his ascension to divinity.
• Prefect Lord Huang, Divine Lord Qingxia, the Five Treasures Divine Lord, and the Third Prince entered the Bad Wind World and searched amid its deadly storms.
• Divine Lord Qingxia spotted what might be traces of Divine Lord Tian Wu's surviving divine consciousness, while Underworld Lord Shaobai led Jiang Sheng into the realm to seek Tian Wu's legacy and treasures.

Jiang Sheng and Underworld Lord Shaobai entered the Bad Wind World, hoping to find Divine Sovereign Tian Wu’s possible Dao seed of wind. Elsewhere, Zhang, Third Crown Prince led Divine Lord Qingxia through swarms of wind devils while she tracked Tian Wu’s remnant soul, and he suspected other intruders were present.

• Underworld Lord Shaobai persuaded Jiang Sheng to investigate the Bad Wind World, where Tian Wu’s legacy might include a Dao seed of wind.
• Jiang Sheng sensed an auspicious opportunity, and his Zhu-Xian Sword reacted eagerly to something inside the wind realm.
• The Five Treasures Divine Lord and Prefect Lord Huang fought off vast numbers of wind devils and monsters within the Bad Wind World.
• Zhang, Third Crown Prince cleared a path through the creatures while Divine Lord Qingxia used a bronze mirror to track Tian Wu’s wandering remnant soul.
• Divine Lord Qingxia pinpointed a direction northeast, and Zhang unleashed his six-armed divine power to advance rapidly through the swarm.
• Zhang urged Divine Lord Qingxia to hurry, saying he sensed that they were not alone in the Bad Wind World.

Jiang Sheng and Underworld Lord Shaobai fought through the Bad Wind World while Divine Lord Qingxia and Zhang, Third Crown Prince, found a wind Dao seed growing on a treasure tree. Zhang was about to claim it for Qingxia when a sword strike forced him away, and an unknown Daoist voice claimed the treasure.

• Jiang Sheng used the Four-Symbol Radiant Wheel to destroy waves of wind demons and monsters, then led Underworld Lord Shaobai deeper into the Bad Wind World after sensing something.
• Divine Lord Qingxia guided Zhang, Third Crown Prince, northeast toward the remnant soul of Divine Lord Tian Wu as the wind demons grew scarce.
• Zhang, Third Crown Prince, and Divine Lord Qingxia discovered a treasure tree bearing a seed of the Great Dao and agreed that Qingxia would receive it in exchange for helping Zhang secure Divine Lord Zhurong's legacy and supporting the Radiant Truth Realm.
• Zhang, Third Crown Prince, secretly planned to claim the seed first and use it to force Qingxia into marriage, then rushed toward the tree.
• A sudden sword strike forced Zhang, Third Crown Prince, to retreat as an unknown Daoist voice declared that it had taken a liking to the treasure.

Jiang Sheng fought Zhang, Third Crown Prince over the wind Dao seed while Underworld Lord Shaobai suppressed Divine Lord Qingxia. Qingxia’s warning that they should run left Zhang trembling at the appearance of Lord Tian Wu.

• Zhang, Third Crown Prince attacked Jiang Sheng with his fire spear, but Jiang Sheng emerged from the shattered void and blocked the strike.
• Jiang Sheng used Break Ten Thousand Laws to force Zhang, Third Crown Prince back, and the two then exchanged a hundred blows using their six-armed forms.
• Jiang Sheng identified himself as Lingyuan of Penglai, while Underworld Lord Shaobai gained the advantage over Divine Lord Qingxia with the Four-Transformation Zhaoyao Banner.
• Jiang Sheng refused Zhang, Third Crown Prince’s offer to leave with the wind Dao seed, and Qingxia suddenly cried out for them to run.
• Zhang, Third Crown Prince recognized the arriving presence as Tian Wu and trembled in fear.

Jiang Sheng and his companions encountered the mutilated, deathless Divine Lord Tian Wu, whose deathly winds threatened to destroy the treasure tree and kill them. Jiang Sheng led them into the tree’s azure radiance for shelter, while crimson-gold chains restrained Tian Wu and dragged him away.

• Zhang, Third Crown Prince identified the approaching figure as Divine Lord Tian Wu, and Jiang Sheng fled with Underworld Lord Shaobai and Divine Lord Qingxia as Tian Wu’s storms engulfed the land of nothingness.
• Jiang Sheng led the group into the treasure tree’s crown, where Tian Wu’s deathly aura began dissolving the branches and spawning wind demons.
• Jiang Sheng, Zhang, Third Crown Prince, Underworld Lord Shaobai, and Divine Lord Qingxia fought through the wind demons, damaging several of their treasures in the process.
• Jiang Sheng used the Heaven-Cutting Sword to open a path toward the azure radiance above the tree crown, and the four companions followed him inside it.
• Crimson-gold chains tightened around Divine Lord Tian Wu and pulled him away as a voice commanded him to return.

Jiang Sheng witnessed the history of Buzhou World and learned how Panfeng World defeated Divine Lord Tian Wu, leaving him barely alive. Tian Wu offered Jiang Sheng his Dao seed, but Jiang Sheng urged him to give it to a Divine Path prodigy instead.

• Jiang Sheng watched the heart realm reveal Buzhou World’s creation, the rise of its Divine Lords, and the wars that followed.
• Divine Lord Tian Wu explained that the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor used the Law of Time to cripple him and doom Buzhou World in their battle with Panfeng World.
• Tian Wu revealed that he had separated his remnant soul from his decaying body and preserved a Dao seed to keep his lineage alive.
• Tian Wu offered Jiang Sheng the Dao seed, but Jiang Sheng declined and recommended one of the Divine Path prodigies he had brought, who cultivated wind.

Jiang Sheng learned that Divine Lord Tian Wu had offered Dao seeds to several cultivators and that Tian Wu wanted them to rescue three surviving Divine Lords. After realizing that powerful figures had left the Three Realms and that Buzhou World was drawing in rival forces, Jiang Sheng warned his companions that a chaotic war was imminent as demonic stars approached.

• Divine Lord Tian Wu showed Jiang Sheng how Shaobai Nether Lord and Zhang, Third Crown Prince had declined his wind Dao seed while Divine Lord Qingxia accepted one, then placed the seed in Jiang Sheng and sent him from Bad Wind World.
• Jiang Sheng found the wind Dao seed hidden in his dantian and confirmed he could remove it with the No-Taboo Talisman if necessary.
• Jiang Sheng met Shaobai Nether Lord, discovered Tian Wu had asked him to help rescue Houtu, Rushou, and Jumang, and suspected Zhang, Third Crown Prince and Divine Lord Qingxia had also received Dao seeds.
• Jiang Sheng asked Xuanyi and Kong Zhen which patriarchs had guided them, then learned that Patriarch Dejing and Patriarch Miaoyan had left the Three Realms along with other powerful figures.
• Jiang Sheng concluded that Tian Wu expected them to act regardless of their wishes and warned his companions to prepare for a chaotic war.
• Several figures raced through the chaos toward Buzhou World as demonic stars shone and a strange cry formed nine illusory layers.

Prefect Lord Huang and Five Treasures Divine Lord confronted Zhang, Third Crown Prince and Divine Lord Qingxia over their unexplained departure from Bad Wind World, but the arrival of demon forces united the four temporarily. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Youhua gathered demon lords and evil cultivators to aid his side against Lingyuan, while Fairy Lanzhen and Fairy Meijiang learned who had been recruited and Fairy Xiaogong condemned the alliance.

• Prefect Lord Huang and Five Treasures Divine Lord demanded that Zhang, Third Crown Prince and Divine Lord Qingxia explain what they had gained in Bad Wind World, but the arrival of demons interrupted their dispute.
• The four leaders agreed to awaken the remaining divine lords and split up, with Zhang, Third Crown Prince and Qingxia heading to Molten Fire World while Prefect Lord Huang and Five Treasures Divine Lord took the other realms.
• Nine-Phoenix Demon Lord and Demon Monarch Hewei traded accusations with Leaping Carp Demon Lord, Blood Sea Daoist and Five-Water Profound Lord before Crown Prince Youhua arrived to stop the fighting.
• Crown Prince Youhua welcomed the assembled demon lords and evil cultivators, agreed to their demand for food in Geng Kingdom, and privately vowed to settle accounts with them afterward.
• Fairy Meijiang told Fairy Lanzhen that the reinforcements invited by Changsheng, Busi, Zhenshui and Zhenhuo were notorious demons and evil Daoists, and Fairy Xiaogong left in contempt of the plan.

Jiang Sheng deduced that Buzhou World had been used as bait to draw the various factions into a deadly contest, then agreed to strike the allied forces after Jinqiong located them. Jinqiong discovered a massive formation in Geng Kingdom, where Xiaogong warned the assembled demons that she had been spotted and Nine-Phoenix volunteered to capture her.

• Meijiang and Lanzhen discussed the growing rifts in their alliance and the Dutian Star Baleful Formation being built to trap Ling Yuan.
• Jiang Sheng told Xuanyi that Buzhou World had been repeatedly harvested and that someone was using it to lure the factions into killing one another.
• Jinqiong revealed that two of her natal feathers still tracked Changsheng, Busi, and Xiaogong, so Jiang Sheng organized a concealed reconnaissance and ambush.
• Jinqiong found a vast formation surrounding Geng Kingdom's capital while Crown Prince Youhua hosted the newly arrived demon lords and other reinforcements.
• Xiaogong revealed that Jinqiong was observing them, and Nine-Phoenix Demon Lord offered to capture her.

Jin Qiong was ambushed above Geng Kingdom, and the battle escalated as reinforcements and demon lords joined the fray. When thirteen allied True Lords and demon lords threatened the five cultivators, a sword ray from the west swept them back, leaving Penglai Lingyuan's arrival to turn the battle.

• Jin Qiong fought Nine Phoenix after he discovered her, but Leaping Carp intervened and helped trap her in a disorienting cage.
• Nine Phoenix, Leaping Carp, and the Long-Armed Ape battled Jin Qiong above Geng Kingdom, terrifying King Geng and his people.
• Underworld Lord Shaobai and Kong Zhen arrived and drove back Leaping Carp and the Long-Armed Ape, while Jin Qiong wounded Nine Phoenix.
• The Blood Sea Daoist, Turbid-Water Dragon Lord, Owl Yi Demon Lord, Five-Water Profound Lord, and Demon Monarch Hewei joined the battle against the cultivators.
• Xuanyi and Xuan Xin arrived, but Zhenshui, Zhenhuo, Changsheng, and Busi joined the opposing side, leaving thirteen enemies against five cultivators.
• A sword ray swept in from the west, drove back all thirteen, and announced itself as Heaven-Cutting.

Jiang Sheng arrived above Geng Kingdom, defeated Leaping Carp in two strikes, and confronted the Nine Realms Allied Army. He gave the seventeen remaining Cave Profounds the choice to leave or fight, and they chose to attack.

• Jiang Sheng's sword forced the thirteen Heavenly Demons and True Lords back, while Underworld Lord Shaobai mocked them for fearing him.
• Demon Lord Leaping Carp charged at Underworld Lord Shaobai, but Jiang Sheng's Blazing Sun Gold Striker knocked him away and then smashed his skull, leaving his life or death unknown.
• Jiang Sheng challenged the assembled forces and warned them against becoming enemies of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect, silencing the Heavenly Demons and Evil Lords.
• Jin Yang, Youhua, and the Three Beauties appeared, completing the allied army of nine realms with seventeen Cave Profounds still standing.
• Jiang Sheng drew the Taiyi Qingping Sword and offered the seventeen Cave Profounds the chance to leave Buzhou World before the fight began.
• The seventeen Cave Profounds of the Nine Realms Allied Army called for an attack.

Jiang Sheng drew the Nine Realms Allied Army into attacking while Xuanyi, Kong Zhen, Xuan Xin, and Underworld Lord Shaobai established the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation. The allied cultivators countered with the Dutian Star Baleful Formation, and Jiang Sheng launched another Heaven-Cutting strike as the formations clashed.

• Fairy Xiaogong led seventeen Cave Profound cultivators in a combined attack on Jiang Sheng, who broke through most of their spells with Severing Karma and escaped their final strikes using Standing Upright Without Shadow and Mirror Flowers, Water Moon.
• Xuanyi, Kong Zhen, Xuan Xin, and Underworld Lord Shaobai carried the four Immortal-Slaying Swords to the cardinal directions and completed the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation with Jiang Sheng's End-Calamity Formation Diagram.
• Fairy Xiaogong produced two duplicates of herself and activated the Dutian Star Baleful Formation, placing the allied cultivators on eighteen manifested stars to challenge the sword formation.
• Jiang Sheng and the four sword bearers drove the Zhu-Xian Sword Formation against the eighteen dragons of starlight as the allied cultivators burned their Immortal Source to strengthen their counterattack.
• Jiang Sheng sent four Void Refinement treasures against Changsheng, Busi, Zhenshui, and Zhenhuo, then fed his blood into the Qingping Sword and unleashed Heaven-Cutting and Severing Karma.