Chapter Summaries

Daoist Lord Kaiyuan fought the Flood Dragon Great Sage and Great Sage Zhuyan in the Chaos, overpowering both despite their combined assault. The Great Sages unleashed their inner cores in a final attack aimed at Kaiyuan’s Dao Fruit.

• Xuanjun persuaded Heavenly Evil Ancestor to delay Kaiyuan in the Chaos and offered him alchemy scriptures in return.
• Kaiyuan battered Great Sage Zhuyan and the Flood Dragon Great Sage, leaving them severely wounded as they fought him together.
• Great Sage Zhuyan charged Kaiyuan with his Crimson-Gold Cosmic Staff and fired his Thunder-Racing Flowing-Flame Pellet, which Kaiyuan stopped with the Nine-Palace Eight-Trigram Talisman.
• Great Sage Zhuyan called on the Flood Dragon Great Sage, who attacked Kaiyuan with the Sea-Calming Heavenly Dragon Halberd and launched his own water-aspected pellet.
• The Flood Dragon Great Sage’s pellet concealed itself within a tide of source waters and shot toward Kaiyuan’s Dao Fruit.

Daoist Lord Kaiyuan crushed the Demon Race sages’ assault and confronted Heavenly Evil Ancestor as the battle’s ultimate power gathered. Meanwhile, Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven shattered Mingzhou and destroyed the Qiankun Dao Sect’s mountain gate, driving Dao Lord Gan Tian into a furious attack on Daoist Lord Yueheng.

• Daoist Lord Kaiyuan froze the Chaos Void, grievously wounded Great Sage Zhuyan and the Flood Dragon Great Sage, and sent them fleeing into the River of Time.
• Daoist Lord Kaiyuan tore off Heavenly Evil Ancestor’s head and crushed him, but Heavenly Evil Ancestor returned alive and whole.
• Daoist Lord Kaiyuan manifested his Pure Yang Dharma Image and began forming the Heaven-Piercing Creation Ruler against Heavenly Evil Ancestor.
• Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven fired a beam that destroyed the Qiankun Unity Eight-Direction Formation, erased the Qiankun Dao Sect’s mountain gate, and broke Mingzhou into islands.
• Dao Lord Gan Tian attacked Daoist Lord Yueheng in rage while the other Dao Lords continued their battle across the Chaos Star Sea.

After Mingzhou sank, the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect moved to seize more of Jiuzhou World while Nine-Spirit Primal Saint set out to destroy the Sun True Star. The Heavenly Emperor revealed that several Great Thousand Worlds were advancing toward Jiuzhou and ordered Xuan Lord to keep Kaiyuan away for five hundred years.

• Daoist Lord Xuanming led Jiang Sheng, True Lord Yu Ming, True Lord Canghao, and other Integration-realm True Lords toward Cangzhou as part of a plan to seize Jiuzhou World.
• True Lord Yu Ming explained that the Heavenly Venerables had concealed the plot from the allied forces, and the group expected to capture Cangzhou, Xuanzhou, and Haozhou.
• Nine-Spirit Primal Saint announced he knew the Sun True Star’s location and intended to blow it up, then pushed Tianyu Dao Lord and Dao Lord Tianxuan into battle to buy himself time.
• Golden Mother Primordial Lord pursued Nine-Spirit Primal Saint while the others fought, and the Heavenly Emperor revealed that the sun he sought was not merely the Sun True Star.
• The Heavenly Emperor learned that three Dao-Wielding experts had gone to stop Kaiyuan but said they were insufficient, then asked Xuan Lord to hold Kaiyuan outside Jiuzhou World for five hundred years as six Great Thousand Worlds moved toward Jiuzhou.

Daoist Lord Kaiyuan used Tianhe: Tracing the River of Time to destroy Heavenly Evil Ancestor across his past, but Profound Lord Zizai intervened and summoned the Great Sun Buddha Palm, destroying Zuoshen World. In the Three Realms, Jinjue Buddha created the Supreme Demon-Subduing Venerable King Buddha to suppress an enemy of Buddhism.

• Daoist Lord Kaiyuan trapped Heavenly Evil Ancestor and attacked his present and past selves with the Tianhe World-Sealing Ruler.
• Profound Lord Zizai used Seven-Marvel Ink Lotus petals to protect Heavenly Evil Ancestor and send copies of him through the River of Time.
• Profound Lord Zizai expounded Buddhist doctrine, drawing forth the Great Sun Buddha, whose palm destroyed Zuoshen World and both figures there.
• Daoist Lord Kaiyuan sensed the Great Sun Buddha Palm and suspected that Profound Lord Zizai had intervened.
• Jinjue Buddha created the Supreme Demon-Subduing Venerable King Buddha, who gained a Pure Yang Dao-Wielding Fruition Rank.

Jinjue Buddha created the Dao-Wielding Venerable King Buddha and sent him to destroy the enemy of Buddhism, while Profound Lord Zizai rallied three allies to delay Daoist Lord Kaiyuan before he reached Jiuzhou World. After Kaiyuan drew the three cultivators into the River of Time, the Venerable King Buddha confronted Zizai.

• Jinjue Buddha used his left thumb to create the Dao-Wielding Venerable King Buddha and explained that he would reclaim it after the Xuanmen Great Calamity.
• Profound Lord Zizai revealed that he had deliberately summoned Bodhi Great Sun Buddha’s projection to distract Kaiyuan and help the Heavenly Evil Ancestor escape.
• Zizai gathered the Heavenly Evil Ancestor, Great Sage Zhuyan, and Flood Dragon Great Sage, gave them Black Lotuses, and convinced them to delay Kaiyuan for three to five hundred years.
• Zizai opened a passage that brought the three cultivators before Kaiyuan near Jiuzhou World, and Kaiyuan sent them into the River of Time to fight him.
• The Venerable King Buddha appeared behind Zizai and declared that he would destroy Buddhism’s enemy before striking at him with Buddhist might.

The Demon-Subduing Venerable King Buddha trapped Profound Lord Zizai in a Buddhist Pure Land and nearly converted him, while Qingyan Heavenly Venerable and Mingyang Heavenly Venerable expanded the Xuanmen Great Calamity by drawing in the five Divine Path worlds. Profound Lord Zizai escaped through an unseen intervention, and the Venerable King Buddha recognized the trace left behind as he named him an enemy of Buddha.

• The Demon-Subduing Venerable King Buddha revealed himself as a dharma body of Shakyamuni Bodhi Great Sun Buddha and suppressed Profound Lord Zizai with Buddhist scriptures, chains, and countless Buddha eyes.
• Profound Lord Zizai knelt and began chanting Buddhist sutras as the Buddhist Pure Land sealed his Divine Abilities and branded his True Spirit.
• Qingyan Heavenly Venerable placed the five Divine Path worlds on the chessboard, drawing them into the Xuanmen Great Calamity alongside the other worlds in conflict.
• Qingyan Heavenly Venerable and Mingyang Heavenly Venerable planned to force His Majesty to respond and warned that they would drag the Buddhist worlds into the conflict if the Buddha interfered.
• Profound Lord Zizai vanished just as the Venerable King Buddha prepared to suppress him, leaving a Seven-Marvel Ink Lotus and a trace of Buddhist aura behind.
• The Venerable King Buddha calmly called Profound Lord Zizai the Devil Master and the Enemy of Buddha.

Profound Lord Zizai escaped Venerable King Buddha by revealing the Buddha Emperor, whose origin threatened Jinjue Buddha’s claim to the Buddhist Bodhi Path. After Jinjue Buddha asserted his supremacy over the River of Time, Profound Lord Zizai and the Buddha Emperor regrouped on Endless Star and planned to draw Buddhist worlds into Xuanmen’s calamity.

• Profound Lord Zizai used a hidden escape method to evade Venerable King Buddha, who pursued him through the chaotic cosmos and across the River of Time.
• Venerable King Buddha cornered Profound Lord Zizai in a spacetime node tied to the ancient war between Shanhe World and Hengsha World, but Profound Lord Zizai revealed that two fallen Buddhist souls had merged to create the Buddha Emperor.
• The Buddha Emperor appeared, claimed that he would one day rule Great Lingyin Temple, and vanished with Profound Lord Zizai as Venerable King Buddha froze in shock.
• Jinjue Buddha took control of Venerable King Buddha’s body, collapsed the spacetime node, and declared himself the sole supreme World-Honored One.
• Qingyan Heavenly Venerable, Mingyang Heavenly Venerable, and the Heavenly Emperor watched the disturbance and welcomed the conflict within the Buddhist Sect.
• On Endless Star, Profound Lord Zizai and the Buddha Emperor agreed to draw Buddhist worlds into Xuanmen’s calamity so Jinjue Buddha would be less focused on them.

Li Xian survived an ambush in Azure Kingdom, joined Penglai Dao Sect’s assault on its royal capital, and witnessed the sect’s immense Void Dharma Boat. After the city fell, Ye Gan returned to the flagship and greeted Martial Uncle Lingyuan.

• Li Xian and his Penglai Dao Sect team were trapped in Azure Stone Commandery until Ye Gan arrived, destroyed the Qiankun Dao Sect attackers, and ordered them to join his march on the royal capital.
• Ye Gan, Li Jianchun, Yun Hao, Zhang Zhen, and other Penglai leaders gathered their forces and attacked Azure Kingdom’s royal capital, breaking its defenses and capturing it by the following dawn.
• Li Xian returned aboard a Dharma Boat and saw Penglai Dao Sect’s colossal Void Dharma Boat, which served as the sect’s Cangzhou base and dispatched smaller vessels to battle across the continent.
• Ye Gan passed through the guarded halls at the heart of the Void Dharma Boat and greeted Martial Uncle Lingyuan.

After Ye Gan reported the Azure Kingdom’s capture, Jiang Sheng discussed his prospects for avenging himself against Xiao Xian and returned to studying the Heart Fire Tribulation. Months later, he sensed the Demon Race of Dahuang World entering Cangzhou and confronted three powerful demons who appeared to be targeting him.

• Ye Gan presented the Azure Kingdom’s imperial seal to Jiang Sheng, who praised the campaign’s progress and explained why he was remaining in the rear.
• Jiang Sheng offered to help Ye Gan kill Xiao Xian, but Ye Gan asked whether he could achieve revenge through his own strength; Jiang Sheng warned that Ye Gan’s fortune and cultivation limit fell far short of Xiao Xian’s.
• Jiang Sheng told Ye Gan that he would need to reach Void Refinement within thirty to fifty years to secure a chance at revenge, and Ye Gan asked for time to think.
• After Ye Gan left, Jiang Sheng studied and recorded his understanding of the Heart Fire Tribulation and the path toward Changsheng and agelessness.
• Months later, an urgent message announced the arrival of the Demon Race of Dahuang World, and Jiang Sheng saw demon stars rising over Cangzhou.
• Three powerful streams of demon qi rushed toward Jiang Sheng, who concluded that the demons had come for him.

Jiang Sheng confronted three Integration-realm demons attacking the descending Penglai Dharma Boat and severed Fei Xiao Demon Lord’s arms with a flash of sword intent. Golden Flood Dragon Demon Lord and Chi Yuan Demon Lord discovered the hidden protector was Penglai Lingyuan, leaving them facing him above the battlefield.

• Jiang Sheng ordered the Penglai disciples to activate the Dharma Boat’s defenses and descend as three great demons charged toward them.
• Golden Flood Dragon Demon Lord, Chi Yuan Demon Lord, and Fei Xiao Demon Lord approached the vessel, believing it had no Upper Three Realms cultivator guarding it.
• Fei Xiao Demon Lord unleashed his immense Dharma Image and swung his hammers at the Dharma Boat.
• Jiang Sheng struck Fei Xiao Demon Lord in an instant, severing both arms and inflicting severe pain with Three Calamities Destruction Sword Intent.
• Golden Flood Dragon Demon Lord and Chi Yuan Demon Lord searched for their unseen attacker while Fei Xiao writhed in agony.
• Jiang Sheng revealed himself above the demons, and Golden Flood Dragon Demon Lord recognized him as Penglai Lingyuan.

Jiang Sheng killed Chi Yuan and Fei Xiao after they joined the attack, then spared Golden Flood Dragon and demanded to know why Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest had intervened in the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s affairs.

• Golden Flood Dragon recognized Jiang Sheng as Penglai Lingyuan, while Chi Yuan attacked him with a torrent of ghosts and a savage tiger.
• Jiang Sheng swept away Chi Yuan’s attack with astral wind and thunder, but Chi Yuan used the opening to flee.
• Jiang Sheng sent the Zhu-Xian Sword and Lu-Xian Sword after Chi Yuan, severing his limbs and killing him.
• The returning swords pierced Fei Xiao’s heart and brow, killing him while Golden Flood Dragon remained frozen under Jiang Sheng’s pressure.
• Jiang Sheng summoned Golden Flood Dragon and demanded to know why Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest had become involved in the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s affairs.

Jiang Sheng learned that Profound Lord Zizai had brought the Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest into the conflict, leaving the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect outnumbered by four Great Vehicle Demon Venerables. As the sect leaders discussed how to reinforce their campaign in Jiuzhou, news arrived that the Yaochi Sacred Land’s reinforcements had reached the Kunlun World.

• Golden Flood Dragon revealed that Profound Lord Zizai had summoned the Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest to obstruct the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect, and named their four Great Vehicle Demon Venerables.
• Jiang Sheng reported the demon forces’ arrival and escorted Golden Flood Dragon aboard a Penglai Dharma Boat as it advanced into Cangzhou.
• At a gathering of Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect allies, Jiang Sheng said Patriarch Kaiyuan might be delayed by Profound Lord Zizai and the two Demon Great Sages.
• True Lord Yuanyi and the Immortal Monarchs discussed their disadvantage against the four Demon Venerables and the difficulty of obtaining reinforcements.
• Jiang Sheng proposed asking the Demon Emperor Palace, Tianlong Temple, Jinchan Temple, and Huaguang Immortal Monarch for help.
• Junxiao Immortal Monarch announced that reinforcements from the Yaochi Sacred Land had arrived from the Kunlun World.

Yuzhen Immortal Monarch arrived with Yaochi Sacred Land’s vast reinforcements and joined Penglai and Chixiao in planning a counterattack in Cangzhou. She set a trap to draw out Azurewave Dragon King, while the allied army attacked across the front and left Yuanyang Dao Sect’s fortress dangerously outnumbered.

• Yuzhen Immortal Monarch arrived with forty-five thousand Dharma Boats, one million Yaochi disciples, and two billion Daoist Soldiers, then learned that four Demon Venerables had shifted the balance in Cangzhou.
• Yuzhen Immortal Monarch joined the other immortals in Cangzhou and proposed making an example of one of the four Demon Venerables, focusing on Azurewave Dragon King.
• Yuzhen Immortal Monarch ordered Suqin Fairy, Jiang Sheng, and Crested Ibis Demon Monarch to appear at the front and rendezvous, planning to lure Azurewave Dragon King with the Nine-Headed Insect’s corpse.
• Crested Ibis Demon Monarch brought out the corpse and offered to serve as bait, while Jiang Sheng said that he and Suqin Fairy would also take part.
• Penglai, Chixiao, and Yaochi launched a massive counterattack across Cangzhou, forcing Qiankun Dao Sect and Yuanyang Dao Sect to call for aid.
• At Yan Kingdom fortress, True Lord Liuxiao and True Lord Guanyue faced thirty million allied Daoist Soldiers and over a thousand war Dharma Boats, but Yuanyang Dao Sect ordered them to hold their ground.

Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect launched a full-scale assault in Cangzhou while displaying its new war machines and the imposing Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven. Yuzhen Immortal Monarch chose Qi Kingdom as the target of the counterattack, ordering the Five Calamities True Lords to break Tianyuan Sacred Sect first.

• True Lord Liuxiao and True Lord Guanyue prepared to defend the Yan Kingdom fortress without reinforcements, knowing the sect could not afford to lose Cangzhou.
• Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect attacked the fortress with war Dharma Boats, Daoist Soldiers, siege artifacts, elite disciples, and new mechanical puppets designed to destroy formations.
• Shihua True Lord explained to Moon Sword Fairy that the assault tested new Celestial Crafts Hall weapons and revealed Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven suspended in the sky.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch told Yuzhen Immortal Monarch that Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven had once sunk Mingzhou but was now a damaged, powerless frame after its Pure Yang supreme treasures were reclaimed.
• Yuzhen Immortal Monarch identified Qi Kingdom as the key point in the counterattack and ordered Chiyun Immortal Monarch and Yuanyi True Lord to gather the Five Calamities True Lords and strike Tianyuan Sacred Sect.

Jiang Sheng attacked the Tianyuan Sacred Sect in Qi Kingdom, slaying six True Lords and pursuing Zhengxiao despite repeated attempts to stop him. He broke through the defenders’ techniques and closed in on Zhengxiao again.

• The Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect intensified its attacks across Yan, Zhao, Zhuang, and Zheng, while Immortal Lord Wanxian and Immortal Lord Dongri suspected Qi Kingdom was the true target.
• Wanxian and Dongri received word that Jiang Sheng had broken through three cities in Qi Kingdom and slain six Tianyuan Sacred Sect True Lords.
• Jiang Sheng pursued Zhengxiao as True Lord Heng You tried to trap him with a mountain-moving formation, but Jiang Sheng shattered it with his Heaven-Cutting sword technique.
• Jiang Sheng caught up with Zhengxiao after True Lord Heng You failed to delay him, and True Lords Zhaoyou and Zhaoxu joined forces to shield her.
• Jiang Sheng used Heaven-Cutting: Past-Gazing to freeze time and space across thirty million miles, broke through the two True Lords’ attack, and resumed his pursuit of Zhengxiao.

Jiang Sheng pursued Zheng Xiao to the reinforcements from Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest, then unleashed a sword strike that devastated the demon army across thirty million miles. The surviving demon lords and Zheng Xiao were left terrified of his power.

• Zheng Xiao sensed Jiang Sheng's relentless sword intent and feared he would destroy her soul if she could not escape.
• Zheng Xiao learned that reinforcements from Flood Dragon Sea and Myriad Beasts Forest were ahead and warned Jiang Sheng, but he continued pursuing her.
• Jiang Sheng drew the Qingping Sword and charged toward the gathered demon lords and their army, prompting the stronger demons to order the others to scatter.
• Jiang Sheng crossed ten million miles and unleashed Heaven-Cutting: Evolution of Creation, erasing hundreds of millions of demon soldiers and dozens of heavenly demons within thirty million miles.
• The surviving demon lords saw that most demons below Three Calamities had died and stared in terror at Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng and the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s reinforcements devastated the demon forces in Qi Kingdom, but the Azure-Wave Tu Flood Dragon King then appeared amid a supernatural storm. The chapter left Jiang Sheng and his allies facing the dragon king’s overwhelming presence.

• Macaque Demon Lord charged Jiang Sheng, but True Lord Yuanyi struck him with Red Fire: Calamity Incineration.
• Jiang Sheng revealed that Five Calamities True Lords from the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect had arrived, followed by Yaochi’s immense flagship and its forces.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch unleashed Fire Origin: Profound Fire Heavenfall, reducing Macaque Demon Lord, One-Horned Demon Lord, and numerous other demons to ashes.
• Jiang Sheng reassured captive Zheng Xiao, then withdrew with her to the Yaochi flagship as Eastern Heaven forces advanced across Qi Kingdom.
• A violent demonic storm engulfed the battlefield, and Jiang Sheng identified the shadow in the clouds as the Azure-Wave Tu Flood Dragon King.

Jiang Sheng and Zheng Xiao were caught in the Azurewave Dragon King’s Bone-melting Demon Rain as they tried to reach Yaochi’s flagship. Chiyun Immortal Monarch rescued them and summoned the Sun Star to burn away the demon clouds and foul rain.

• The Azurewave Dragon King’s Bone-melting Demon Rain corrupted Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s disciples and Daoist Soldiers, while Jiang Sheng protected Zheng Xiao with his Sword Aura.
• Jiang Sheng identified the rain as water from Azure Wave Pool, infused with the Dragon King’s qi and the aquatic demons’ Killing Intent, and tried to take Zheng Xiao to Yaochi’s flagship.
• The Azurewave Dragon King formed a colossal claw that sealed time and space and trapped Jiang Sheng and Zheng Xiao.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch blasted a hole through the claw with crimson light, allowing Jiang Sheng and Zheng Xiao to escape onto Yaochi’s flagship.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch summoned the Sun Star, dispersing the demon rain and clouds as he declared his Fire Origin technique, Profound Fire Heavenly Star.

Chiyun Immortal Monarch and Azurewave Dragon King clashed over Qi Kingdom, and Chiyun’s sunfire attack injured the Dragon King. Azurewave then tried to crush Jiang Sheng with his Great Vehicle dragon might, but Jiang Sheng resisted and struck back with a powerful sword technique.

• Chiyun Immortal Monarch summoned the Mystic Fire Heavenly Star, clearing the demonic miasma across Cangzhou and driving away the demons and Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect’s forces.
• Azurewave Dragon King emerged from the void, crushed the sunfire star with his claw, and concealed his badly burned hand.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch questioned why Azurewave Dragon King had come alone, while the Dragon King declared his intent to seek revenge on Jiang Sheng and the others.
• Azurewave Dragon King directed his Great Vehicle dragon might at Jiang Sheng, but Jiang Sheng’s Dao Heart remained unshaken.
• Jiang Sheng defied Azurewave Dragon King and unleashed Heaven-Cutting · Evolution of Creation at him.

Jiang Sheng used his calamity sword art to reproduce the opening of creation, prompting the Azurewave Dragon King to attack him with the Great Wilderness Furious Dragon Claw. Jiang Sheng answered with the Genesis Sword and wounded the Dragon King, whose black-yellow blood fell across the mortal world.

• Jiang Sheng’s sword art unfolded Yin-Yang lotuses and recreated chaos, the evolution of the Four Images, and the River of Time.
• The Azurewave Dragon King judged Jiang Sheng too dangerous to spare and attacked him with the Great Wilderness Furious Dragon Claw.
• Chiyun Immortal Monarch worried at the Dragon King’s attack, while Yuzhen Immortal Monarch trusted that Jiang Sheng could withstand it.
• Jiang Sheng countered with Jietian: Evolution of Creation, drawing on the Three Transformations of the Five Elements to strengthen his Genesis Sword.
• Jiang Sheng’s Genesis Sword tore through the Dragon King’s attack and wounded him, sending black-yellow dragon blood raining across the mortal world.