Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen learned that the Chan Sect’s victories had helped the Western Teachings and ordered the Nine Great Golden Crows to recruit demon sages for Xiqi. At Sishui Pass, Shen Gongbao rejected Immortal Weng of the South Pole’s attempt to negotiate until he finished three jars of wine.

• Ye Chen learned that Chang Er Ding Guang Xian had been killed and Sishui Pass had fallen to the Western Teachings, and he blamed the Chan Sect leaders for their failures.
• Ye Chen told the Nine Great Golden Crows that the war was a contest between the Heavenly Dao and Human Dao, then ordered them to invite Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and Gui Che to aid Xiqi.
• The Nine Great Golden Crows set out for the Hundred Thousand Mountains while Immortal Weng of the South Pole approached Shen Gongbao to negotiate at Sishui Pass.
• Shen Gongbao rebuked Guangchengzi and told Immortal Weng of the South Pole to finish three jars of wine before he would consider talking.

Shen Gongbao negotiated Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole into surrendering Sishui Pass in exchange for eighty thousand cultivation pills, then proposed trading Xiqi City for a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Li Xinghe’s Daoist grounds in Chaos received an unexpected visitor: Demon Ancestor Luohu.

• Shen Gongbao forced Guangchengzi to drink and serve wine before Immortal Weng of the South Pole agreed to negotiate over Sishui Pass.
• Shen Gongbao accepted eighty thousand pills from Immortal Weng of the South Pole in exchange for withdrawing from Sishui Pass.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole rebuked Guangchengzi, while True Lord Yuding suggested negotiating for Xiqi City.
• Shen Gongbao proposed to Jieyin and Zhunti that the Western Teachings trade Xiqi City for a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu arrived at Li Xinghe’s Daoist grounds in Chaos.

Luohu visited Li Xinghe and proposed joining forces against Hongjun, but Li Xinghe exposed the alliance as a scheme to ambush him. Hongjun, Yang Mei, and the Karma Demon God confronted Li Xinghe, who revealed why Yang Mei and Karma had agreed to help Hongjun.

• Luohu came to Li Xinghe’s dojo and asked to join forces against Hongjun, claiming they shared an enemy.
• Li Xinghe questioned Luohu’s motives and revealed that Yang Mei and the Karma Demon God had joined forces with him.
• Hongjun, Yang Mei, and the Karma Demon God appeared outside the dojo, and Li Xinghe recognized Hongjun as one of his Three Corpses.
• Hongjun accused Li Xinghe of turning Pangu against the Demon Gods and declared that the four of them would kill him.
• Li Xinghe suggested Hongjun was using his incarnation to eliminate the others and dismissed Luohu as unworthy of cooperating with him.
• Li Xinghe revealed that Yang Mei and the Karma Demon God had agreed to help Hongjun in exchange for settling the debt over the stolen Jade Plate of Creation fragments.

Li Xinghe faced Hongjun, Luohu, Yang Mei, and the Karma Demon God, but broke their coordinated assault with the Chaos Pearl and Chaos Shovel. After defeating Hongjun's avatar, he considered how Dijiang might attain the Dao and become another Path Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Luohu attacked Li Xinghe with the World-Ending Millstone while Yang Mei and the Karma Demon God launched coordinated strikes, but Li Xinghe countered them with the Chaos Pearl and his control over Time and Destiny.
• Hongjun revealed a vessel containing part of the Eye of the Heavenly Dao's power and used it to suppress Li Xinghe, who escaped by digging with the Chaos Shovel.
• Yang Mei, the Karma Demon God, and Luohu fled after realizing Li Xinghe wielded two Chaos Supreme Treasures, while Hongjun's avatar stayed behind to face him.
• Li Xinghe fought Hongjun's peak-Saint avatar in the Chaos World and killed him after drawing out his hidden methods.
• Li Xinghe reflected that Dijiang might attain Law Proving Dao and become a Path Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation if he reached the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Old Ancestor Minghe and Zhenyuanzi took advantage of the weakened Heavenly Dao to become Earthly Dao Saints, shifting the balance among the Three Daos and stalling the war between Wu Zhou and Yin Shang. Ye Chen sought guidance from Yuanshi Tianzun, who told him to negotiate with the Western Teachings and resume the advance against Yin Shang.

• After Hongjun's incarnation was slain and the Heavenly Dao weakened, Old Ancestor Minghe fused his Three Corpses and became an Earthly Dao Saint, taking charge of the Asura Path.
• Zhenyuanzi became an Earthly Dao Saint and took charge of the Hell Path, leaving the Primordial Wilderness shocked by two new Saints in one day.
• Li Xinghe's First Incarnation told Xuan Ming that only one more Path Master was needed before they could join the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods.
• Zhenyuanzi visited Golden Tortoise Island, and the war between Wu Zhou and Yin Shang stalled as the factions grew wary of the Earthly Dao's strength.
• Ye Chen asked Yuanshi Tianzun for guidance, and Yuanshi instructed him to negotiate with the Western Teachings, reclaim Xiqi City, and continue eastward.

Hongjun grew concerned about the Western Teachings' interference in the Investiture of the Gods, while the Chan Sect negotiated with Shen Gongbao for Xiqi City. Immortal Weng of the South Pole considered trading Guangchengzi's Heaven-Turning Seal, leaving Guangchengzi furious and the deal unresolved.

• Hongjun decided he could no longer ignore the Western Teachings' interference after the Heavenly Dao was damaged and the Earthly Dao challenged its authority.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole confronted Shen Gongbao in Xiqi City, but Shen demanded compensation before returning it.
• Kunpeng appeared to support Shen Gongbao, and Shen demanded a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for Xiqi City.
• Shen Gongbao suggested that the Chan Sect trade Guangchengzi's Heaven-Turning Seal, provoking Guangchengzi's protest.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole said the Chan Sect could exchange its treasures for the sake of its grand plan, except the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.

Shen Gongbao secured the Heaven-Turning Seal for the Western Teachings and was made their Deputy Leader, while the Two Sages struggled with the Dao Ancestor’s command to oppose the Jie Sect. After the news of the treasure’s transfer reached Golden Tortoise Island, Li Xinghe took Hongyun to Mount Sumeru to collect the debt the Two Sages owed him.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole traded Guangchengzi’s Heaven-Turning Seal to Shen Gongbao in exchange for the Western Teachings withdrawing from Xiqi City.
• Shen Gongbao presented the Heaven-Turning Seal to Jieyin and Zhunti, who appointed him Deputy Leader, and he broke through to the Mid Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
• Jieyin and Zhunti told Shen Gongbao that the Dao Ancestor had forbidden them to interfere in Wu Zhou’s rebellion and discussed targeting the Jie Sect, but chose to wait for both sides to weaken.
• After learning that the Western Teachings had returned Xiqi City to Ji Fa, Tongtian asked Li Xinghe how the Jie Sect should respond, and Li Xinghe urged him to follow his own Dao.
• Li Xinghe reminded Hongyun that the Two Sages owed him a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and the two set off for Mount Sumeru to collect it.

After Hongyun reclaimed the Heaven-Turning Seal, Kunpeng killed most of the Western Teachings’ Eighteen Arhats and fled into Chaos to join Luohu. As the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods intensified, the Demon Clan and the Witch Race prepared to reenter the struggle for supremacy.

• Hongyun confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over the Heaven-Turning Seal, and Zhunti reluctantly handed it over.
• Jieyin and Zhunti ordered Kunpeng captured, but Kunpeng killed the Eighteen Arhats’ other members and escaped into Chaos.
• Kunpeng pledged himself to Luohu, who accepted him as an adopted son and promised to teach him demonic arts.
• Li Xinghe turned his attention to the intensifying battle as the Nine Great Golden Crows brought Ji Meng, Bai Ze, and Gui Che out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
• Chi You and Xing Tian prepared the Witch Race to return to the Primordial Wilderness and contend for supremacy.

As the Xiqi army prepared its final offensive against Tong Pass, Ye Chen’s promised Demon Clan reinforcements arrived to help overthrow Shang. The three Great Demon Saints agreed to fight in exchange for territory, while Wenzhong and Nezha prepared to face the assault.

• Ye Chen reached the Quasi-Saint Peak and anticipated attaining the Dao after surviving the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Ji Fa ordered the attack on Tong Pass, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole assigned Jiang Ziya the mortal affairs while the Chan Sect handled the Jie Sect disciples.
• Wenzhong considered retreating from Tong Pass as Xiqi gathered its forces, including the approaching Demon Clan army.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole held back the Chan Sect experts and planned to let the Demon Clan attack first, wary of the Jie Sect’s Quasi-Saint disciples.
• Nezha dismissed the Demon Clan’s threat, while Bai Ze, Gui Che, and Ji Meng met Immortal Weng of the South Pole and confirmed they had come at the Golden Crow Prince’s summons.
• Ji Meng reminded Immortal Weng of the South Pole that the Demon Clan expected the Human Race to honor its promise of territory after Shang was overthrown.

The armies of Xiqi and the Demon Clan reached Tong Pass, where the North Sea Demon Clan and Jie Sect forces complicated their plans. As the three great demon saints prepared to attack, the Ten Heavenly Lords arrived to aid the Great Shang Dynasty.

• Jiang Ziya demanded that Wenzhong surrender Tong Pass, but Wenzhong refused and opened the gates.
• Lu Xiaobu led the North Sea Demon Clan out of Tong Pass, while Six-Eared Macaque watched over him from the city walls.
• Ji Fa and the three great demon saints reacted to Lu Xiaobu and Xuanwu, both mid-stage Quasi-Saints, joining the defenders.
• The three great demon saints revealed their true forms above Tong Pass as the opposing armies gathered for battle.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords arrived and announced that they had come to aid the Great Shang Dynasty.

Li Xinghe’s improved Ten Absolute Arrays faced the Chan Sect forces as the Demon Clan joined the battle at Tong Pass. After Immortal Weng of the South Pole and Guangchengzi entered the fused arrays, the Six-Eared Macaque prepared to watch the other battlefields and back up his allies.

• Li Xinghe sent the Ten Heavenly Lords to confront the Demon Clan forces with their upgraded Ten Absolute Arrays.
• Ji Meng assigned the Demon Clan to fight Lu Xiaobu and Xuanwu while Immortal Weng of the South Pole led Guangchengzi, Yu Ding, Daoxing, and Yang Jian toward the arrays.
• The three great demon saints attacked Lu Xiaobu and Xuanwu, while the Six-Eared Macaque stayed back to observe.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole and Guangchengzi entered the fused Ten Absolute Arrays, where the Ten Heavenly Lords had them trapped.
• The Six-Eared Macaque revealed that he had lured them into the arrays and faced the wary three great demon saints.

Chi You led the Witch Race back from the underworld and clashed with the Demon Saints while the Ten Absolute Formation struck both Demon Clan forces and mortal soldiers. Immortal Weng of the South Pole used the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to break the formation, but the deaths of a hundred thousand soldiers brought overwhelming Karmic Force upon the Chan Sect immortals.

• Chi You and the underworld soldiers appeared, and Chi You announced that the Witch Race had returned to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Ji Meng attacked Chi You, starting a battle between the three Demon Saints and the Witch Race clans.
• The Six-Eared Macaque told Wenzhong to prepare to flee as the Ten Absolute Formation began attacking Demon Clan experts and Xiqi soldiers outside it.
• Jiang Ziya allowed Ji Fa's army to keep sacrificing soldiers, while Immortal Weng of the South Pole and the other Chan Sect immortals inside the formation felt Karmic Force consume their Merit.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole summoned the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and struck the formation, killing a hundred thousand soldiers and drawing near-fatal Karmic Fire onto the Chan Sect immortals.

The Ten Heavenly Lords’ conversion formations turned the Chan Sect’s attacks into a massacre of Xiqi’s troops, bringing Karmic Force upon Yuanshi and leaving Yu Ding and Daoxing dead. After both armies withdrew from Tong Pass, Guangchengzi panicked at the prospect of the coming battle at Lintong Pass and begged to be spared.

• The Ten Heavenly Lords’ formations redirected the Chan Sect’s attacks onto Xiqi’s army, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole’s final strike killed a hundred thousand troops and brought Karmic Force upon Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi learned that Yu Ding and Daoxing had died, but held back from intervening because the conflict threatened to draw in other powers and disrupt Hongjun’s plan.
• Lu Xiaobu attacked Immortal Weng of the South Pole, killing Yu Ding and Daoxing, while Guangchengzi dodged the strike and survived.
• Jiang Ziya and Wenzhong withdrew their armies from Tong Pass as the Six-Eared Macaque ordered the Great Shang forces to retreat.
• Guangchengzi tried to avoid going to Lintong Pass, but Immortal Weng of the South Pole slapped him and threatened to send him to the Investiture of the Gods.

Guangchengzi fled Tong Pass and joined the Western Teachings to escape the Chan Sect’s blame and save his cultivation. After the Two Sages welcomed him and bestowed a Bodhisattva title, he asked them to return the Heaven-Turning Seal, prompting their suspicion that he had joined only to reclaim it.

• Jiang Ziya led the Xiqi army into Tong Pass while Immortal Weng of the South Pole prepared to claim it, and Guangchengzi slipped away amid the chaos.
• After the Witch Race and Demon Clan ended their battle without a victor, Guangchengzi considered his options and realized he could not safely return to Kunlun Mountain.
• Shen Gongbao confronted Guangchengzi and persuaded him that joining the Western Teachings was his only path to survival.
• Guangchengzi followed Shen Gongbao to Mount Sumeru, where Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed him, named Shen Gongbao their Minor Sect Leader, and bestowed a Bodhisattva title upon Guangchengzi.
• Guangchengzi asked the Two Sages to give him back the Heaven-Turning Seal, and they accused him of joining the Western Teachings merely to reclaim it.

Guangchengzi betrayed the Chan Sect and joined the Western Teachings, while Ye Chen left Kunlun Mountain to lead his forces toward the decisive battle at Lintong Pass. Ye Chen arrived with the Nine Great Golden Crows and three Demon Sages, and the Demon Clan committed to fighting for the Investiture of the Gods.

• Guangchengzi swore an oath to join the Western Teachings, and the Two Sages of the West placed him under Shen Gongbao's authority.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole discovered Guangchengzi had vanished, and Ye Chen left Kunlun Mountain for Lintong Pass.
• Ye Chen arrived at Lintong Pass with the Nine Great Golden Crows, each a Quasi-Saint, and prepared to face Long Aotian.
• Ye Chen promised the three Demon Sages that victory would secure the Demon Clan a place in the Primordial Wilderness.
• The three Demon Sages agreed to commit all their strength to the battle.

Jiang Ziya was shaken when Song Yiren’s grandson, Song Zilong, condemned him as a traitor, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole killed Song Zilong before his eyes. Later, Jiang Ziya faced the young Great Shang general Jiang Mieba, whose surprising claim of kinship and vengeance left him confused.

• At Lintong Pass, Song Zilong challenged Jiang Ziya on behalf of his grandfather, Song Yiren, and accused him of betraying the country and its people.
• Jiang Ziya disarmed Song Zilong and tried to recruit him, but Song Zilong attacked again, so Immortal Weng of the South Pole beheaded him.
• Jiang Ziya resented Immortal Weng of the South Pole for killing Song Zilong and began to question whether helping Ji Fa rebel had been right.
• A young Great Shang general named Jiang Mieba challenged Jiang Ziya, and the two fought to a standstill.
• Jiang Mieba said he would avenge his great nephew Song Zilong, leaving Jiang Ziya bewildered about their family connection.

Jiang Ziya learned that Jiang Mieba was his son and grieved over his death at the hands of Immortal Weng of the South Pole. Meanwhile, Yu Hua and Wenzhong secretly revived Jiang Mieba, who awoke at Lintong Pass and learned that Lady Ma had died.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole killed Jiang Mieba before Jiang Ziya, and Jiang Ziya dismissed Lady Ma when she appeared at his camp accusing him of killing her son.
• Lady Ma rammed herself to death outside Jiang Ziya's tent, then appeared to him as a ghost and revealed that Jiang Mieba was his son.
• Jiang Ziya realized Immortal Weng of the South Pole had killed both Song Yiren's grandson and his own son, collected Lady Ma's soul in the Investiture of the Gods, and concealed his hatred from Immortal Weng.
• At Lintong Pass, Yu Hua restored Jiang Mieba's body with Three Lights Divine Water, and Chi You and Xing Tian returned his soul to it.
• Jiang Mieba awoke the next day, and Wenzhong told him that Lady Ma had died after hearing of his death.

Li Xinghe arranged for Jiang Mieba to approach Jiang Ziya at a crucial moment, while Ye Chen and the Chan Sect prepared to advance with help from the Western Teachings. The Western Teachings' leaders faced pressure to join the war despite their disciples' fear of Ye Chen.

• Yu Yuan calmed Jiang Mieba's anger by explaining that Jiang Ziya had buried Lady Ma properly and secured her a place among the gods, then relayed Li Xinghe's plan for him to persuade Jiang Ziya to surrender.
• Jiang Mieba agreed to help the Jie Sect but followed Yu Yuan's instruction to stay hidden until a critical moment.
• At Xiqi's camp, Ye Chen rejected Immortal Weng of the South Pole's suggestion to attack immediately and said the Western Teachings would advance first.
• Ye Chen explained that the Chan Sect needed the Western Teachings' support against the Jie Sect, whose allies and Human Dao forces had changed the balance of power.
• Shen Gongbao and the former Chan Sect disciples protested joining the campaign, warning Jieyin and Zhunti that Ye Chen might kill them.
• Guangchengzi and the others urged Jieyin and Zhunti to spare them, claiming their deaths could undermine the Western Teachings' larger plans.

Jieyin and Zhunti equipped Shen Gongbao with the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and sent him, Guangchengzi, and other Western Teachings disciples to support Bo Yikao’s forces. At Jiang Ziya’s camp, Guangchengzi’s defection provoked Immortal Weng of the South Pole, but Ye Chen stopped a fight and directed the assembled leaders to move against Lintong Pass.

• Jieyin bestowed the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit on Shen Gongbao, who led Guangchengzi, Julius Sun, Daoist Randeng, and Lu Ya away from Mount Sumeru.
• The Western Teachings joined Bo Yikao’s side with more than a hundred thousand troops, while the Chan Sect and Western Teachings prepared to challenge the Great Shang Dynasty.
• At Jiang Ziya’s command tent, Immortal Weng of the South Pole angrily confronted Guangchengzi for betraying the Chan Sect and objected when Guangchengzi defended Shen Gongbao.
• Julius Sun and the other Western Teachings disciples backed Shen Gongbao, but Ye Chen stopped Immortal Weng of the South Pole from attacking them and urged the group to focus on the war.
• Ye Chen took command of the meeting and ordered the gathered forces to act against Lintong Pass, while Shen Gongbao publicly pledged to follow his arrangements.

Xuandu arrived at Lintong Pass to aid the Human Race and received the Heaven-Turning Seal from Six-Eared Macaque, while the Jie Sect prepared to abandon the pass and gather at Chaoge. Jiang Mieba and Zhang Kui then urged Jiang Ziya to defect to Great Shang, and Jiang Ziya began to consider it despite his fear of the Chan Sect.

• Golden Spirit Mother, Turtle Spirit Mother, and Wudang Mother arrived at Lintong Pass, where the Jie Sect learned that Xuandu had reached Quasi-Saint Peak and would help face Ye Chen.
• Xuandu arrived, greeted Six-Eared Macaque as his martial uncle, and accepted the Heaven-Turning Seal that Six-Eared Macaque gave him on their teacher’s orders.
• Six-Eared Macaque revealed that their teacher had ordered them to allow Lintong Pass to fall while still teaching their enemies a harsh lesson, and Zhao Gongming and the others departed for Chaoge.
• Jiang Mieba and Zhang Kui appeared before Jiang Ziya and urged him to abandon Xiqi and join Great Shang.
• Jiang Ziya hesitated, citing the Chan Sect’s likely retaliation, but considered defecting and said he first needed to avenge Song Zilong and prove his sincerity to Great Shang.