Chapter Summaries

A surviving boy vowed to avenge True Person Yuding, while the mysterious “Ksitigarbha” planted the Demon Slaying Sword near Ksitigarbha and Primeval Lord of Heaven sought answers from Patriarch Hongjun. The chapter ended with True Person Yuding’s True Spirit entering the Investiture of the Gods List, deepening Primeval Lord of Heaven’s alarm over Chanjiao’s losses.

• After True Person Yuding self-destructed, his surviving boy disciple escaped the ruins and swore to avenge him against Ksitigarbha and the Western Sect.
• The mysterious “Ksitigarbha” left the Demon Slaying Sword beside Ksitigarbha at Mount Sumeru, and Ksitigarbha recognized it and feared it was a trap connected to True Person Yuding’s fate.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti visited Patriarch Hongjun, who said the unknown schemer was permitted by the Heavenly Dao and hinted that he existed outside the Three Realms.
• True Person Yuding’s True Spirit passed through Purple Cloud Palace and entered the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven recognized True Person Yuding’s True Spirit and fumed that Chanjiao disciples were being targeted for the list.

Primeval Lord of Heaven failed to persuade Patriarch Heavenly Dao Hongjun to intervene against Hun Xiu, then found True Person Yuding’s death had left a boy seeking revenge. He went to Mount Sumeru to recover Yuding’s Demon Slaying Sword and proposed an alliance with the Western Sect, whose Saints delayed their answer.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven begged Patriarch Heavenly Dao Hongjun to uphold justice, but Hongjun refused to act because Hun Xiu had not violated the Heavenly Dao.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven found Yuding’s surviving boy at the ruins of Golden Radiance Cave and took him in as an attendant at Jade Void Palace after the boy blamed Ksitigarbha for Yuding’s death.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti discovered Yuding’s Demon Slaying Sword had appeared at Mount Sumeru and recognized it as an apparent attempt to frame the Western Sect.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven arrived, reclaimed the Demon Slaying Sword, and proposed that the Western Sect ally with Chanjiao against Hun Xiu.
• Daoist Jieyin postponed the decision to discuss the proposal with Daoist Zhunti, leaving Primeval Lord of Heaven waiting for their answer.

Primeval Lord of Heaven failed to secure the Western Sect’s cooperation and gathered Chanjiao’s disciples on Mount Kunlun for protection. Hun Xiu kept his identity hidden and sent two clones toward the Western Sect, where one killed Ksitigarbha and sent his True Spirit drifting beyond the Primordial World.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti mocked Primeval Lord of Heaven after refusing his offer, while Ksitigarbha overheard them; Primeval Lord of Heaven left Mount Sumeru furious and regretful.
• Hun Xiu realized Primeval Lord of Heaven still did not know his identity, then learned that Chanjiao’s disciples had gathered on Mount Kunlun and abandoned plans to attack them directly.
• Hun Xiu sent two disguised clones toward the Western Sect while his true body remained on Mount Kunlun, and Hongjun watched them go while reflecting on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hun Xiu’s Yunzhongzi-disguised clone visited Ksitigarbha, swallowed his attacking arm, then self-destructed and killed him, sending Ksitigarbha’s True Spirit beyond the Primordial World.

Hun Xiu sent a powerful black-robed clone to attack Mount Sumeru while he waited near Mount Kunlun for an opportunity to hunt. Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched the clone from Chaos, and the chapter ended as it brought a vast flaming ruler down toward the mountain.

• The disguised Guangchengzi seized Maitreya and perished with him in an explosion, sending Maitreya’s True Spirit drifting toward the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti failed to capture Ksitigarbha’s and Maitreya’s True Spirits when the Heavenly Dao repelled them, so they staged a journey to Purple Cloud Palace and secretly watched Mount Sumeru.
• Hun Xiu sent a black-robed clone carrying a massive ruler to Mount Sumeru while keeping his true body away in case the trip was a trap.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti recognized that the black-robed Hun Xiu had appeared, but Jieyin stopped Zhunti from returning because Mount Sumeru had a protective array.
• The black-robed Hun Xiu unleashed the Flame-Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler and swung a gigantic mass of flame down toward Mount Sumeru.

Hun Xiu attacked Mount Sumeru with the Dao of Fire, hoping to draw out Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti and test his strength against a Saint. After his first assault failed to damage the barrier, he summoned twenty-three pillars made from Mount Buzhou fragments and began igniting them with divine fire, causing the West to burn as the Saints watched.

• Hun Xiu’s colossal flaming ruler struck Mount Sumeru’s protective barrier, but the mountain remained unharmed.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven, Taishang Laozi, Sect Master Tongtian, and Nuwa watched Hun Xiu, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti delayed their intervention and considered converting him to the Western Sect.
• Hun Xiu released a black ruler that became twenty-three stone pillars above Mount Sumeru, and Nuwa recognized them as refined fragments of Mount Buzhou.
• Hun Xiu’s clone stirred the Dao of Fire, drawing divine flames down to ignite the pillars.
• The fires spread through the western lands, drying rivers and making the West Sea begin to evaporate.

Hun Xiu used the twenty-three Stone Pillars to create the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler and shattered Mount Sumeru's Mountain Protection Array, but Daoist Jieyin stopped his attack. Instead of killing him, Jieyin invited Hun Xiu—who introduced himself as the Rogue Cultivator Xiao Yan—to join the Western Sect.

• Hun Xiu set the twenty-third Stone Pillar ablaze by transforming himself into its divine fire, then merged all twenty-three pillars into the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler.
• Hun Xiu brought the Heavenly Flame Ancient Ruler down on Mount Sumeru's Mountain Protection Array and shattered it, prompting Daoist Jieyin to appear.
• Daoist Jieyin halted the ruler, extinguished its flames, and sent Hun Xiu flying, leaving him injured and bloodied.
• Daoist Jieyin approached Hun Xiu with a smile and asked his name, while the other Saints considered taking Hun Xiu as a disciple.
• Hun Xiu introduced himself as the Rogue Cultivator Xiao Yan, and Daoist Jieyin invited him to join the Western Sect.

Daoist Jieyin offered “Hun Xiu” the Western Sect’s Vice Sect Master position, but Primeval Lord of Heaven and Taishang Laozi arrived to offer him the same rank in Chanjiao and Renjiao. As “Hun Xiu” struggled to choose, Sect Master Tongtian also appeared, leaving the rival Saints competing for his allegiance.

• Daoist Jieyin invited “Hun Xiu” to join the Western Sect and promised him the position of Vice Sect Master.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven arrived at Mount Sumeru and offered “Hun Xiu” the Vice Sect Master position in Chanjiao.
• “Hun Xiu” privately realized that the recruiters did not know he was an avatar of the culprit who had harmed Primeval Lord of Heaven and his disciples.
• Taishang Laozi arrived and offered “Hun Xiu” the Vice Sect Master position in Renjiao.
• Daoist Jieyin protested that the Eastern Saints were interfering, while Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven argued that the choice belonged to “Hun Xiu.”
• Sect Master Tongtian’s voice rang out, joining the contest for “Hun Xiu.”

Daoist Jieyin, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Taishang Laozi, Sect Master Tongtian, and Daoist Zhunti competed to recruit Hun Xiu's avatar, while Hun Xiu planned to test Mount Kunlun with another avatar. Just as the avatar weighed Chanjiao against the Western Sect, Nuwa appeared and invited him to Wa Palace, leaving the gathered Saints facing yet another contender.

• Sect Master Tongtian appeared and offered Hun Xiu's avatar the position of Jiejiao Vice Sect Master, joining Daoist Jieyin, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Taishang Laozi in trying to recruit him.
• Hun Xiu considered attacking Mount Kunlun but decided to send an avatar disguised as Shi Hao to test whether Primeval Lord of Heaven had left defenses behind.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched the Saints compete for Hun Xiu's avatar and wondered how many independent avatars Hun Xiu could create.
• Daoist Zhunti appeared to support Daoist Jieyin, and the Two Western Saints argued with the Three Pure Ones over whether Hun Xiu belonged to the Western Sect or the Daoist Sects.
• Hun Xiu's avatar ruled out Renjiao and Jiejiao but struggled to choose between Chanjiao and the Western Sect.
• Nuwa appeared and invited Hun Xiu's avatar to Wa Palace, stunning the watching powers with a new offer.

Hun Xiu’s avatar Xiao Yan declined Nuwa’s invitation to join Wa Palace, then misled the Saints into thinking he would join the Western Sect before choosing Chanjiao as its Vice Sect Master. The choice delighted Primeval Lord of Heaven and left Jieyin and Zhunti realizing they had been played.

• Nuwa invited Xiao Yan to join Wa Palace, and he respectfully refused because it did not suit him.
• The five remaining Saints watched Xiao Yan weigh their offers, and his gaze lingered on Jieyin and Zhunti, making them believe he would join the Western Sect.
• Xiao Yan approached Primeval Lord of Heaven and asked whether he would become Chanjiao’s Vice Sect Master if he joined.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven confirmed the offer, and Xiao Yan accepted, bowing to him as Chanjiao’s new member.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized Xiao Yan had deliberately misled them, while Primeval Lord of Heaven welcomed his choice.

Daoist Jieyin tried to attack "Hun Xiu" after accusing him of playing the Western Saints, but Primeval Lord of Heaven intervened to protect Chanjiao's new Vice Sect Master, bringing five Saints to the brink of battle. Meanwhile, Hun Xiu sent a Shi Hao clone to raid Jade Void Palace, where Primeval Lord of Heaven's hidden clone captured it; Hun Xiu realized his clone had likely fallen.

• Daoist Jieyin accused "Hun Xiu" of deceiving him and Daoist Zhunti, then prepared to attack.
• "Hun Xiu" hid behind Primeval Lord of Heaven, who stepped in to protect Chanjiao's Vice Sect Master and confronted Daoist Jieyin.
• Daoist Zhunti joined Daoist Jieyin, while Sect Master Tongtian and Taishang Laozi backed Primeval Lord of Heaven, and the five Saints' might drove away the watching divine senses.
• Hun Xiu sent a Shi Hao clone to infiltrate Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun while Primeval Lord of Heaven was away.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven's clone detected Shi Hao, trapped him inside a world in his palm, and kept him alive as a prisoner.
• Hun Xiu lost contact with his Shi Hao clone and concluded that Primeval Lord of Heaven had left a hidden guard on Mount Kunlun.

Hun Xiu withdrew from Mount Kunlun while Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched, and the western Saints’ confrontation escalated into a battle in Chaos. Daoist Jieyin proved stronger than Primeval Lord of Heaven and continued attacking him as the other Saints watched.

• Hun Xiu sensed that his clone had been suppressed at Mount Kunlun and decided to retreat, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun predicted that his departure would bring trouble to Chanjiao.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Daoist Jieyin agreed to fight in Chaos, and the other Saints followed them there to watch.
• Nuwa and Hun Xiu joined the spectators as the Saint War erupted, with Daoist Jieyin gaining the upper hand over Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Daoist Jieyin forced Primeval Lord of Heaven back with the Demon-Slaying Staff and mocked him, while the watching Saints reconsidered Jieyin’s strength.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven admitted that he had underestimated Daoist Jieyin and threatened to remember the defeat, but Daoist Jieyin attacked him again.

Daoist Jieyin and Primeval Lord of Heaven began fighting, while Sect Master Tongtian revealed his strength and trapped both Western Saints in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Unable to escape, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti called out for their master, Hongjun, leaving the other Saints stunned.

• Daoist Jieyin attacked Primeval Lord of Heaven and forced him backward, starting a Saint War.
• Sect Master Tongtian challenged Daoist Zhunti and overwhelmed him, revealing strength that shocked Primeval Lord of Heaven and Taishang Laozi.
• Daoist Jieyin moved to assist Daoist Zhunti, but Sect Master Tongtian deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and trapped both Western Saints.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti failed to break the formation, then shouted for their master, Hongjun, to save them.

Hongjun freed Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti from the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and rebuked them when they tried to have Sect Master Tongtian punished. After the Saints left, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti realized Hun Xiu might bring down Chanjiao, while Primeval Lord of Heaven met the captive his clone had identified as the culprit.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti called on Hongjun to rescue them from Sect Master Tongtian's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Hongjun ordered Tongtian to withdraw it.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti begged Hongjun to take away Tongtian's Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but Hongjun scolded them for their shameless complaints and left after they apologized.
• Sect Master Tongtian mocked Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti, who left Chaos, and then warned Primeval Lord of Heaven before departing as well.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and concluded that Hun Xiu could destroy Chanjiao from within, while Primeval Lord of Heaven took Hun Xiu to Mount Kunlun.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven went to meet the culprit captured by his clone, and the clone released Hun Xiu, whom Primeval Lord of Heaven identified as a peak Great Principle Golden Immortal.

Primeval Lord of Heaven interrogated the captured "Hun Xiu," but neither Soul Searching nor calculation revealed his identity or who stood behind him. Convinced that a powerful being was hiding the truth, Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered his clone to torture the prisoner with the Nine Nether Flames until he talked.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned "Hun Xiu" about his backer and his reason for infiltrating the Jade Void Palace, but "Hun Xiu" refused to answer.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven crippled "Hun Xiu" with his Saint's Might, leaving him unconscious and barely alive.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven's clone and then Primeval Lord of Heaven used Soul Searching, but found only a blank Chaos in "Hun Xiu's" mind.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven tried calculating "Hun Xiu's" past, but learned only that the clone had caught him breaking into the Jade Void Palace.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven gave his clone the Nine Nether Flames and ordered him to use them on "Hun Xiu" until he revealed his backer.

Primeval Lord of Heaven tortured Hun Xiu with the Nine Nether Flames to learn who was plotting against Chanjiao, but Hun Xiu fooled him with a taunting false answer. As the torture continued, Hun Xiu secretly planned to expose the Western Sect next, while Xiao Yan nervously suggested letting him go.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven's avatar burned Hun Xiu with the Nine Nether Flames, but Hun Xiu refused to name the person behind him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven visited Hun Xiu, stopped the flames when he promised to talk, and waited while Hun Xiu rested for an hour.
• Hun Xiu claimed that Primeval Lord of Heaven's father was behind him, then laughed at Primeval Lord of Heaven for being fooled.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven resumed Hun Xiu's torture and left, while Hun Xiu secretly celebrated his success and planned to expose the Western Sect next.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven complained to Xiao Yan about Hun Xiu's stubbornness, and Xiao Yan suggested letting him go.

Hun Xiu urged Primeval Lord of Heaven to torture the imprisoned Hun Xiu into revealing his master, and the prisoner finally appeared to give in after three days in the Nine Nether Flames. He then demanded a condition before naming the person behind him, and Primeval Lord of Heaven refused to negotiate.

• Hun Xiu suggested using the prisoner to lead them to the master behind him, but Primeval Lord of Heaven pointed out that his cultivation had been crippled and he could not escape.
• Hun Xiu proposed intensifying the torture until the prisoner could no longer endure it, and Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered his clone to burn and repeatedly regrow the prisoner's body in the Nine Nether Flames.
• After three days of repeated burning, the imprisoned Hun Xiu said he would talk and begged to be released from the flames.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven withdrew the flames but left the prisoner with only a head, then demanded to know who was behind him.
• Hun Xiu offered to reveal the person behind him on one condition, and Primeval Lord of Heaven coldly rejected his attempt to bargain.

Hun Xiu claimed the Two Western Saints were behind the plot, but Primeval Lord of Heaven doubted him and revealed that Hongjun had identified a mysterious expert as the true culprit. Hun Xiu was shocked to learn that Hongjun had disclosed his true body's identity, leaving him worried that his scheme was in danger.

• Hun Xiu offered to name the people behind him in exchange for a quick death, and Primeval Lord of Heaven agreed.
• Hun Xiu blamed the Two Western Saints but admitted he had no evidence, so Primeval Lord of Heaven refused to kill him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven asked Hun Xiu to assess the claim, and Hun Xiu argued that the Western Sect would benefit from Chanjiao and Jiejiao fighting.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven rejected the accusation and said Hongjun had identified a mysterious expert who was not within the Three Realms yet within the Dao.
• Hun Xiu acted shocked by the revelation and realized Hongjun had exposed his true body's identity to Primeval Lord of Heaven.

Hun Xiu returned to Golden Turtle Island to visit Sect Master Tongtian and seek a chance to improve his strength. Tongtian summoned him to Biyou Palace, where he mistook Hun Xiu for an uncultivated mortal and questioned how he had survived for so long.

• Hun Xiu left Mount West Kunlun after deciding he could not overcome the heavy guard at Chanjiao and the Western Sect.
• Hun Xiu traveled to Golden Turtle Island and slipped past its inactive Mountain Protection Array.
• Sect Master Tongtian sensed Hun Xiu's arrival, recognized him, and pulled him into Biyou Palace with a wave of his hand.
• Hun Xiu bowed to Tongtian, who marveled at his unchanged handsome face and pinched it to make sure it was real.
• Tongtian asked when Hun Xiu had left Mount Kunlun and how he had survived, and Hun Xiu replied that cultivators lived a long time.
• Tongtian asked Hun Xiu, who claimed to be a cultivator, whether he was one at all.

Hun Xiu told Sect Master Tongtian that he was a Mid Stage Quasi-Saint, but Tongtian could sense no spiritual energy and thought him an ordinary person. When Hun Xiu attacked to prove it, Tongtian sensed the Power of Law in his punch.

• Sect Master Tongtian called Hun Xiu an ordinary person, though he admitted Hun Xiu was handsome.
• Hun Xiu insisted he was a Mid Stage Quasi-Saint, and Sect Master Tongtian repeatedly asked whether he was joking.
• Hun Xiu offered to demonstrate his strength, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed to take his attack without preparing.
• Hun Xiu threw an ordinary-looking punch at Sect Master Tongtian, whose expression turned grave as he sensed the Power of Law.

Hun Xiu struck Sect Master Tongtian with a full-force punch infused with the Power of Law, sending him through Biyou Palace and all the way to the East Sea. Hongjun worried over Hun Xiu’s strength and his disruption of the Heavenly Dao’s plans, while Sect Master Tongtian returned with a black eye and assured Hun Xiu it would heal.

• Hun Xiu’s punch sent Sect Master Tongtian flying through Biyou Palace to the East Sea, where Sect Master Tongtian dispelled the Power of Law and discovered his left eye had become a black eye.
• Hongjun was shocked that Hun Xiu could injure a Saint and lamented that the Heavenly Dao constrained him from confronting Hun Xiu, who had disrupted its plans.
• Hun Xiu wondered whether Sect Master Tongtian had failed to defend himself and worried that his full-strength punch had injured his master.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, restored its broken wall, and Hun Xiu noticed the black eye.
• Sect Master Tongtian said his eye was fine and would recover after he refined the Power of Law within it.