Chapter Summaries

Hun Xiu learned that refusing his mission would trap him in the Primordial World, so he entered seclusion to grow strong enough to kill Saints. In Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun warned the Six Saints that the altered Calamity could place even Saints on the Investiture of the Gods List, while Sect Master Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven argued over whose disciples should fill it.

• The system told Hun Xiu that refusing its mission would make returning to the Battle Through the Heavens Universe nearly impossible, so he decided to increase his strength through seclusion.
• Hongjun told the Six Saints that the Calamity had changed and that even Saints might be listed on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hongjun explained that Hun Xiu had disrupted the Heavenly Dao’s original plans and possessed the Investiture of the Gods List and God Striking Whip.
• Taishang Laozi asked whether filling the Investiture of the Gods List could resolve the Calamity, and Hongjun said it could but would be difficult.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven proposed filling the list with Jiejiao disciples, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to demand that Chanjiao disciples be listed instead.
• Hongjun ordered Sect Master Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven to be silent as they argued in Purple Cloud Palace.

Hongjun revealed that the Investiture of the Gods List now required three Saints and many other powerful beings, making the tribulation a calamity for the Saints. After the Six Saints blamed Haotian for the list, Haotian felt an ominous warning in the Heavenly Court and wondered whether it was directed at him.

• Hongjun silenced Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian, then explained that the tribulation would continue until the Investiture of the Gods List was filled.
• Hongjun told the Six Saints that the list required three Saints, ten Quasi-Saints, fifty Great Luo, three hundred and two Taiyi, and one hundred thousand Golden Immortals.
• Taishang Laozi asked whether the list’s requirements could be changed, but Hongjun said the Heavenly Dao’s demand was fixed and warned that those who entered the list would not easily leave.
• The Six Saints grew wary of one another and blamed Haotian for causing the Investiture of the Gods List, resolving to confront him after leaving the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Haotian sneezed in the Heavenly Court, felt an increasingly ominous premonition, and wondered whether it was aimed at him; Chi Yao reassured him that he would be fine.

The Six Saints went to the Heavenly Court and beat Haotian to punish him over the Investiture of the Gods List. After an hour, Haotian submitted and planned to complain to Hongjun.

• The Six Saints left the Purple Cloud Palace and headed together to the Heavenly Court, blaming Haotian for the Investiture of the Gods List and its consequences.
• Haotian welcomed the Saints, but Sect Master Tongtian punched him and demanded that he learn why the flowers by the roadside were red.
• The Six Saints joined in beating Haotian while holding back so that his karmic fortune would prevent serious harm.
• After an hour, Taishang Laozi asked whether Haotian understood the lesson, and Haotian admitted that he did.
• The Six Saints departed, while Haotian resolved to report them to Hongjun.

After the Six Saints beat Haotian, he went to Hongjun to lodge a complaint, and Hongjun ordered the Saints not to retaliate. Hongjun then warned Haotian that the coming Investiture of the Gods could ensnare him, leaving Haotian stunned as he returned to the Heavenly Court.

• Chi Yao helped Haotian recover from his humiliating beating, and Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to investigate why the roadside flowers were so red.
• Haotian went to the Purple Cloud Palace and begged Hongjun to uphold justice against the Six Saints.
• Hongjun summoned the Six Saints, confirmed that Haotian was not responsible for the Investiture of the Gods, and warned them not to take revenge on him.
• Hongjun told the Six Saints to prepare for the coming tribulation, then warned Haotian that he too could be drawn into it and placed on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hongjun revealed that the Investiture of the Gods List and God Striking Whip already had masters, and Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court in shock.

After learning that three Saints had to be placed on the Investiture of the Gods List, Haotian and Chi Yao decided to wait while the Saints fought among themselves. The Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Saints both went to Wa Palace, where the Three Pure Ones demanded that Nuwa take a place on the list and prepared to attack when she refused.

• Haotian told Chi Yao that the tribulation required three Saints to enter the Investiture of the Gods List, and she urged him to let the Saints fight while the Heavenly Court waited.
• The Three Pure Ones agreed to target Nuwa first, reasoning that the Two Western Saints were harder to separate and defeat.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti set out for Wa Palace to join forces with Nuwa before the Three Pure Ones could act against her.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived at Wa Palace and asked Nuwa to voluntarily enter the Investiture of the Gods List, but she refused.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven threatened to attack Nuwa, and she asked whether Taishang Laozi and Sect Master Tongtian would join him.

The Three Pure Ones confronted Nuwa and demanded that she take her place on the Investiture of the Gods List, but she revealed that she was the strongest Saint beneath Heavenly Dao Hongjun. Nuwa offered Sect Master Tongtian an alliance against the other Saints, and the chapter ended with him refusing and Nuwa warning that he would regret it.

• Nuwa challenged the Three Pure Ones to meet her in Chaos, and the Two Western Saints followed to protect her.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven attacked Nuwa with the Pangu Banner, but Nuwa dispelled his strike with a wave and sent him flying.
• Nuwa admitted she had concealed her strength, while Primeval Lord of Heaven and the other Saints were shocked by her power.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven threatened Nuwa with the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa mocked him for relying on numbers and having no face.
• Sect Master Tongtian raised the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and demanded that Nuwa join the list, but Nuwa invited him to ally with her against the other Saints.
• Sect Master Tongtian refused to betray his brothers, and Nuwa warned him that he would regret rejecting her offer.

Nuwa broke Sect Master Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and revealed that she had reached the Saint Seventh Tier, forcing the Three Pure Ones to retreat. Afterward, she agreed to ally with Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti, leaving the Saints balanced against one another.

• Nuwa rejected Sect Master Tongtian’s offer to join forces, and he trapped her in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti intervened to protect Nuwa, while Daoist Zhunti and Primeval Lord of Heaven fought to a draw.
• Nuwa withstood the formation’s sword shadows and shattered it, revealing her Saint Seventh Tier strength; the effort left her injured, and Sect Master Tongtian was wounded as well.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Taishang Laozi, and Primeval Lord of Heaven retreated after Tongtian acknowledged that they could not send Nuwa onto the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Nuwa accepted Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti’s offer of an alliance, then left for Wa Palace to recover from her injuries.

After Nuwa broke the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Sect Master Tongtian returned to Eight Sceneries Palace injured, and the Three Pure Ones argued over their failed attack. Primeval Lord of Heaven apologized after Taishang Laozi intervened, and Tongtian left for Golden Turtle Island to recover.

• Sect Master Tongtian spat blood and told Taishang Laozi that Nuwa had broken the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation alone.
• The Three Pure Ones lamented that their attack had failed and that they had lost their chance to put a Saint on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven accused Sect Master Tongtian of holding back, prompting Tongtian to prepare to leave.
• Taishang Laozi stopped Sect Master Tongtian and ordered Primeval Lord of Heaven to apologize.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven apologized, and Sect Master Tongtian left Eight Sceneries Palace for Golden Turtle Island to recover.

After Tongtian left the Three Pure Ones gathering, Nuwa returned to Wa Palace injured but closer to reaching the Saint Eighth Tier, while the Three Pure Ones entered seclusion. A hundred years later, Hun Xiu’s avatar, “Xiao Yan,” used his authority over Chanjiao to gather its disciples and prepare to destroy the sect by sending them onto the Investiture of the Gods List.

• Taishang Laozi rebuked Primeval Lord of Heaven for criticizing Tongtian and grew angry that the Three Pure Ones could not unite.
• Nuwa returned to Wa Palace, revealed that the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had seriously injured her, and entered seclusion after sensing her realm had loosened.
• Tongtian returned to Golden Turtle Island, left Duobao in charge of Jiejiao, and entered seclusion; Primeval Lord of Heaven likewise handed Chanjiao to “Xiao Yan” before withdrawing.
• After a hundred years of managing Chanjiao, “Xiao Yan” summoned most of its disciples to Jade Void Palace to carry out his plan to wipe out the sect.
• “Xiao Yan” sealed Jade Void Palace with a formation and told the trusting disciples he would share an unparalleled opportunity.

Hun Xiu told Chanjiao’s gathered disciples that joining the Investiture of the Gods List would grant eternal life and protection from tribulations, presenting it as a supreme Opportunity. Guangchengzi recognized Hun Xiu’s suspicious smile and feared that the gathering concealed a conspiracy.

• Daoist Cihang asked Hun Xiu what supreme Opportunity he meant, and he introduced the Investiture of the Gods List to Chanjiao’s disciples.
• Hun Xiu claimed that the Heavenly Dao had bestowed a new Opportunity during the current tribulation and that joining the list would make them Undying and Undefeatable.
• Guangchengzi guessed that Hun Xiu’s Opportunity was the Investiture of the Gods List, and Hun Xiu confirmed that those who joined would be protected from this and future tribulations.
• The disciples argued over the list’s benefits and the loss of freedom that came with following the Divine Path.
• Guangchengzi noticed Hun Xiu’s deliberate, ill-intentioned smile and asked whether he had gathered so many Chanjiao disciples as part of a conspiracy.

Hun Xiu trapped the Chanjiao disciples in a lethal flame formation and sent their True Spirits to the Investiture of the Gods List, then joined Daoist Jieyin’s Western Sect. As most of the disciples perished, Guangchengzi and the others wondered why Primeval Lord of Heaven had not intervened.

• Guangchengzi guessed that Hun Xiu planned to put all the Chanjiao disciples on the Investiture of the Gods List, and Hun Xiu confirmed it.
• Hun Xiu said Primeval Lord of Heaven was in seclusion, then revealed a flame formation that began killing the Chanjiao disciples and sending their True Spirits to the list.
• Hun Xiu met Daoist Jieyin outside Mount Kunlun and asked to join the Western Sect; Daoist Jieyin accepted him as a disciple, calling him Xiao Yan.
• Daoist Jieyin took Hun Xiu toward the Western Sect, while the flames continued consuming the Chanjiao disciples inside Jade Void Palace.
• Guangchengzi and the other surviving disciples struggled against the formation, and Daoist Cihang asked where their Teacher was.

Hun Xiu and Daoist Jieyin conspired to destroy Chanjiao while Primeval Lord of Heaven remained in seclusion, and all its disciples except Daoist Cihang were sent onto the Investiture of the Gods List. After discovering the devastation, Primeval Lord of Heaven learned of Hun Xiu’s betrayal and swore to kill him.

• Daoist Jieyin recruited Hun Xiu into the Western Sect by asking him to send every Chanjiao disciple onto the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hun Xiu agreed, and he and Daoist Jieyin planned to wipe out Chanjiao while Primeval Lord of Heaven was in seclusion.
• A red flame formation engulfed the Jade Void Palace, killing every Chanjiao disciple except Daoist Cihang.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven sensed something was wrong, shattered the formation, and found Daoist Cihang barely alive.
• Daoist Cihang told Primeval Lord of Heaven that Hun Xiu had betrayed Chanjiao, and Primeval Lord of Heaven vowed to kill him.

After Hun Xiu wiped out Chanjiao, Primeval Lord of Heaven discovered that Daoist Jieyin had concealed the massacre and sought Taishang Laozi’s aid. The two brothers arrived at Mount Sumeru to confront the Western Saints, who realized they had come.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven failed to divine Hun Xiu’s location and sensed that Daoist Jieyin was blocking his calculations.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven went to Eight Sceneries Palace and told Taishang Laozi that Chanjiao had been destroyed, with only Daoist Cihang left alive.
• Taishang Laozi learned that Hun Xiu and the Two Western Saints had sent Chanjiao’s disciples to the Investiture of the Gods List and agreed they should pay.
• Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven arrived at Mount Sumeru, and Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti sensed their approach.

Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven confronted the Western Saints over Chanjiao's destruction, then lured them away to Chaos so Xuandu and Daoist Cihang could attack Mount Sumeru. Xuandu broke the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus barrier with the Taiji Diagram, leaving the Western Sect exposed.

• Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven accused Daoist Jieyin of destroying Chanjiao, and Primeval Lord of Heaven attacked Mount Sumeru with the Pangu Banner.
• Daoist Zhunti fought Primeval Lord of Heaven until Patriarch Hongjun stopped the battle and ordered the Saints to fight in Chaos instead.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Daoist Zhunti departed for Chaos, followed by Taishang Laozi and Daoist Jieyin.
• Hongjun realized the Saints had obeyed his order and remarked that he had been prepared to suppress them if they continued fighting in the Primordial World.
• Xuandu and Daoist Cihang revealed themselves after the Saints left, and Xuandu used the Taiji Diagram to shatter the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus barrier around Mount Sumeru.

Xuandu and Daoist Cihang invaded Mount Sumeru to attack the Western Sect, but found Xiao Yan posing as the traitor “Hun Xiu” at its head. As Jieyin blocked Taishang Laozi in Chaos, Xuandu prepared to face Xiao Yan, who dismissed him as only a quasi-sage.

• Jieyin told Taishang Laozi that Xiao Yan guarded Mount Sumeru and blocked his attempt to leave Chaos.
• Xuandu opened a gap in Mount Sumeru with the Taiji Diagram and entered with Daoist Cihang.
• Daoist Cihang accused “Hun Xiu” of betraying Chanjiao, and “Hun Xiu” admitted the Western Sect had offered him too much.
• “Hun Xiu” caught and snapped Daoist Cihang’s magical sword, then struck him and sent him flying.
• Xuandu revealed his quasi-sage aura, identified himself as Renjiao’s Grand Master, and challenged Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan refused to surrender, saying he would do so only if Xuandu were a Saint.

Hun Xiu defeated Xuandu despite the Taiji Diagram, then stopped Xuandu and Daoist Cihang from leaving Mount Sumeru. As Xuandu prepared to fight again, Hun Xiu burned the Western Sect disciples who had been humiliating Cihang, sending their True Spirits to the Investiture of the Gods List.

• Hun Xiu used the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus to smash Xuandu into a crater and defeat him, then forced Xuandu to retrieve the Taiji Diagram and revealed that the Western Saints had left the lotus as a contingency.
• Xuandu called for Daoist Cihang to retreat, but Hun Xiu blocked them and demanded that they leave their lives behind.
• Hun Xiu’s aura forced Cihang to kneel, and he slapped her after she insulted him.
• While Xuandu prepared to fight, Hun Xiu saw Western Sect disciples jeering at Cihang and burned them to nothingness, sending their True Spirits to the Investiture of the Gods List.

“Hun Xiu” sent the Western Sect disciples and Cihang to the Investiture of the Gods List, leaving Xuandu stunned and furious. He then invited Xuandu to join them on the list.

• “Hun Xiu” burned the Western Sect disciples and sent their True Spirits to the Investiture of the Gods List, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti sensed the disaster in Chaos.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Taishang Laozi kept Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin from leaving Chaos, and the Saints resumed fighting.
• “Hun Xiu” told Xuandu that he was not allied with the Western Sect and claimed he had given its disciples the opportunity of eternal life on the list.
• “Hun Xiu” struck Cihang with his palm, destroyed Mount Sumeru, and sent Cihang’s True Spirit to the list.
• “Hun Xiu” explained that Cihang belonged there with the Chanjiao disciples, then invited Xuandu to take his place on the Investiture of the Gods List.

Hun Xiu killed Xuandu, sent his True Spirit to the Investiture of the Gods List, and let two Saints’ treasures flee before escaping. The Saints discovered their sects had lost all their disciples and went after the missing treasures, while Ancestor Minghe caught Jieyin’s Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus in the Blood Sea.

• Hun Xiu struck Xuandu with the Taiji Diagram and extinguished his lingering aura, sending his True Spirit to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hun Xiu released the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus and Taiji Diagram, then quietly escaped before other Great Powers noticed him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Taishang Laozi sensed that Cihang and Xuandu had joined the list, and the four Saints stopped fighting and returned to the Primordial World.
• Daoist Jieyin and the other Saints calculated that the disciples of the Western Sect, Chanjiao, and Renjiao had all joined the list, and Jieyin vowed to kill Hun Xiu.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti headed for the Netherworld Blood Sea after Jieyin sensed his Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus there, while Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven set out for the Northern Darkness Sea to find the Taiji Diagram.
• Ancestor Minghe caught the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus in the Blood Sea and recognized it as Jieyin’s treasure.

Ancestor Minghe refined Daoist Jieyin’s Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus and fused it with his own Twelve-Petal Karma Red Lotus to create a Twenty-Four Petal Lotus Platform. Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched and seized the finished treasure, appearing before a shocked Ancestor Minghe.

• Ancestor Minghe found no Saint’s imprint in the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus and began refining it to fuse with his Twelve-Petal Karma Red Lotus.
• Daoist Jieyin sensed the refining, showed Daoist Zhunti an image of Ancestor Minghe, and stopped him from intervening.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti waited as Ancestor Minghe completed the Twenty-Four Petal Lotus Platform.
• When Ancestor Minghe reached for the platform, it flew to Daoist Jieyin, who appeared with Daoist Zhunti in the Netherworld Blood Sea hall.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti took Ancestor Minghe’s Twelve-Petal Karma Red Lotus, merging it with the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus to create a Twenty-Four Petal Lotus Platform. Minghe backed down rather than challenge the Saints, then erupted in anger after they left, while the Western Saints continued hunting Hun Xiu.

• Daoist Jieyin praised the Twenty-Four Petal Lotus Platform and claimed Minghe had generously given up the Twelve-Petal Karma Red Lotus.
• Ancestor Minghe asked Daoist Jieyin to separate and return his lotus, but Jieyin refused and offered to repay the karma someday.
• Ancestor Minghe called after the departing Saints, then pretended to wish them safe travels instead of confronting them.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin discussed Minghe’s submission and vowed to find Hun Xiu, who they blamed for destroying the Western Sect.
• Ancestor Minghe roared in the Netherworld Blood Sea as its waters boiled and unsettled the Asura Race.