Chapter Summaries

After Grand Supreme Laozi left Qin Xuan, Tongtian stormed into the Heavenly Court and beat Haotian, while Hongjun watched without intervening. Yaoji urged Haotian to seek justice, but Haotian hinted that Hongjun had knowingly allowed the repeated assaults, and Hongjun ultimately dismissed his appeal.

• Grand Supreme Laozi thanked Qin Xuan for showing mercy and departed, while Pingxin returned to the Underworld and Hongjun watched from Zixiao Palace.
• Tongtian entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, beat Haotian, and left; Hongjun considered punishing Tongtian but decided against it.
• Yaoji found Haotian injured and urged him to ask Hongjun to punish Tongtian, but Haotian rebuked her and hinted that Hongjun knew about the attacks.
• Haotian sent Yaoji away, then murmured a plea to his former master Hongjun, who heard him but withdrew his gaze without offering help.

Qin Xuan visited the Lunar Star, where he reunited with Changxi and proposed that she and Xihe move to the Three Immortal Islands. The chapter ended with Qin Xuan and Changxi alone in the bamboo cottage.

• Qin Xuan arrived at the Lunar Star and tossed the Jade Rabbit off the star so he could spend time with Changxi.
• Qin Xuan found Changxi by the cold pool, and she complained that he had not visited for a long time.
• Changxi told Qin Xuan that Xihe was in seclusion and had been for several thousand years.
• Qin Xuan suggested the Three Immortal Islands as a new home for Changxi and Xihe, and Changxi agreed.
• Changxi teased Qin Xuan about winning over Xihe, and Qin Xuan pressed her to reveal who had taught her those earlier schemes.
• Qin Xuan invoked the family rules, and he and Changxi went into the bamboo cottage.

Changxi tricked Qin Xuan into leaving so she could persuade Xihe to switch identities with her. After the sisters traded appearances, Jade Rabbit told Xihe that Qin Xuan had visited, leaving Xihe eager to see him.

• Changxi sent Qin Xuan to the Three Immortal Islands while claiming she needed to stay because Xihe was in seclusion.
• Changxi interrupted Xihe's cultivation and persuaded her to switch identities as they had when they were young.
• Changxi and Xihe transformed to look and feel like each other, then took on each other's roles.
• Jade Rabbit told the disguised Xihe that Qin Xuan had visited and asked whether he had bullied Changxi.
• Xihe realized Qin Xuan had come and sat beneath the Moon Laurel Tree with Jade Rabbit, reading Seven Brothers of the Gourd.

Qin Xuan reclaimed the Three Immortal Islands from Sage Zhunti and transformed them into a home for rare spiritual plants. He returned to the Lunar Star and embraced Changxi, unaware that something about her seemed different.

• Qin Xuan learned from Du Yuan that Zhunti had taken over the abandoned Three Immortal Islands and used them to grow spiritual herbs.
• Zhunti arrived, quickly returned the islands to their rightful owner, and departed with Du Yuan.
• Qin Xuan cleared the islands of acquired herbs, restored their Earth Veins, and planted rare spiritual roots, peach saplings, and the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Qin Xuan checked on the Lesser Golden Crows and Queen Mother of the West in the Myriad Laws Realm, then returned to the Lunar Star.
• Qin Xuan found Changxi reading beneath the Moon Laurel Tree, dismissed his suspicion that she seemed different, and lifted her into his arms along with the illustrated book.

Qin Xuan and Xihe became Dao companions on the Lunar Star, and he later left with Xihe, Changxi, the Jade Rabbit, and Nuwa. Meanwhile, Tongtian forced Haotian to grant Jie Sect disciples major Heavenly Court positions, prompting Yuanshi Tianzun to seek Grand Supreme Laozi’s support.

• Qin Xuan realized he had mistaken Xihe for Changxi, but Xihe insisted he take responsibility and agreed to become his Dao companion.
• Qin Xuan sent the Jade Rabbit away and entered a side hall with Xihe; ten days later, he departed the Lunar Star with Xihe, Changxi, and the Jade Rabbit, then collected Nuwa.
• For nearly eight hundred years, Tongtian repeatedly beat Haotian in Lingxiao Treasure Hall until Haotian granted key Heavenly Court positions to Jie Sect disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, angered by the Jie Sect’s growing control of the Heavenly Court, visited Grand Supreme Laozi and asked whether they could claim its authority too.

Yuanshi Tianzun sought allies to drive the Jie Sect from the Heavenly Court after Grand Supreme Laozi refused to help. He and Jieyin agreed to cooperate only after arguing over how to divide the court’s authority.

• Grand Supreme Laozi refused Yuanshi Tianzun’s proposal, preferring to avoid the Heavenly Court’s affairs.
• Yuanshi Tianzun found Zhunti and proposed that they join forces against the Jie Sect.
• Zhunti summoned Jieyin, who questioned why Yuanshi Tianzun had not secured Grand Supreme Laozi’s support.
• Jieyin agreed to cooperate, but proposed that the West receive seven shares of the Heavenly Court’s authority and Yuanshi Tianzun receive three.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rejected the offer and demanded a four-to-six split, while Jieyin threatened to abandon the deal.

Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti confronted Tongtian at Golden Ao Island, demanding that he withdraw his disciples from the Heavenly Court. Tongtian rejected their righteous pretext and challenged their motives, leaving the confrontation on the verge of battle.

• Yuanshi Tianzun reluctantly agreed to Jieyin and Zhunti’s proposed division of the spoils and joined them in besieging Golden Ao Island.
• Qin Xuan sensed the Saints’ pressure and sent his Divine Sense to Tongtian, who declined his offer of help.
• Tongtian broke through the Saints’ pressure and confronted Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Yuanshi Tianzun demanded Tongtian recall his disciples from the Heavenly Court, threatening an irreparable disaster if he refused.
• Tongtian mocked the three Saints for disguising their desire to seize Heavenly Court authority as concern for the Primordial World’s living beings.

Tongtian challenged Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti to fight in the Primordial Chaos and demonstrated that his Sword Dao could contend with all three Saints. Their battle reached a deadlock before a white-haired old man approached from the Primordial World.

• Tongtian drew Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti into the Primordial Chaos to keep their battle from harming living beings.
• Tongtian's three strands of sword intent withstood the Saints' combined divine abilities, shocking them with his strength.
• Jieyin and Zhunti brought out their magic treasures, while Yuanshi Tianzun attacked with Yuqing Divine Lightning because he had no battle-worthy treasure.
• Tongtian blocked Yuanshi Tianzun's lightning with Samadhi True Fire and forced Jieyin to defend until Zhunti joined the fight.
• The four Saints fought to a deadlock as the Primordial Chaos darkened and its laws collapsed.
• A white-haired old man holding a Whisk approached from the direction of the Primordial World.

Taishang halted Tongtian’s battle with Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti, claiming he had come to mediate on Hongjun’s orders. Hongjun realized someone had impersonated him, then arrived in person and rebuked Tongtian for seizing the Heavenly Court’s authority.

• Taishang arrived and saved Yuanshi Tianzun from Tongtian’s sword strike, forcing the four Saints’ battle to pause.
• Tongtian questioned Taishang’s intervention, while Taishang said he had come to mediate under Hongjun’s orders.
• In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun realized Yang Mei had impersonated him and decided the conflict could help draw the Saints’ disciples into the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi Tianzun asked whether Hongjun had given Taishang further instructions, and Tongtian prepared to leave when Taishang said he had not.
• Hongjun arrived in the Primordial Chaos, and Tongtian accused Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti of trying to seize the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun accused Tongtian of being the one who had first occupied the Heavenly Court’s authority.

Tongtian rejected Hongjun’s arrangement for the saints to divide the Heavenly Court’s authority and, after consulting Qin Xuan, returned to remove his disciples from the court. The chapter ended with Haotian seeing Tongtian arrive and immediately cowering beneath the throne.

• Hongjun proposed that the saints appoint disciples to the Four Great Emperor positions and divide the remaining Heavenly Court offices.
• Tongtian gave up his sect’s claim to the Heavenly Court and left for Golden Ao Island, surprising the other saints and Hongjun.
• Hongjun awarded the vacant Great Emperor position to a disciple of the Chan Sect, while Grand Supreme Laozi suspected the arrangement concealed trouble.
• Tongtian asked Qin Xuan why he had advised him to withdraw, and Qin Xuan urged him to bring his disciples back from the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian appeared above the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and Haotian slid from his throne and crouched with his arms over his head.

Tongtian took the Jie Sect disciples back to Golden Ao Island and returned authority over the Heavenly Court to Haotian, but the other sages soon arrived with their own disciples. By Hongjun's decree, they claimed the vacant posts, leaving Haotian powerless as more than a hundred disciples received appointments.

• Tongtian had the Jie Sect disciples relinquish their offices and return with him to Golden Ao Island.
• Grand Supreme Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived at the Heavenly Court with their disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun announced Hongjun's decree that Dao Sect, Chan Sect, and Western Sect disciples would fill the vacant Heavenly Court posts.
• Haotian submitted and raised the Haotian Seal, which Yuanshi Tianzun took to appoint the disciples.
• Xuan Du, the Chan Sect Eleven Golden Immortals, Medicine Master, and many Western Sect disciples received Heavenly Court positions.

Haotian, sidelined by the Three Teachings’ disciples after they filled the Heavenly Court’s vacant posts, decided to seek Qin Xuan’s help in becoming a true ruler. After waiting three thousand years outside Fangzhang Island, he set out cautiously for Buzhou Mountain to reach Qin Xuan through the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

• The Saints instructed their disciples, while Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin separately warned them to keep their distance from Xuan Du.
• The Chan Sect disciples snubbed Haotian and left Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and Haotian vanished in anger when Xuan Du and Medicine Master waited to hear his plans.
• The Three Teachings’ disciples filled the Heavenly Court’s posts but ignored Haotian’s commands, reducing him to a figurehead.
• Haotian decided Qin Xuan was the only person who could help him escape the Saints’ control and become a true Heavenly Emperor.
• Qin Xuan taught Nuwa, Xihe, and Changxi his world-creating method for three thousand years while Haotian waited outside Fangzhang Island.
• Haotian concealed his aura and walked for eight hundred years to reach Buzhou Mountain, intending to contact Qin Xuan through the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Haotian was caught by Grand Supreme Laozi while secretly heading to Buzhou Mountain and offered the Peach Garden’s fruit in exchange for silence. He found the garden stripped bare, discovered that Liu Er, the Chan Sect, and Buddhism had looted it, and ended up surrendering half his private collection to Laozi.

• Grand Supreme Laozi brought Haotian to Eight Views Palace and asked why he had gone to Buzhou Mountain.
• Haotian denied knowing what Laozi meant, but agreed to take him to the Heavenly Court’s Peach Garden when Laozi demanded Peach of Immortality fruit in exchange for keeping quiet.
• Haotian and Grand Supreme Laozi found the Peach Garden’s trees bare and its soil dug up.
• Haotian gave Grand Supreme Laozi half his private collection before sending him away.
• Haotian used the Haotian Seal to investigate and learned that Liu Er had taken about thirty percent of the peaches, while Guang Chengzi, Medicine Master, and their disciples had stripped the rest and dug up the Immortal Soil.

Haotian realized that Liu Er, the Heavenly Court’s horse keeper, was the Six-Eared Macaque and sought to use their connection to reach Qin Xuan. After the monkey confirmed he was Qin Xuan’s disciple, Haotian asked him to convey his wish to pledge himself to the Dao Venerable, and Liu Er sent word to his teacher.

• Haotian recalled the Six-Eared Macaque’s ties to Buzhou Mountain and suspected that Liu Er was the hidden monkey.
• Haotian confronted Liu Er at the horse stables, but Liu Er pretended not to understand and went to sleep.
• Haotian returned with wine and spiritual fruits over the following days, gradually growing familiar with Liu Er while failing to draw out his identity.
• Haotian told Liu Er he wanted to pledge himself to Qin Xuan and asked him to convey the request.
• Liu Er revealed that Qin Xuan was his master, warned Haotian not to deceive him, and sent Qin Xuan a message through a jade stone.

Qin Xuan accepted Haotian’s pledge of allegiance and told him to work through Six-Eared Macaque, prompting Haotian to elevate Six-Eared to Grand Marshal. Qin Xuan then investigated the Five Human Emperors and discovered that Zhuanxu had completed his reign and attained the position of Human Emperor.

• Haotian told Qin Xuan about the humiliations he had suffered from Hongjun and the saints, and sincerely pledged allegiance to him.
• Qin Xuan accepted Haotian and instructed him to keep their meeting secret and communicate through Six-Eared Macaque.
• Haotian appointed Six-Eared Macaque Grand Marshal and placed nearly half of the Heavenly Court’s soldiers and generals under his command.
• Qin Xuan saw Fuxi, Shennong, and Chiyou watching Kunlun Mountain from Huoyun Palace and used the Creation Jade Plate to review humanity’s past.
• Qin Xuan learned that Chiyou had yielded the throne to Zhuanxu, who ruled for a thousand years, reformed human customs and the calendar, and attained the position of Human Emperor.

Qin Xuan’s plans for the Five Emperors continued as the Four-Alike helped Yao end a devastating flood, while Qin Xuan prepared to intervene over Shun’s missing imperial teacher. In the Heavenly Court, Guang Chengzi confronted the Six-Eared Macaque, who mocked Yuanshi Tianzun and dared him to come in person.

• The Four-Alike arranged for the Dragon Race and the Black Tortoise of the North Sea to control Yao’s flood, earning merit as Yao attained the Dao of the Human Emperor.
• Qin Xuan learned that Shun had already taken the throne without a Chan Sect teacher and disguised himself as Hongjun before heading to Kunlun Mountain.
• Guang Chengzi and Medicine Master grew angry over Haotian appointing Liu Er Grand Marshal, while Medicine Master chose not to challenge the decision.
• Guang Chengzi led the Chan Sect’s Eleven Golden Immortals into the Six-Eared Macaque’s residence after breaking down its gates.
• Chijingzi declared that their teacher was Yuanshi Tianzun, but the Six-Eared Macaque laughed at the story of Yuanshi Tianzun searching for his head and challenged him to appear.

Six-Eared Macaque attacked the Eleven Golden Immortals after their argument erupted into a fight, beating them while Qin Xuan kept Yuanshi Tianzun at Jade Void Palace. Yuanshi Tianzun remained unable to intervene and discovered that Qin Xuan had come to visit him.

• The Eleven Golden Immortals split into factions over whether to attack Six-Eared Macaque, seek help from the Buddhist Sect, or report to their teacher.
• Six-Eared Macaque charged Guang Chengzi, then fought all eleven Golden Immortals and left them battered and unarmed.
• Guang Chengzi called for Yuanshi Tianzun, but Six-Eared Macaque continued striking him and used his transformed arms to beat all eleven disciples in turn.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sensed his disciples' danger but stayed in Jade Void Palace because Qin Xuan, posing as Hongjun, would not let him leave.
• Yuanshi Tianzun asked what brought Qin Xuan to Jade Void Palace, and Qin Xuan replied that he had come to visit his disciple.

Hongjun discovered that Yang Mei had interfered with Yuanshi Tianzun, though Qin Xuan had escaped before Hongjun arrived. Hongjun then ordered Yuanshi Tianzun to retrieve his disciples and send them to guide the Human Emperor.

• Hongjun watched Six-Eared Macaque defeat the Chan Sect Golden Immortals and recognized him as the Six-Eared Macaque who had once eavesdropped on his teachings.
• Hongjun sensed Yang Mei at Jade Void Palace and rushed there, but Qin Xuan escaped using spatial laws before he arrived.
• Hongjun questioned Yuanshi Tianzun, who explained that the impostor had forbidden him from rescuing his disciples because it was the Heavenly Dao's grand momentum.
• Hongjun told Yuanshi Tianzun that Qin Xuan would not interfere if he avoided reckless actions, then ordered him to retrieve Guang Chengzi and the others and send them to assist the Human Emperor.

Yuanshi Tianzun arrived at the Heavenly Court to rescue his disciples and punish the Six-Eared Macaque, but the macaque briefly forced him back with the power of his Chaos Demon Ape bloodline. As Yuanshi Tianzun prepared to take the fallen macaque away, an unseen attacker crushed him with a gigantic palm, leaving the Primordial World under blood rain.

• Yuanshi Tianzun rushed into the Heavenly Court, restored the Eleven Golden Immortals, and promised to deal with the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Yuanshi Tianzun's Saintly pressure forced the Six-Eared Macaque toward his knees, but the macaque awakened his Chaos Demon Ape bloodline and struck Yuanshi Tianzun back one step.
• The Six-Eared Macaque collapsed from exhaustion, and Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guang Chengzi and the others to take him to Jade Void Palace.
• An unseen force made Guang Chengzi and the other Golden Immortals fall to their knees, then sent a gigantic palm down at Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Yuanshi Tianzun's Yuqing Divine Lightning failed to stop the palm, which struck him into dust and brought torrential blood rain across the Primordial World.

Pingxin protected the Six-Eared Macaque after repeatedly killing Yuanshi Tianzun, until Hongjun intervened and Yuanshi retreated with the Chan Sect disciples. Hongjun then confronted Haotian about the Six-Eared Macaque, leaving Haotian under pressure to explain what he knew.

• Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect Golden Immortals mistook Pingxin for Qin Xuan before recognizing her and bowing to her.
• Pingxin healed the Six-Eared Macaque and waited as Yuanshi Tianzun repeatedly revived and was struck down again.
• Hongjun blocked Pingxin's next attack, and Yuanshi Tianzun returned to Kunlun Mountain with Guang Chengzi and the other disciples after being reduced to a first-layer Saint.
• Hongjun reminded Yuanshi Tianzun to handle the matter of the human race, then went to Lingxiao Treasure Hall to see Haotian.
• Hongjun pressed Haotian to explain the Six-Eared Macaque, and Haotian struggled to answer.