Chapter Summaries

Li Tian reached Biyou Palace on Golden Ao Island and began cultivating, only for Holy Mother Wudang to arrive and attack him for occupying Tongtian’s seat. When he claimed to be her master, she took it as an insult and intensified her assault, while Li Tian realized something was wrong with his weakened aura and spiritual awareness.

• Li Tian entered Biyou Palace, recognized it from Tongtian’s memories, and began refining his mana on the altar.
• Li Tian sensed an intruder approaching and formed the Green Ping Sword, but recognized the visitor’s familiar aura and returned to cultivation.
• Holy Mother Wudang entered the palace, determined to defend Golden Ao Island and the remains of the Interception Sect.
• Holy Mother Wudang saw Li Tian seated in Tongtian’s place and attacked him with her immortal sword.
• Li Tian stopped her blade with two fingers and claimed to be her master, but Holy Mother Wudang accused him of impersonation and burned her origin to fight him.
• Li Tian noticed his internal aura stagnating and his spiritual awareness dimming, then realized something was wrong.

Li Tian revealed himself to Holy Mother Wudang as her returned master after suppressing her attempt to sacrifice herself, then comforted her as she grieved for the Interception Sect. He explained that he had returned from Heaven Beyond Heaven through a Three Corpses incarnation, leaving Wudang with hope and a way around Hongjun’s decree.

• Li Tian used his Quasi-Saint power to suppress Holy Mother Wudang when she tried to burn away her cultivation rather than let him defeat her.
• Li Tian reminded Wudang of private teachings and summoned the Green Ping Sword, proving that he was her master.
• Wudang knelt, welcomed Li Tian’s return, and confessed that she had failed to protect the Interception Sect’s foundation and lineage.
• Li Tian reassured Wudang, and she released her grief after centuries of bearing the sect’s burdens alone.
• Wudang asked how Li Tian had returned despite Hongjun’s decree, and Li Tian explained that he had entered the Primordial Wilderness as a Three Corpses incarnation.

Li Tian confirmed his return to Holy Mother Wudang but explained that he could not yet free the Interception Sect disciples sealed in the Investiture of the Gods List. He healed Wudang’s old injury, helping her break through to the peak of the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, then began preaching the Dao to her.

• Holy Mother Wudang urged Li Tian to rescue the Interception Sect disciples on the Investiture of the Gods List, but he explained that opposing the Heavenly Dao was not yet possible and promised to settle the debt in the future.
• Li Tian noticed Wudang’s lingering injury from Guangchengzi’s Fan Tian Seal and ordered her to meditate while he healed her.
• As Li Tian cleansed her injury and guided her cultivation, Wudang broke through to the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and rose to its peak.
• Li Tian praised Wudang’s perseverance and began preaching the Dao, while she sensed that his teaching was unlike anything she had heard before.

Li Tian left Biyou Palace and established Shangqing Mountain as a place to teach the Primordial Chaos True Explanation, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness. As Zhenyuanzi and Ancestor Minghe considered the promise of a renewed path to sainthood, Fuxi failed to deduce Qingping’s origins, prompting Xuanyuan to suspect a Saint was behind him.

• Li Tian left Wudang a message telling her to devote herself to the Dao and not seek him, then traveled across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Li Tian transformed Shangqing Mountain, slew cultivators and demons who tried to claim it, and announced that he would teach the Primordial Chaos True Explanation as Daoist Qingping.
• Zhenyuanzi heard Qingping’s announcement, ordered Qingfeng and Mingyue to seal Wuzhuang Temple’s gates, and resolved to investigate the teaching.
• Ancestor Minghe heard the announcement and hoped its teaching could free him from the limits that kept him from becoming a Saint.
• Fuxi told Shennong and Xuanyuan that he could not deduce Qingping’s origins, and Xuanyuan asked whether a Saint was acting behind the scenes.

Li Tian began lecturing on a newly created Hunyuan-level Dao method atop Shangqing Mountain, stunning beings across the Primordial Wilderness and drawing the attention of the Saints. His lecture began to alter the River of Destiny, enraging Hongjun and leaving the Human Race’s hopes of breaking its deadlock newly stirred.

• Heavenly Emperor Fuxi said Li Tian might be the key to breaking the Human Race’s deadlock, while Xuanyuan condemned the Saints for suppressing humanity.
• Li Tian opened his lecture on Shangqing Mountain, and the Great Dao’s sound and celestial phenomena spread across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Beings throughout the Primordial Wilderness focused on Li Tian’s Hunyuan-level method, and some talented listeners broke through as they heard it.
• The Grand Pure Saint, Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, Nuwa, and the Two Sages of Buddhism reacted with astonishment and continued listening.
• Hongjun recognized Li Tian’s lecture as a threat to his long-running scheme and watched Shangqing Mountain in anger.
• The River of Destiny developed an unprecedented deviation, shocking the Saints and Supreme Saints who perceived it.

After Li Tian’s hundred years of preaching transformed the cultivation of countless powerful beings, the Primordial Wilderness began expanding and healing as his fortune surged. His preaching drew the attention of Hongjun and forces throughout the realm, while Li Tian received several powerful rewards from the Great Dao.

• Hongjun recognized Li Tian as the variable behind the recent anomalies but chose to wait for a chance to eliminate him without alerting the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi, Kunpeng, Minghe, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors gained breakthroughs or new insight from Li Tian’s preaching, and several sent forces to seek him out.
• Fuxi reached the Half-step Supreme Saint realm after comprehending part of Li Tian’s teachings, while the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors remained confined within Huoyun Cave.
• Li Tian finished preaching and learned that the Primordial Wilderness’s fortune had surged by eight million points.
• The Investiture of the Gods battlefield fragments healed and merged into the Earth Immortal Realm as its territory and spiritual energy expanded.
• Li Tian received the Primordial Chaos Creation Technique, the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation, a Saint Dao Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Origin Authority, then chose to claim the rewards.

Li Tian traveled secretly through the Underworld toward the Netherworld, hoping to find Houtu and obtain a divine-demonic body-tempering method. He reached Ghost Gate Pass and refused the ghost soldiers’ order to leave, beginning a confrontation.

• Li Tian studied the Primordial Chaos Creation Technique and realized he needed a divine-demonic physique to cultivate it fully.
• Li Tian decided to seek Houtu in the Netherworld, both for her body-tempering techniques and to recruit her against Hongjun’s plans.
• Li Tian entered the Yellow Springs and passed the newly departed souls and Soul Reaping Messengers without revealing his identity.
• Li Tian arrived at Ghost Gate Pass and told its guards he intended to pass through the Underworld.
• The ghost soldiers ordered Li Tian to leave, but he refused and released a wisp of aura.

Li Tian forced the two gatekeeper ghost soldiers to open Ghost Gate Pass and entered the Underworld, seeking a route to its depths and the ancestral shaman Houtu. He surveyed the yin domain with his Spiritual Sense as he began working out his path forward.

• Li Tian’s peak Quasi-Saint pressure crushed the ghost soldiers’ resistance, and they begged him to spare their lives.
• Li Tian learned from the ghost soldiers that the River of Forgetfulness lay beyond Ghost Gate Pass and that Lord Yama at the Hall of Yama might guide him.
• The ghost soldiers used an Underworld passage token to open a narrow gap in Ghost Gate Pass, and Li Tian transformed into an azure rainbow and entered.
• After the gate slammed shut, the ghost soldiers agreed to keep their breach of duty secret and said no one in the Underworld could likely suppress Li Tian.
• Li Tian crossed into the Underworld, protected himself from its deadly yin chill, and spread his Spiritual Sense while considering the route and the Netherworld’s layout.

Li Tian forced King Qin Guang to reveal that Meng Po at the Bridge of Helplessness could lead him to Empress Pingxin. He reached the bridge, where souls faced judgment before drinking Meng Po’s Soup, but had not yet met her.

• Li Tian vanished from the River of Forgetfulness and appeared in the Hall of Yama before King Qin Guang.
• Li Tian used a thunderous word and Quasi-Saint pressure to overpower King Qin Guang, who pleaded for mercy.
• King Qin Guang recalled Empress Pingxin’s secret decree directing the Yama Kings to contact Meng Po at the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Li Tian left King Qin Guang’s ruined hall and flew to the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Li Tian observed the souls being judged and learned that Meng Po’s Soup could strip even immortal powers of their cultivation.

Li Tian forced his way onto the Bridge of Helplessness to find Meng Po and ask to see Empress Pingxin, overwhelming the Netherworld’s defenses with his Quasi-Saint pressure. Meng Po restored order and refused his request, but Li Tian insisted, leaving the two poised for battle as the Underworld’s factions watched from afar.

• Li Tian ignored the Night Roaming God’s warning and unleashed his pressure, sending the god flying and sweeping ghost soldiers and souls off the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Meng Po appeared, calmed the bridge and river, and immobilized the souls trying to escape amid the chaos.
• Li Tian explained that he needed to see Empress Pingxin and that the Ten Yama Kings had directed him to Meng Po.
• Meng Po said Empress Pingxin had entered closed-door meditation and told Li Tian to leave.
• Li Tian asked what would happen if he insisted on seeing Empress Pingxin, prompting the Netherworld’s factions to fear his strength and await the confrontation.

Li Tian confronted Meng Po on the Bridge of Helplessness, and their auras shook the Underworld as its factions watched for signs of Empress Pingxin’s influence. With the clash threatening the Netherworld’s order, its powerful leaders joined forces to suppress the turmoil.

• Underworld factions watched Li Tian and Meng Po, hoping their confrontation would reveal whether Empress Pingxin still controlled events and create an opening to claim the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Li Tian refused to retreat, saying he would not leave without meeting Empress Pingxin, and Meng Po revealed her peak Quasi-Saint power as their auras collided.
• Their clash tore open spatial black holes and swept away ghost soldiers and generals, while the shockwaves made Lost Souls across the Underworld wail in terror.
• The Underworld’s ministers, secluded powers, and other leaders sensed the danger of the Netherworld’s order collapsing and converged to stabilize it.

Li Tian fought Meng Po on the Bridge of Helplessness and discovered that she was one of Empress Pingxin’s Three Corpses incarnations. After nearly being overwhelmed by her Samsara Laws, he recovered and prepared to continue the battle.

• The Quasi-Saints restored order across the Underworld but withdrew from the Bridge of Helplessness, where Li Tian and Meng Po’s clash made intervention too dangerous.
• Li Tian summoned a black iron sword and attacked Meng Po while keeping the Green Ping Sword concealed.
• Meng Po summoned the Gate of Samsara and erased Li Tian’s sword qi with her command of the Samsara Laws.
• Li Tian identified Meng Po as Empress Pingxin’s Good Corpse, based on her mastery of samsara and her connection to Pingxin.
• Meng Po opened the Gate of Samsara, nearly drawing Li Tian into its chaos before a clear tremor in his mind restored his senses.
• Li Tian gathered his power into the iron sword, praised Meng Po’s identity, and prepared to face her again.

Li Tian broke free of Meng Po’s Samsara Laws and fought her to a standstill, but both stopped before their battle could destroy the Bridge of Helplessness. Meng Po then told him Empress Pingxin had agreed to meet him and opened the Netherworld Gate.

• Li Tian escaped Meng Po’s realm of samsara and resumed attacking her with his sword.
• Meng Po’s Samsara Laws and Li Tian’s Sword Dao clashed evenly, shaking the battlefield and threatening the Bridge of Helplessness.
• After receiving a message from Empress Pingxin, Meng Po withdrew her attack, and Li Tian also lowered his sword to avoid damaging the Underworld’s order.
• Meng Po told Li Tian that Empress Pingxin had agreed to grant him an audience.
• Meng Po opened the Netherworld Gate and invited Li Tian to pass through and meet Empress Pingxin.

Li Tian entered the Netherworld Core to find Empress Pingxin, but its laws blocked his divinations. He used the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation to trace the source of samsara and began to see the threads of fate and heavenly secrets.

• Li Tian decided to pass through the Gate of Netherworld despite Meng Po's strength, and she watched him go before returning to repair the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Li Tian entered the Netherworld Core and found its abundant spiritual qi useless for advancing his cultivation.
• Li Tian failed to locate Empress Pingxin because the Six Paths of Reincarnation concealed heavenly secrets within the Netherworld Core.
• Li Tian recalled the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation, summoned it from the system space, and recognized the immense power of its former Chaos Godfiend wielder.
• Li Tian channeled his magical power into the wheel, which sharpened his perception and revealed the threads of fate and heavenly secrets.

After using the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation to locate the hidden Six Paths of Reincarnation, Li Tian discovered that Hongjun had concealed the area with a powerful restriction. As he tried to break it open, Empress Pingxin appeared and asked him to stop.

• Li Tian used his enhanced deduction and the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation to pinpoint the likely location of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Finding no trace there, Li Tian suspected that an ancient restriction beyond his perception was hiding it and considered Hongjun responsible.
• Li Tian attacked the concealed space with his black iron sword and detected a brief ripple that confirmed something was hidden there.
• Li Tian resolved to tear open Hongjun's restriction and disrupt his plans, despite recognizing that Hongjun was far stronger than he was.
• Empress Pingxin appeared, stopped Li Tian's assault, and asked why he had called her there.

Li Tian urged Empress Pingxin to leave the Netherworld and reignite her fighting spirit, then claimed he could restore the Ancestral Witches. Pingxin’s hope stirred, and Li Tian revealed the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation as the means.

• Li Tian asked Empress Pingxin to leave the Netherworld, but she said she could not abandon it and asked him to leave.
• Li Tian invoked the pride of the Twelve Ancestral Witches to rekindle Pingxin’s resolve, but she said Houtu was gone and the Witch Race had turned to dust.
• Li Tian claimed he could summon the Twelve Ancestral Witches back to the Primordial Wilderness, provoking Pingxin’s overwhelming pressure.
• Pingxin demanded to know his method and promised to consider any condition so long as he did not harm the Primordial Wilderness’s Myriad Spirits.
• Li Tian presented the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation and said its former master was Destiny God-Demon Hun.

Li Tian discovered that Heavenly Dao Chains had bound Ancestor Witch Houtu’s true body, leaving Pingxin unable to reclaim it even after replacing it with the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation. He resolved to free her and make her his first ally in a long-term plan to awaken the Earthly Dao and challenge Hongjun before the Journey to the West tribulation.

• Li Tian persuaded Pingxin that exchanging the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation for her freedom would benefit them both because the Netherworld could restore the damaged treasure.
• Pingxin revealed the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the towering Ancestor Witch True Body beneath them, showing Li Tian the silver-white chains binding Houtu’s body.
• Pingxin explained that the Dao Ancestor had imposed the Heavenly Dao Chains, which prevented her from reclaiming her body even with all her strength.
• Li Tian concluded that he had to break the chains and help Pingxin return to her peak so the Earthly Dao could awaken.
• Li Tian rejected a direct power contest with Hongjun and chose instead to erode the Heavenly Dao’s foundation, strengthen his own forces, and ally with Pingxin.

Li Tian failed to damage the Heavenly Dao Chains imprisoning Pingxin, but learned that breaking them required a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal with Heavenly Dao Authority. He began a dangerous ritual to draw power from his true body in Purple Heaven Palace, but his spiritual thread could not penetrate chaos, leaving him to consider using the system’s Saint Dao Barrier-Breaking Pills.

• Li Tian struck the Heavenly Dao Chains with his full strength and realized his attack had not scratched them.
• Pingxin explained that only a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal with Heavenly Dao Authority might break the chains, and said her previous attempts had shattered her soul.
• Li Tian recalled his true body’s Heavenly Dao Authority and planned to use Life-Borrowing Attraction to channel its power into his avatar, with the Saint Dao Barrier-Breaking Pills as a possible aid.
• Pingxin agreed to guard Li Tian while he began a ritual to draw power from his true body in Purple Heaven Palace.
• Li Tian’s spiritual thread reached the outskirts of Purple Heaven Palace but could not penetrate Hongjun’s restrictions or the edge of chaos.
• Li Tian opened his eyes in frustration and remembered the two Saint Dao Barrier-Breaking Pills stored in his inner world.

Li Tian swallowed two Saint Dao Barrier-Breaking Pills and advanced into the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, then reconnected with his true body in Purple Heaven Palace. He began using the Law of Destiny to attempt to break the Heavenly Dao Chains, while Pingxin watched with hope that he could free her and restore her brothers to the Primordial Wilderness.

• Li Tian decided to consume both pills to strengthen his Three Corpses Incarnation and swallowed them.
• The pills propelled Li Tian into the First Heaven of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, unleashing devastating phenomena across the Netherworld as Pingxin guarded him.
• Li Tian mastered his new power and successfully connected his consciousness to his true body in Purple Heaven Palace.
• Li Tian drew on the Law of Destiny and the Mysterious Wheel of Reincarnation to begin breaking the Heavenly Dao Chains.

Li Tian summoned the Green Ping Sword and used it with Saint Tongtian’s power to break the Heavenly Dao Chain imprisoning Pingxin. Pingxin regained her Ancestor Witch Houtu body and prepared to leave the Netherworld, while Li Tian stayed behind to guard it.

• Li Tian called forth the Green Ping Sword, revealing to Pingxin that he was connected to Saint Tongtian.
• Li Tian joined his cultivation with Saint Tongtian’s power and struck the Heavenly Dao Chain, breaking it.
• Pingxin’s sealed Ancestor Witch Houtu body broke free, and she rejoiced at regaining it.
• Pingxin entrusted what followed to Li Tian, who promised to guard the Netherworld and prevent anyone from disturbing it.