Chapter Summaries

Li Tian uncovered Hongjun's plan to damage the Earthly Dao by using the Netherworld Blood Sea to fracture reincarnation, and resolved to secure the Netherworld for the Earthly Dao. As Zhunti attacked, Li Tian drew power from his true body and revealed a tremendous increase in cultivation, leaving him poised to end the fight.

• Li Tian realized Hongjun intended to use the Netherworld Blood Sea to cripple the Six Paths of Reincarnation and decided to make the Netherworld an Earthly Dao stronghold.
• Zhunti recovered from his injuries with the Heavenly Dao's power and grew arrogant, while Li Tian secretly contacted his true body in the Purple Heaven Palace.
• Saint Tongtian sent mana to Li Tian through the laws of destiny and karma without Zhunti or Hongjun detecting it.
• Li Tian's cultivation surged to the peak of the seventh layer of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal before his body reached its limit.
• Zhunti unleashed an empowered Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree attack, and Li Tian judged that he could now kill Zhunti with ease.

Li Tian effortlessly shattered Saint Zhunti’s Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree attack and left him battered in the Netherworld Blood Sea. As Jieyin prepared to intervene under Hongjun’s watch, a burst of golden light erupted from the Blood Sea.

• Li Tian froze and shattered the rainbow light from Zhunti’s Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree, then struck Zhunti into a mountain with a palm.
• Zhunti lay battered and humiliated as powerful figures across the heavens quietly or openly rejoiced at his defeat.
• Jieyin grew enraged and began forming hand seals to help Zhunti, while Hongjun watched and transferred the Heavenly Dao Edict to Jieyin.
• Li Tian surveyed Zhunti in the Blood Sea, then a vast burst of golden light erupted from its depths.

Li Tian fought off the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo and exposed Jieyin Saint, who had been hiding and controlling the Buddhist treasures from within folds of space. Jieyin confronted Li Tian over the surprise attack, leaving their conflict openly irreconcilable.

• The Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and Six Roots of Purity Bamboo freed Ksitigarbha from the Blood Sea, while Ancestor Minghe prepared to detonate the Blood Sea if Li Tian withdrew.
• Li Tian evaded the bamboo's mysterious light and used his sword intent to keep it from reaching him.
• Li Tian revealed that he had been baiting Jieyin Saint out of hiding, then struck the concealed Saint with the Green Ping Sword.
• Jieyin appeared wounded and disheveled after barely avoiding the sword's killing blow.
• Jieyin accused Li Tian of a sneak attack and demanded to know who had offended him, while their hostility left no room for reconciliation.

Li Tian battled Jieyin while Zhunti healed Ksitigarbha and then tried to force Ancestor Minghe and the Asura Race to join the Buddhist sect. Minghe refused and attacked Zhunti, who countered with the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree.

• Li Tian accused Jieyin and the Buddhist sect of invading the Netherworld and attacking the Blood Sea, then met Jieyin's strike with the Green Ping Sword.
• Zhunti used the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit to recover from his injuries and removed the Blood Sea poison from Ksitigarbha.
• After Ksitigarbha was stabilized, Zhunti offered Minghe and the Asura Race prestigious positions if they joined the Buddhist sect.
• Minghe rejected Zhunti's offer and sent Yuantu and Abi flying toward him in a killing strike.
• Zhunti dismissed Minghe's sword attack and swung the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree, releasing a torrent of seven-colored light.

Li Tian rescued Ancestor Minghe’s three treasures from Zhunti and Jieyin, then faced both Buddhist Saints in a desperate fight. As their combined assault overwhelmed him, Li Tian realized he could use a Magic Treasure Upgrade Card to raise the Green Ping Sword’s grade.

• Zhunti captured Minghe’s Yuantu, Abi, and Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, then refused to return them.
• Li Tian struck the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree, allowing Minghe to reclaim his three treasures through their blood-bound connection.
• Zhunti attacked Li Tian, but Li Tian countered with the Green Ping Sword and forced both Saints back.
• Zhunti and Jieyin combined their power and launched a coordinated assault against Li Tian.
• Li Tian recognized that using a Magic Treasure Upgrade Card on the Green Ping Sword could break the stalemate.

Li Tian used the system’s upgrade card to transform the Green Ping Sword into an Innate Supreme Treasure. Its new power injured Zhunti and Jieyin’s Primordial Spirits through the Heavenly Dao, leaving Li Tian with a weapon capable of threatening Saints.

• Li Tian confirmed the system’s upgrade and used the Magic Treasure Upgrade Card on the Green Ping Sword.
• The Green Ping Sword’s forty-eight and a half restrictions became forty-nine, completing its transformation into an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Li Tian poured his mana into the upgraded sword and struck Zhunti and Jieyin, sending them crashing through mountains.
• Zhunti and Jieyin discovered that the sword qi had cracked their Primordial Spirits despite their connection to the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Tian recognized that the Green Ping Sword could strike at a Saint’s source and break the deadlock against Heavenly Dao Saints.

Hongjun took control of Zhunti and attacked Li Tian in the Netherworld, declaring him an anomaly to be executed. Li Tian resisted the Heavenly Dao’s overwhelming pressure and unleashed his ultimate Sword Dao strike, leaving the outcome of their collision unresolved.

• Hongjun descended through Zhunti, and his aura forced everyone in the Netherworld except Li Tian to the ground.
• The Saints recognized their teacher’s presence and were stunned that he had acted against the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Hongjun, speaking through Zhunti, declared Li Tian an anomaly and sent a colossal finger crushing toward him.
• Li Tian’s sword qi vanished against the attack, so he maneuvered to weaken it before stopping to prepare a final strike.
• Li Tian unleashed his ultimate sword strike, and it collided with the colossal finger, shaking the Great Desolation Continent.

Li Tian was battered and nearly killed by Saint Zhunti, who was possessed by Hongjun, and prepared to draw on his true body's power despite the cost. At the last moment, Pingxin sent him Origin Power from the Earthly Dao, giving him support to continue fighting.

• The battlefield cleared to reveal Li Tian badly wounded, but Saint Zhunti suddenly struck him again and sent him crashing into rubble.
• Li Tian struggled to his feet and called for the Green Ping Sword, but Saint Zhunti bound him with overwhelming force and began crushing him.
• As Saint Zhunti declared that anomalies must be slain, Li Tian considered borrowing his true body's cultivation, knowing it could destroy his Dao body and leave him weakened.
• Li Tian decided to use the Secret Technique and connect with his true body in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• Pingxin sent Earthly Dao Origin Power through the mountains and rivers, easing Li Tian's peril and allowing him to prepare to fight Saint Zhunti again.

Li Tian regained his strength and struck Saint Zhunti, but Zhunti unleashed even greater power, leaving Li Tian searching for a way to win. Empress Pingxin revealed she was fighting Hongjun in chaos and faintly suppressing him, while their peak battle continued far from the Primordial Wilderness.

• Li Tian recovered his peak combat strength, summoned the Green Ping Sword, and sent Saint Zhunti crashing through three mountains with a sword strike.
• Saint Zhunti questioned Li Tian’s sudden strength, then called on the Seven Wonderful Treasure Tree and the Heavenly Dao’s power to reach a realm beyond the ninth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Empress Pingxin sent Li Tian a message revealing that Hongjun’s Divine Sense had possessed Zhunti while Hongjun’s true body fought her in chaos near the Netherworld’s core.
• Li Tian steadied himself, recalled the sword strike that had made Zhunti retreat, and tried to reproduce its Sword Intent while dodging Zhunti’s attacks.
• Li Tian and Saint Zhunti fought to a tense stalemate as spectators watched the struggle over the Primordial Wilderness’s fate.
• Deep in chaos, Empress Pingxin and Hongjun fought fiercely, shattering fragments of chaos with their attacks.

Hongjun and Empress Pingxin resumed their battle in the depths of chaos as Hongjun moved to kill her and protect his plans. Meanwhile, Li Tian awakened a hidden power during his fight with Saint Zhunti and launched a sword attack that caught Hongjun’s Divine Sense off guard.

• Hongjun accused Empress Pingxin of disrupting the Primordial Wilderness and warned that he would kill her if she defied him.
• Hongjun and Empress Pingxin clashed again, each drawing on the power of their respective Dao.
• Saint Zhunti learned Li Tian’s movements and nearly struck him several times with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Under pressure, Li Tian touched the dormant power hidden within his body and prepared to counterattack.
• Li Tian combined Earthly Dao Power, his mana, and the awakened power before unleashing a sword strike at Hongjun’s Divine Sense, which was caught off guard.

Li Tian unleashed the power of Three Forces in One through the Green Ping Sword and killed Saint Zhunti, destroying Hongjun's Divine Sense and Zhunti's Saint body and Primordial Spirit imprint. Hongjun withdrew from his fight with Empress Pingxin, who turned her attention to returning to the Netherworld and wondered whether Li Tian could withstand Hongjun's next move.

• Hongjun's Divine Sense tried to seal Li Tian before his power erupted, but Li Tian gathered three profound forces into the Green Ping Sword.
• Li Tian struck with the Green Ping Sword and annihilated Saint Zhunti, causing the Primordial Wilderness to mourn a Saint's fall.
• Hongjun was injured when his Divine Sense and Zhunti's body were destroyed, and he could not determine who had broken his scheme.
• Hongjun drove Empress Pingxin back, then abandoned their battle and vanished into the chaotic currents.
• Empress Pingxin chose not to pursue Hongjun and worried that Li Tian might not withstand the danger in the Netherworld.

Li Tian recovered after defeating Hongjun and explained to Ancestor Minghe why the Buddhist Sect and Hongjun had targeted the Netherworld Blood Sea. Minghe realized the Heavenly Dao was trying to cripple the Earthly Dao’s revival, while Li Tian remained determined to unify the Netherworld.

• Li Tian stood exhausted amid the Netherworld’s ruins after his sword strike, while Ancestor Minghe and the other powers returned to the battlefield.
• Ancestor Minghe thanked Li Tian for saving him from the Buddhist Sect and pledged to repay the favor.
• Li Tian asked Minghe why the Buddhist Sect had targeted him and the Blood Sea, and Minghe admitted he did not know.
• Li Tian explained that the Netherworld was the Earthly Dao’s foundation and that the Heavenly Dao had set the conflict in motion to obstruct its revival.
• Ancestor Minghe understood that the Blood Sea was coveted as a way to cripple the Earthly Dao, not for its own sake.

Ancestor Minghe chose to join Earthly Dao in hopes of gaining a chance at Sainthood and revenge. He asked Li Tian for a sparring match, which ended with Minghe defeated before it began.

• Ancestor Minghe grappled with his weakness before Hongjun and his inability to reach Sainthood without Primordial Violet Qi.
• Li Tian offered Minghe a chance at revenge by joining Earthly Dao, and Minghe weighed the risks of siding with either faction.
• Minghe chose Earthly Dao, hoping its new beginnings might offer him a path to a Saintly Position.
• Minghe agreed to join Earthly Dao but asked Li Tian for a contest to test their strength.
• Li Tian and Minghe clashed on the ruined battlefield, and Minghe was defeated almost immediately.

After Minghe renounced his obsession with sainthood and pledged the Asura Race to guard the Netherworld for the Earthly Dao, he received its merit and became a Saint. Li Tian gained insight into the Saintly Dao and received a powerful system reward haul, including the method of reforging the Human Dao.

• Li Tian defeated Minghe in their spar, and Minghe explained that he no longer sought sainthood through schemes but would keep fighting for the opportunity.
• Minghe led the Asura Race in submitting to the Earthly Dao and swore to guard the Netherworld.
• The Great Dao answered Minghe’s oath with merit, which strengthened the Blood Sea and raised Minghe’s cultivation to Sainthood.
• Li Tian joined Empress Pingxin, who explained that Minghe’s Saintly Position was a karmic reward whose time had finally come.
• Li Tian’s insight into the Saintly Dao triggered a system reward critical hit, granting him the complete Time Law and Battle Law, the Chaos Bead, Demonic God Essence Blood, four magic treasure upgrade cards, and the method of reforging the Human Dao.

Ancestor Minghe attained Sainthood and pledged himself to Empress Pingxin, while Li Tian and Pingxin celebrated with him. His rise strengthened the Earthly Dao, shook the Primordial Wilderness’s established order, and left powerful figures questioning the Heavenly Dao’s supremacy.

• Empress Pingxin asked Li Tian whether he sought a Saintly Position, and he said he wished for the Primordial Wilderness to flourish and its living beings to know peace.
• Ancestor Minghe completed his ascent to Sainthood and credited Li Tian and Empress Pingxin for guiding and supporting him.
• Empress Pingxin warned Minghe that his Saintly Position depended on his Dao heart, and he vowed to follow her faithfully.
• Li Tian proposed celebrating Minghe’s attainment with wine as the factions of the Primordial Wilderness recognized the Earthly Dao’s growing power.
• The Grand Pure Saint and Heavenly Lord Yuanshi were shaken by the Heavenly Dao’s defeat, while Nuwa wondered why the Netherworld Daoist’s final sword felt familiar.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian watched the Netherworld battle in the Haotian Mirror and was stunned that the cloth-robed Daoist had driven the Heavenly Dao’s lord into a desperate corner.

Haotian seethed over the Heavenly Court’s loss of authority while the Human Race’s leaders allied with the Earthly Dao to challenge the Heavenly Dao. Li Tian accepted an invitation to attend Ying Zheng’s Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai and planned to give him the Human Emperor's God-Investiture Art, as preparations for the ceremony gathered pace.

• Haotian blamed others for the Heavenly Court’s troubles and vowed to overthrow the Saints’ authority.
• Fuxi, Xuanyuan, Shennong, and the Five Emperors agreed that the Human Race should act, and the Human Dao formally allied with the Earthly Dao against the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Tian received the Human Race’s invitation to attend the Mount Tai Fengshan ceremony and decided to give Ying Zheng the Human Emperor's God-Investiture Art.
• Li Tian arranged the Netherworld’s affairs, trusting Saint Minghe to guard it before departing.
• The Human Race prepared Mount Tai for the ceremony, and Ying Zheng appeared in imperial robes as the Qin State’s unification revived the ancient ritual.

Ying Zheng inspected the Mount Tai altar ahead of the Fengshan ceremony, reflecting on the vastness of Heaven and Earth and renewing his resolve to raise the Human Race to greatness. After sending the ministers away to inspect the altar alone, he was approached by Li Tian.

• Ying Zheng heard the ministers confirm that the Fengshan altar and rites had been prepared without error, while he remained focused on practical matters affecting the people.
• At Mount Tai's summit, Ying Zheng and the officials were awed by the scale of Heaven and Earth, and Ying Zheng resolved to lead the Human Race to a glorious age.
• Ying Zheng inspected the newly built altar, and the Ministry of Works official who oversaw its construction took his approval as a sign of future promotion.
• Ying Zheng dismissed the ministers so he could inspect the altar alone and memorize every detail before the ceremony.
• Li Tian appeared behind Ying Zheng as Ying Zheng's cultivation neared the perfection stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Li Tian reunited with Ying Zheng and agreed to present him with a gift before the Human Race's Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai. At Wuzhuang Temple, Li Tian then helped Qingfeng and Mingyue avoid punishment for gossiping outside his meeting with Zhenyuanzi.

• Li Tian praised Ying Zheng for overcoming his doubts and growing into the burden of ruling the Human Race.
• Ying Zheng greeted Li Tian and accepted his invitation to walk through the hall, anticipating a gift for the Fengshan ceremony.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue speculated outside the sealed room until Zhenyuanzi summoned them inside.
• Zhenyuanzi sentenced the two attendants to ten strokes of the Seven Star Whip for gossiping, but Li Tian persuaded him to waive the punishment.
• Li Tian praised Zhenyuanzi's understanding of the Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit and said he was nearing the Hunyuan realm.

Li Tian revealed himself to Zhenyuanzi as Daoist Qingping and personally taught him the Hunyuan Dao, bringing him to Supreme Saint Perfection. The chapter ended with Zhenyuanzi recognizing the Green Ping Sword and realizing how he and Li Tian had been connected before.

• Zhenyuanzi lamented that he had only glimpsed the Hunyuan Dao through Daoist Qingping’s brief lecture and wished he could become his disciple.
• Li Tian began reciting the true intent of Hunyuan, and Zhenyuanzi recognized the teachings as those of Daoist Qingping and sat down to listen.
• Li Tian secretly extended time within the chamber while considering his plans to strengthen his position before the Journey to the West tribulation and counter Hongjun.
• After the lecture, Zhenyuanzi broke through from the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm to Supreme Saint Perfection and gained new insight into the Dao of Space.
• Zhenyuanzi apologized and praised Li Tian after learning that he was Daoist Qingping, while Li Tian said they had been connected long ago.
• Li Tian revealed the Green Ping Sword, and Zhenyuanzi recognized it and understood the connection.

Li Tian offered Zhenyuanzi a path to Hunyuan through the Earthly Dao, revealing that Zhenyuanzi’s fate and the Earth Book were tied to it. Zhenyuanzi accepted the path and began learning a secret technique to elevate the Earth Immortal Realm and reshape the Primordial Wilderness.

• Li Tian asked whether Zhenyuanzi was willing to hear a method for reaching Hunyuan and introduced the Earthly Dao.
• Li Tian explained that the Earthly Dao stood alongside the Heavenly Dao and revealed a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Zhenyuanzi questioned Li Tian’s motives, but Li Tian said Zhenyuanzi’s fate was aligned with the Earthly Dao and identified the Earth Book in his possession.
• After weighing Li Tian’s words, Zhenyuanzi agreed to enter the Earthly Dao and asked how to begin.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhenyuanzi studied Li Tian’s Saint Secret Technique to elevate the Earth Immortal Realm and reshape the Primordial Wilderness.