Chapter Summaries

Hongjun ordered the Heavenly Dao Saints to stop the revival of Human Dao Fortune, but Nuwa rejected his decree rather than repeat the mistake she had made a thousand years earlier. Hongjun then offered Tongtian a chance to leave his imprisonment, only to find him calmly refusing.

• Hongjun, unable to recover from his injuries, summoned the remaining Saints to stop the Human Dao from gaining strength.
• The Grand Pure Saint, Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, and Jieyin accepted Hongjun's decree, while Nuwa resolved to oppose it after Jin Ning's answer helped her reject her old path.
• Hongjun resented Nuwa's refusal but recognized that her status as the Human Race's creator made her Saintly Position difficult to strip away.
• Hongjun visited Tongtian in the Purple Heaven Palace and offered him a chance to escape imprisonment by atoning for his sins.
• Tongtian calmly refused, saying seclusion had helped him recognize his errors and that he wished to keep seeking the Great Dao.

Li Tian learned that Hongjun was gathering Heavenly Dao Saints to stop the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, which he saw as the Human Dao’s chance to revive. He decided the Earthly Dao must prepare to defend the ceremony and contacted Empress Pingxin for support.

• Hongjun demanded that Tongtian leave Purple Heaven Palace, but Tongtian’s self-corpse hid its satisfaction as Hongjun departed in doubt.
• Li Tian chose to keep Tongtian imprisoned, reasoning that his release would expose Li Tian and that Hongjun’s demand signaled a looming attack on the Human Dao.
• Li Tian considered the strength of Taiqing, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Nuwa, and resolved not to repeat Tongtian’s past mistakes by underestimating the Saints.
• Li Tian concluded that the Fengshan ceremony was vital to the Human Dao’s revival and that the Earthly Dao could not face the coming threat alone.
• Li Tian sent a voice transmission to Empress Pingxin and urged the Earthly Dao to prepare for the Heavenly Dao’s attack.

Li Tian assembled Earthly Dao allies for the coming battle against the Heavenly Dao while Ying Zheng completed the Fengshan ceremony and broke through to become a Quasi-Saint. With aid from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Ying Zheng became the Human Race’s new orthodox Human Emperor.

• Li Tian asked Empress Pingxin to watch Mount Tai and occupy Hongjun if he made a move.
• Li Tian recruited Ancestor Minghe and Zhenyuanzi to help face the three Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Ying Zheng granted titles to Qin’s officials at Mount Tai, awakening their spiritual roots and setting them on the path of cultivation.
• Ying Zheng shattered his Quasi-Saint bottleneck during the ceremony and advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors sent Human Emperor Qi to Ying Zheng, transforming his imperial aura and establishing him as the Human Emperor.

As the Human Race’s Fengshan ceremony neared its end, Saintly phenomena heralded the arrival of three Heavenly Dao Saints, whose presence threatened the rising Human Dao. Warned by Li Tian that the Saints had hostile intentions, Ying Zheng steadied himself and faced them as Human Emperor, leaving the Saints frowning at his refusal to bow.

• Purple qi, golden lotuses, and auspicious beasts appeared over Mount Tai, leading older experts to realize that a Saint had descended.
• Li Tian sensed the Saints’ hostility and secretly warned Ying Zheng to be careful.
• Ying Zheng recalled Li Tian’s role in the Human Race and Earthly Dao alliance, rejected reverence for the Saints, and resolved to face their challenge.
• Three Saints descended on golden beams, and Ying Zheng welcomed them without lowering his head.
• The Saints frowned at Ying Zheng’s composure and remembered the Imperial Edict their teacher had issued.

Jieyin Saint declared the Human Emperor title forbidden and threatened Ying Zheng with heavenly punishment, while the other clans welcomed the Human Race’s suppression. Ying Zheng rejected the Saints’ authority and resolved not to yield, with Li Tian watching unseen.

• Jieyin Saint proclaimed that the Human Emperor position had ended and forbade the Human Race from speaking of or inheriting the title.
• The Myriad Beings largely accepted the decree, while the Ancient Clans welcomed the Human Race’s potential subjugation.
• Ying Zheng asked Jieyin Saint why the Human Race could not have an emperor and restrained his anger to seek a way forward.
• Jieyin Saint claimed that Saints governed Heaven’s laws and warned that defiance would bring heavenly punishment.
• Li Tian remained concealed among the crowd and judged the Saints’ conduct while reflecting on Nuwa’s constrained position.
• Ying Zheng rejected the Saints’ authority and resolved not to bow or retreat.

Jieyin Saint attacked Ying Zheng after the new Human Emperor rejected the Saints’ appointment, but Li Tian froze time before the strike could hit. He redirected Jieyin’s frozen golden attack back toward the Saint.

• Ying Zheng declared that the Human Race would choose its own emperor and would not accept the Saints’ appointment.
• Jieyin Saint lost his temper and launched a golden strike at Ying Zheng, then realized the danger of attacking the Human Emperor but could not take it back.
• Wang Wan, Li Si, Meng Yi, and Feng Quji moved to shield Ying Zheng as the attack closed in.
• Li Tian used the Time Law to freeze everything within ten thousand li, including the Saints and Jieyin’s attack.
• Li Tian reversed the frozen golden strike and sent it toward Jieyin Saint.

Li Tian secretly redirected Jieyin Saint’s attack, causing it to blast its owner and nearly devastate the Human Race. Ying Zheng condemned the Saints’ abuse of power before the gathered people, and the chapter left the Primordial Wilderness sensing a chance to challenge Heavenly Dao’s rule.

• Li Tian froze time, planted Erosion God Dark Current in Jieyin Saint’s attack, and redirected the strike toward him.
• Jieyin Saint was badly shaken by the blast, while the Human Race turned its fury against the Buddhist sect and the Heavenly Dao grew hostile toward it.
• Ying Zheng realized Li Tian had likely intervened and rallied the Human Race to reject submission to the Saints.
• Ying Zheng’s speech stirred resentment among the wider races, and beings across the Primordial Wilderness began to imagine challenging Heavenly Dao’s monopoly.

Ying Zheng’s call for freedom stirred support across the Primordial Wilderness, while the Human Race’s faith in the Saints collapsed and its fortune began to drain away. Taiqing Laozi unleashed his Saint’s might to suppress the rising movement, leaving the other races fearful and uncertain about whether the Human Race could break the Saints’ rule.

• Ying Zheng and his clansmen watched as the desire for freedom spread from Mount Tai and drew support from many races.
• Hongjun watched the unrest from Purple Heaven Palace, blamed Jieyin for worsening the crisis, and recalled his fear of Luo Hou and the God-Slaying Spear.
• The Human Race’s anger toward the Saints deepened, causing its fortune to pour away from them, especially from Taiqing Laozi.
• Taiqing Laozi decided to defend the Saints’ authority and unleashed his full might across the Great Desolation Continent.
• The pressure crushed the other races’ hopes of rising with the Human Race, leaving them wondering whether the Human Race could overcome the Saints.

Li Tian shielded the Human Race from Heavenly Lord Yuanshi’s crushing pressure and revealed himself as Qingping, ready to face the Saints alone. Yuanshi unexpectedly held back and ordered him to leave, leaving Taiqing Laozi and Jieyin wondering whether Yuanshi had lost his former edge or meant to recruit him.

• Taiqing Laozi and Heavenly Lord Yuanshi joined forces to pressure the Human Race at Mount Tai, and Yuanshi concentrated most of his Saint’s might on the peak.
• Li Tian swept away the pressure crushing the Human Race and decided to confront the Saints while the two Earthly Dao Saints hurried to help.
• Yuanshi demanded to know who had broken his pressure, and Li Tian rose from the crowd, identified himself as Qingping, and greeted the Saints.
• Yuanshi’s anger softened as Li Tian’s bearing and vast merit reminded him of the Three Pure Ones’ former bond.
• Yuanshi spared Li Tian for the moment and ordered him to leave, prompting Taiqing Laozi and Jieyin to wonder whether Yuanshi intended to take him as a disciple.

Li Tian openly declared that he represented the Earthly Dao and challenged the Heavenly Dao Saints’ authority over the Human Race. When the Three Saints pressed him to retreat, he rejected their claims and prepared to fight, while Ying Zheng and the imperial court watched from Mount Tai.

• Li Tian announced that Qingping stood with the Earthly Dao camp and would not let the Heavenly Dao oppress the Human Race.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi denied the Earthly Dao’s legitimacy, while Taiqing Laozi and Jieyin Saint joined their might to pressure Li Tian.
• Li Tian resisted the Three Saints’ combined force and argued that the Heavenly Dao was an order-keeping law, not a ruler over the Primordial Beings.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi argued that the Earthly Dao was too newly awakened to interfere, but Li Tian insisted that the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao had equal duties to protect the Primordial Wilderness and its people.
• The Three Saints abandoned debate and prepared to fight, and Li Tian agreed to settle their dispute through strength.
• Ying Zheng and the imperial court watched Li Tian face the Three Saints atop Mount Tai, their gratitude binding the Human Race more closely to the Earthly Dao camp.

The Three Ancestors and Fuxi prepared the Human Race to resist the Heavenly Dao Saints while trusting Li Tian to face them at Mount Tai. The chapter left the Human Race ready to unleash its reserves if the Saints attacked, as Li Tian remained calm before the three Saints.

• The Three Ancestors watched Li Tian confront the three Heavenly Dao Saints and vowed that the Human Race would support the Earthly Dao in a future crisis.
• Xuanyuan urged Fuxi to break the Huoyun Cave seal and join the battle, but Fuxi warned that they were too weakened and would disrupt Daoist Qingping’s plans.
• Fuxi judged that the Heavenly Dao might punish any Saint who forcibly destroyed the Human Race, but he prepared the Human Race’s elite forces and reserves for battle in case the Saints attacked.
• At Mount Tai, Li Tian faced the three Saints without fear, while Heavenly Lord Yuanshi and the others prepared to demonstrate the Saints’ power and defend the Heavenly Dao’s supremacy.

Li Tian overwhelmed Heavenly Lord Yuanshi in a sword duel, forcing him to rely on the Apricot Yellow Banner of the Earth. As the banner buckled under Li Tian’s attacks, Yuanshi secretly prepared to summon the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, leaving his last trump card on the verge of being revealed.

• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi stepped forward to fight Li Tian with swords while his brothers held back.
• Yuanshi attacked first, but Li Tian deflected his strike and countered with a relentless barrage of sword attacks.
• Yuanshi summoned the Apricot Yellow Banner of the Earth to defend himself from Li Tian’s sword qi.
• Li Tian pressed Yuanshi back until the banner’s barriers began to crack and its spiritual light flickered.
• Yuanshi secretly formed a hand seal to summon the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, wary of exposing his final trump card too soon.

Li Tian clashed with Heavenly Lord Yuanshi after Yuanshi attacked with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and Li Tian’s upgraded Green Ping Sword steadily gained the advantage. The ruyi was left cracked and close to suffering an irreversible Dao injury as Yuanshi poured in his Saintly Power.

• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi summoned the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and launched it at Li Tian.
• Li Tian countered with the Green Ping Sword, and their weapons collided with enough force to shake Mount Tai and drive the onlookers back.
• Taiqing Laozi recognized Li Tian’s combat strength as equal to Heavenly Lord Yuanshi’s, while Jieyin Saint regretted his actions against the Human Race.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi and Li Tian fought on, with the Green Ping Sword pressing the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi backward.
• Li Tian’s upgraded Green Ping Sword dimmed the ruyi’s light and carved a crack into it, leaving it near an irreversible Dao injury.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi poured his Saintly Power into the damaged ruyi, then looked across the battlefield with a darkened expression.

Li Tian overwhelmed Heavenly Lord Yuanshi with the Green Ping Sword, forcing him to bring out his greatest treasures and launch a deadly counterattack. As the dust cleared, Li Tian remained ready to fight, and the battle was still undecided.

• Li Tian used the Green Ping Sword to batter Heavenly Lord Yuanshi's defenses until Yuanshi replaced the strained Apricot Yellow Banner of the Earth with the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi summoned the Pangu Banner and attacked Li Tian with World Creation Blades, but Li Tian dodged the blades and gathered a powerful sword storm infused with the Breath of Nirvana.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner's Break art to clash with Li Tian's sword storm, shattering the void and shaking the Primordial Wilderness.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi expected Li Tian to be badly injured, but Li Tian spoke from the smoke and sent dozens of grayish-white sword qi toward Yuanshi's vital openings.

Li Tian nearly killed Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, but Taiqing Laozi intervened and saved him with the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Black and Yellow Tower. Li Tian faced Taiqing Laozi as the Human Race lost faith in the Saints, while Taiqing prepared to confront him and Yuanshi withdrew.

• Li Tian drove the Green Ping Sword toward Heavenly Lord Yuanshi's throat, but Taiqing Laozi's Black and Yellow holy light blocked the strike.
• Li Tian accused Taiqing Laozi of arriving at the decisive moment, while the Human Race condemned the Saints' interference and withdrew its faith.
• Taiqing Laozi sensed his fortune diminishing and decided that Li Tian had to be eliminated, then summoned the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Black and Yellow Tower.
• Taiqing Laozi ordered Heavenly Lord Yuanshi to withdraw because their teacher's entrusted matter could not be delayed, and Yuanshi stepped aside.
• Taiqing Laozi addressed Li Tian as no ordinary man, and Li Tian calmly described himself as an independent cultivator who opposed injustice.

Li Tian and Laozi of Taiqing began their battle above Mount Tai, with Li Tian testing the Saint before the two clashed with their swords and treasures. Laozi concealed his true killing move during their stalemate and revealed the Taiji Diagram, leaving Li Tian to face the trap.

• Li Tian and Laozi of Taiqing silently sized each other up while Ying Zheng and his ministers watched from Mount Tai.
• Li Tian struck first with Sword Essence, and Laozi of Taiqing blocked it with his fly whisk and unleashed his battle intent.
• Li Tian attacked with the Green Ping Sword, and he and Laozi fought to a stalemate against the Taiyi Fly Whisk.
• Laozi used the clash to hide his true move, then revealed the Taiji Diagram above the battlefield.
• Li Tian recognized the diagram and realized that their previous exchanges had been bait.

Taiqing Laozi trapped Li Tian with the Taiji Diagram, but the Chaos Bead protected Li Tian by shifting him between worlds and nullifying the treasure’s suppression. The chapter ended with Li Tian realizing the Chaos Bead had acted on its own to save him.

• Taiqing Laozi transformed the Taiji Diagram into a World-Spanning Long Bridge that immobilized Li Tian and threatened to destroy him.
• Li Tian considered borrowing power from his true self but feared that Hongjun would detect the disturbance and expose him.
• The Chaos Bead released World Origin and formed a boundary membrane that moved Li Tian between worlds, freeing him from the Taiji Diagram’s pressure.
• Li Tian recognized the Chaos Bead as a peak-state Chaos Supreme Treasure that had instinctively intervened to protect its master.

Li Tian broke free of Taiqing Laozi’s Taiji Diagram and launched a decisive counterattack to stop the Three Heavenly Dao Saints from severing Human Dao Fortune. He unleashed Three Forces in One, aiming to force Taiqing Laozi back and buy the Human Race time.

• Li Tian considered the dangers of entering chaos and resolved to stay in the Primordial Wilderness until his affairs were finished and he could roam chaos safely.
• Li Tian shattered the Taiji Diagram’s suppression, shocking Taiqing Laozi, who doubted that Li Tian’s strength could have surpassed his own.
• Li Tian summoned the Green Ping Sword and attacked Taiqing Laozi with a storm of sword rays, but Taiqing Laozi blocked them with the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Black and Yellow Tower and sealed the area with the Taiji Diagram.
• Li Tian activated Three Forces in One, combining Heavenly Dao power, Earthly Dao Power, and Chaos Origin as Human Dao Fortune flowed into him.
• Li Tian prepared to strike the three Saints and force Taiqing Laozi back before they could sever Human Dao Fortune.

Li Tian fused three Origin Powers into a temporary Chaos Edge and unleashed a devastating sword strike against Taiqing Laozi. The clash overwhelmed Taiqing Laozi despite his treasures, while the battle’s shockwaves devastated the Primordial Wilderness and left the Human Race and Ying Zheng watching in awe.

• Li Tian fused three strands of Origin Power into the Chaos Edge, gaining a brief surge of extraordinary strength.
• Li Tian swung the Qingping Sword and sent a giant green blade toward Taiqing Laozi.
• Taiqing Laozi poured his mana into the Taiji Diagram to defend himself against Li Tian’s strike.
• Li Tian’s sword collided with the Taiji Diagram, collapsing the surrounding void and plunging the region into darkness.
• Li Tian pressed his attack, forcing Taiqing Laozi to retreat as the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Black and Yellow Tower barely protected him.
• The shockwaves scattered the watching Saints, while the Human Race citizens cowered and Ying Zheng watched the battle from Mount Tai.

Ying Zheng resolved to build the Human Race’s strength after witnessing the gulf between mortals and Saints. Li Tian defeated Taiqing Laozi, while the Saints concealed their resentment and considered their next moves as the Human Dao’s rise neared.

• Ying Zheng vowed to devote the nation’s strength to cultivation so the Human Race could control its own fate.
• Li Tian emerged unscathed from the clash, while Taiqing Laozi appeared battered and unsettled, making Li Tian’s victory clear.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi and Jieyin Saint hurried to Taiqing Laozi, and Jieyin took satisfaction in seeing him humbled.
• Taiqing Laozi resolved to use Hongjun’s influence to trap Li Tian later, then taunted Jieyin over Zhunti’s death and the Buddhist sect’s failure.
• Jieyin suppressed his anger rather than divide the Three Factions, as their effort to suppress the Human Dao was close to failing and the Destiny Divine Dragon was about to rise.