Chapter Summaries

Tongtian investigated whether Nezha had killed Shi Ji with the Xuanyuan Universe Bow and confirmed that the child had never touched it. At Chentang Pass, he uncovered Jade Purity Immortal Method residue on the bow, blamed Yuanshi and True Man Taiyi for framing Nezha, and set out for Kunlun Mountain with evidence.

• Tongtian visited Li Jing and questioned Nezha, who said he had never touched the Xuanyuan Universe Bow.
• Tongtian examined the Li Residence and found no sign that Nezha or its people knew of a killing or catastrophe.
• Tongtian secretly inspected the bow and remaining Sky Shaking Arrows on Chentang Pass's city wall, revealing a hidden trace of Jade Purity Immortal Method.
• Tongtian concluded that True Man Taiyi had used a Jade Purity Talisman Edict to kill Shi Ji and frame Nezha, hoping to set the Jie Sect against Xuan Yang.
• Tongtian sealed the Jade Purity trace as evidence and headed toward Kunlun Mountain to confront Yuanshi.

Xuan Yang’s diary revealed that Tongtian’s future Jie Sect would be destroyed, shocking the Diary Owners and leaving Tongtian determined to change his fate. Xuan Yang then prepared to write about Hongyun.

• Di Jun and Taiyi blamed Zhunti and Jieyin for converting the Little Golden Crows and the Jie Sect immortals, and discussed how Nuwa might repay Xuan Yang’s kindness.
• Nuwa and Fuxi questioned who could destroy Tongtian’s powerful Jie Sect and why Yuanshi and Taiqing would not help him.
• Tongtian remembered Xuan Yang’s warning, wondered why his brothers would not intervene, and vowed to protect himself and help them while remaining wary of Hongjun.
• Xuan Yang planned his next diary entry about Hongyun.

Xuan Yang exposed the flaws and hidden requirements of Slaying the Three Corpses, leaving cultivators who had already practiced it believing they had lost their chance to become Saints. Their resentment weakened Old Ancestor Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao authority and fortune, while the cultivators began considering other paths.

• Old Ancestor Hongjun watched Xuan Yang’s sermon from the Purple Firmament Palace and inwardly raged as Xuan Yang revealed the requirements he had concealed.
• Haotian and Yaochi sensed a cold, wrathful aura in the Purple Firmament Palace but returned to their duties without learning its cause.
• Xuan Yang explained further flaws in Slaying the Three Corpses, including the difficulty of Unification of the Three Corpses and the combat limitations of Quasi-Saints.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, Laozi, Yuanshi, and East King Duke realized their treasures left them unable to complete the method, and many cultivators blamed Old Ancestor Hongjun for withholding the truth.
• Cultivators’ resentment caused Old Ancestor Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao authority and fortune to decline, while those who saw Slaying the Three Corpses as a dead end began considering other cultivation paths.

Houtu sought Xuan Yang’s guidance after the Witch Tribe began devouring living beings, but he concealed his advice in his diary, which Houtu secretly read. Ten thousand years later, as Xuan Yang advanced his cultivation, Hongjun called on the Primordial Wilderness’s cultivators to join him at Mount Sumeru to fight Luohu and break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

• Houtu objected when Di Jiang proposed that the Witch Tribe feed on living beings, but the other Ancestral Witches dismissed her warnings and proceeded.
• Over the next twenty thousand years, the Witch Tribe’s population and hunger grew, while Houtu saw its fortune decline and its new members accumulate Malevolent Qi and resentment.
• Houtu visited Xuan Yang on the Sun Star and asked how to steer the Witch Tribe away from harming living beings, but he refused to openly advise her.
• After Houtu left, she read Xuan Yang’s diary and learned that the Witch Tribe’s physical-only cultivation system was at the root of its problem.
• Houtu returned to Buzhou Mountain and tried to restrain the tribe’s growth and devise a new cultivation system, while Xuan Yang broke through to the seventh revolution of his technique.
• Hongjun summoned cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness to Mount Sumeru to battle Luohu and break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Old Ancestor Hongjun departed after arranging matters, while Xuan Yang devised a plan to counter the trouble he had caused. Nuwa, Fuxi, and the Ten Great Demon Sages reached the Sun Star, where the star formation barred the Demon Sages and targeted them with gathered starlight.

• Old Ancestor Hongjun vanished beneath the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, leaving the Primordial Wilderness to discuss his actions.
• Di Jun and Taiyi asked Xuan Yang for a response, and he thought of a plan and shared it with them, Chang Xi, and Xi He.
• Nuwa and Fuxi encountered the Ten Great Demon Sages on their way to the Sun Star and heard nine of them advocate brutal ways to rule the Demon Race.
• Fuxi urged Nuwa to trust Xuan Yang, and she and Fuxi followed the Demon Sages to the Sun Star.
• The Grand Formation of the Stars blocked the Ten Great Demon Sages, while Nuwa and Fuxi held back and the formation gathered starlight to attack them.

Zhunti secretly planted a Bodhi Seed in Di Xin and drove him to write a scandalous poem about Nuwa, expecting her wrath to bring down Great Shang. Instead, the Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared and targeted Zhunti with overwhelming karmic debt.

• Di Xin sincerely offered incense to Nuwa, but Zhunti used a sinister wind to reveal her statue and planted a Bodhi Seed in Di Xin's mind.
• Under Zhunti's influence, Di Xin lustfully praised Nuwa's beauty and wrote a poem in her palace about bringing her to the king's palace.
• Wen Zhong roared at Di Xin and ordered attendants to erase the poem, while Zhunti dismissed the effort as too late to undo the karma.
• The sky darkened, and Zhunti mistakenly assumed Nuwa's anger had caused the heavenly phenomenon.
• Jieyin recognized that the phenomenon was not a Saint's wrath as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared with immense karmic debt focused on Zhunti.

Di Jun assigned the Ten Great Demon Sages to build and furnish the Demon Court, guard its gates, and prepare for Xuan Yang’s sermon, while Nuwa and Fuxi were allowed to focus on cultivation. The Ten Great Demon Sages swallowed their objections, and Xuan Yang announced that he would teach the Demon Way in ten thousand years.

• Di Jun told the Ten Great Demon Sages to renovate and furnish the Demon Court, including refining the needed Magic Artifacts.
• The Ten Great Demon Sages considered protesting, but Taiyi struck the Chaos Bell and forced them to accept the orders.
• Di Jun ordered one Demon Saint to guard the gates and said the Demon Court would bar new members until its Rules were established over the next ten thousand years.
• Xuan Yang said Nuwa and Fuxi could focus on cultivation, while the Ten Great Demon Sages had to carry out the Demon Court’s labor.
• Xuan Yang announced that he would give a Sermon at the Demon Court in ten thousand years and ordered the Ten Great Demon Sages to make Star Cushions for listeners.

Xuanyuan’s ten-million-strong allied army fought Chi You’s million battle-hardened warriors on the Plains of Zhuolu, and the supposedly decisive battle turned into a one-sided slaughter. As Chi You’s forces broke through Xuanyuan’s ranks, Guangchengzi and Pharmacist Buddha’s confident expectations of victory were put in doubt.

• Xuanyuan and Chi You faced each other before their armies and rejected each other’s demands for surrender.
• Guangchengzi and Pharmacist Buddha anticipated that Xuanyuan’s victory would bring them merit, while Xuan Yang warned Nuwa Saint that Chi You’s elite army could defeat Xuanyuan’s disorganized forces.
• Xuanyuan ordered his allied army to attack, and Chi You held his formation until the vanguard came close before leading his troops into battle.
• Chi You’s black iron armor and superior weapons overwhelmed Xuanyuan’s soldiers, and his warriors began cutting through the allied ranks.

Xuanyuan’s army was overwhelmed by Chi You, and Pharmacist rescued the defeated Human Emperor. Guangchengzi attacked Chi You in rage, killed tens of thousands of Human soldiers, and was punished by karmic lightning that crippled his cultivation.

• Chi You defeated Xuanyuan in combat, causing the allied army to break and flee.
• Pharmacist drove back the pursuing Jiu Li warriors and carried the wounded Xuanyuan to safety.
• Chi You taunted Guangchengzi, who retaliated by striking him with the Sky-Turning Seal.
• Guangchengzi’s attack also killed tens of thousands of Human soldiers, bringing down the Great Dao’s karmic punishment.
• Karmic lightning severely injured Guangchengzi and reduced his cultivation from peak to initial-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

After West Qi fell, Tribulation Qi drove Wen Zhong to order a massacre, but Yang Jian used a token to summon Xuan Yang, who cleansed Wen Zhong’s mind and stopped the slaughter. Ji Chang and his sons were captured for trial, while Xuan Yang reflected that he had disrupted the war’s planned course.

• The Shang army captured West Qi, and White Crane Boy rescued Jiang Ziya as Ji Chang and his sons were taken prisoner.
• Tribulation Qi clouded Wen Zhong’s mind, and he ordered the Shang army to slaughter West Qi’s civilians.
• Yang Jian blocked Wen Zhong’s attack and revealed a bronze token that summoned Xuan Yang, who dispelled the Tribulation Qi and forbade the massacre.
• Wen Zhong ordered Ji Chang, his sons, and their accomplices sent to Chaoge for trial, while pardoning the other soldiers and civilians and arranging relief.
• Xuan Yang recognized the crisis as a plot by Hongjun and considered how Yuanshi would respond to West Qi’s fall and Jiang Ziya’s retreat.

Xuan Yang foresaw Yao Ji’s punishment and the deaths of her husband and eldest son, recognizing the events as a prelude to the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation. He decided to prepare for the coming catastrophe and seek opportunities to advance his cultivation and influence.

• Xuan Yang sensed a fateful disturbance and foresaw Yao Ji secretly marrying Yang Tianyou and bearing Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Haotian sent Marshal Tianpeng to arrest Yao Ji, and Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao died when the Heavenly Soldiers attacked their family.
• Marshal Tianpeng captured Yao Ji and suppressed her beneath Peach Mountain, but secretly spared Yang Jian and Yang Chan.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan set out to seek immortals at Kunlun Mountain and hoped to become disciples of Primordial Lord of Heaven.
• Xuan Yang recognized the Yao Ji incident as the prelude to the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation and resolved to prepare for it.

Primordial Lord of Heaven challenged Xuan Yang to a duel to preserve his dignity and protect True Man Taiyi, but Xuan Yang defeated him with one punch. Yuanshi then abandoned Taiyi, leaving Xuan Yang to claim the life owed.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven received no sign of support from the Dao Ancestor and challenged Xuan Yang to a battle, promising to stop protecting Taiyi if he lost.
• Xuan Yang shattered Yuanshi's Chaos Sword Qi and broke the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with one punch, sending him crashing through the Jade Void Palace.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven admitted defeat and told True Man Taiyi that he would no longer interfere in his fate.
• True Man Taiyi begged Yuanshi to save him, but Yuanshi turned away and declared that Taiyi had to face the Karma he had sown.
• Xuan Yang reached for True Man Taiyi and said that a life had to be paid for a life.

After Xuan Yang restrained Nuwa from intervening in the North Sea conflict, she realized Tongtian would seek justice for Wen Zhong and began watching the coming clash with interest. Tongtian learned that Zhunti and Jieyin had ambushed his disciple and left Golden Ao Island in fury.

• Xuan Yang reminded Nuwa that Tongtian would not let Zhunti and Jieyin’s attack on Wen Zhong go unanswered, calming her anger and making her eager to see what followed.
• Nuwa noticed Xuan Yang still holding her wrist, and both felt embarrassed and unsettled when he released her.
• Tongtian sensed the Western Saints’ attack, saw Wen Zhong injured and the Shang Army thrown into chaos, and erupted in rage at Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian condemned Zhunti and Jieyin for ambushing his disciple and vanished from Golden Ao Island to confront them.

Wen Zhong recovered overnight and led the Shang army back to attack North Sea City, while Jieyin and Zhunti assured Yuan Futong that Wen Zhong was still gravely weakened. Wen Zhong quickly defeated Yuan Futong in battle and raised his Twin Whip to kill him, leaving Yuan Futong pleading for the Immortal Masters to save him.

• Wen Zhong dismissed his generals’ concerns, declared that he had a way to counter the enemy’s demonic arts, and ordered the Shang army to attack North Sea City.
• Yuan Futong questioned Jieyin and Zhunti about Wen Zhong’s return, and they assured him that Wen Zhong was only forcing himself onward and would meet his death.
• Yuan Futong led the Allied Army of Lords from seventy-two regions out of North Sea City to face Wen Zhong’s army.
• Wen Zhong and Yuan Futong exchanged taunts before their armies clashed beneath the city walls.
• Wen Zhong disarmed Yuan Futong, struck him from his horse, and prepared to deliver a killing blow.
• Yuan Futong cried out to Jieyin and Zhunti to save his life.

Zhunti and Jieyin tried to save Yuan Futong again, but Tongtian intervened from afar and severely wounded both Saints with a single sword strike. They fled toward Mount Sumeru, leaving Yuan Futong to face Wen Zhong.

• Zhunti and Jieyin realized Wen Zhong had fully recovered and suspected Tongtian had healed him.
• Jieyin persuaded Zhunti to continue protecting Yuan Futong, and Zhunti sent the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree’s divine light toward Wen Zhong.
• Tongtian froze the battlefield and used sword qi to shatter Zhunti’s attack and strike both Saints.
• Tongtian warned Zhunti and Jieyin to leave, and the wounded Saints fled toward Mount Sumeru without helping Yuan Futong.

Xuan Yang confronted Primordial Lord of Heaven over Taiyi’s crimes and threatened to kill Taiyi if Yuanshi could not defeat the assembled Saints. As Yuanshi faced overwhelming odds, Hongjun decided to sacrifice Taiyi to settle the conflict, while the Two Sages of the West refused to intervene.

• Xuan Yang accused Yuanshi’s disciple Taiyi of killing Shi Ji’s boy and framing Xuan Yang’s disciple-grandson, then challenged Yuanshi to protect him by fighting.
• Nuwa, Houtu’s avatar, and the wounded Tongtian joined Xuan Yang against Yuanshi, leaving Primordial Lord of Heaven hesitant to fight.
• Zhunti Daoist suggested helping Yuanshi, but Daoist Jieyin refused to risk the Western Sect by provoking Xuan Yang, and the Two Sages sealed off Mount Sumeru.
• Hongjun watched the standoff through the Haotian Mirror and concluded that Yuanshi could not withstand the four Saints.
• Hongjun chose to let Taiyi die to settle the karma, and the Heavenly Dao Will silently accepted his decision.

The Three Pure Ones entered the Demon Court, where Yuanshi disparaged its surroundings and its Star Cushions. After Kunpeng claimed the seat Yuanshi wanted, Yuanshi insulted him, turning the hall’s demons against him.

• The demon spirits and cultivators entered the Demon Court and marveled at its magnificent buildings.
• Tongtian praised the Demon Court, but Yuanshi mocked it and compared it unfavorably to Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Palace.
• Bai Ze explained the Star Cushions and announced that anyone could claim a seat, then the visitors settled in to cultivate.
• Yuanshi chose a secluded group of cushions, but Kunpeng sat on the one Yuanshi wanted first.
• Yuanshi demanded that Kunpeng move, then insulted him as a creature born from eggs and dampness, angering the demons in the hall.

Yuanshi Tianzun insulted the Demon Race during the sermon and attacked Kunpeng when pressed to apologize. Di Jun and Taiyi subdued Yuanshi, and Xuan Yang challenged the Three Pure Ones as Laozi and Tongtian moved to rescue him.

• Yuanshi Tianzun called most living beings inferior, angering the Demon Court and drawing scorn from Hongyun, Zhen Yangzi, the Queen Mother of the West, and the Ancestral Witches.
• Laozi and Tongtian tried to lead Yuanshi away, but Kunpeng blocked him and demanded an apology.
• Yuanshi attacked Kunpeng and knocked him down, only to be struck by starlight and suppressed by Taiyi and Di Jun.
• Laozi and Tongtian brought out their weapons to rescue Yuanshi, but Xuan Yang accused the Three Pure Ones of disrupting the sermon and insulting the Demon Race.

Xuan Yang rallied the Chaos Bell and Universe Cauldron to protect Cangjie and Zhen Yuanzi from the divine lightning, while Hongjun and several Saints tried to stop them. Nuwa, Houtu, Tongtian, and Laozi intervened to hold off the attackers as the treasures reached the storm.

• Xuan Yang asked Taiyi for the Chaos Bell and Nuwa for the Universe Cauldron, explaining that the treasures could contain and refine the divine lightning threatening Cangjie and Zhen Yuanzi.
• Hongjun tried to intercept the treasures, but Nuwa blocked him with the Red Embroidered Ball and Houtu challenged his claim that Cangjie's work was a fated tribulation.
• Hongjun ordered Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin to stop the treasures, and they launched attacks against them.
• Tongtian shattered Primordial Lord of Heaven's attack, while Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to neutralize Zhunti and Jieyin's assault.
• The Chaos Bell and Universe Cauldron reached Cangjie and Zhen Yuanzi, and Xuan Yang advised Zhen Yuanzi to withdraw the Earth Book to avoid accumulating Karmic Debt.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan finally made their move from the Human Ancestral Land.

Yuanshi attacked Di Jun after Tongtian refused to join the fight, but Di Jun overpowered him and Laozi. Yuanshi escalated by unleashing the Pangu Banner and Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun intervened to protect Di Jun with the Earthly Book Formation.

• Yuanshi summoned his Good Corpse and attacked Di Jun with Jade Purity Divine Thunder and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Di Jun countered with Solar True Fire, overwhelmed Yuanshi’s attacks, and fought Laozi and Yuanshi while holding the advantage.
• As cultivators from the Purple Heavens Palace arrived and remarked on Di Jun’s strength, Yuanshi grew humiliated and brought out the Pangu Banner and Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Laozi urged Yuanshi to stop and tried to protect Di Jun with the Taiji Diagram, but Yuanshi was already preparing another attack.
• Zhen Yuanzi called on Hongyun for help, and Hongyun carried him before Di Jun as Zhen Yuanzi activated the Earthly Book Formation.