Chapter Summaries

Zhunti was struck by karmic lightning for plotting against Di Xin and Nuwa, losing much of his cultivation and nearly falling from the Saint position. As he and Jieyin tried to flee, Nuwa stopped them and demanded an explanation for their scheme.

• Zhunti was punished by the Heavenly Dao for deceiving Di Xin and bringing shame upon Nuwa, and the karmic lightning severely damaged his Golden Body and cultivation.
• Jieyin used the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit to help Zhunti survive the strike, and the two Saints prepared to flee west.
• Nuwa sealed the surrounding space and struck the wounded Zhunti with the Universe Cauldron.
• Nuwa confronted Zhunti and Jieyin, accusing them of plotting against the Human Emperor and threatening to keep them from leaving the Eastern land.

Hongjun intervened to stop Nuwa from killing Jieyin, arguing that a Saint’s fall could endanger the Primordial Wilderness and threatening war between the Heavenly Dao and Human Path. Nuwa hesitated over the cost of escalating the conflict, and a beam of golden light descended before she could decide what to do.

• Hongjun emerged from the void, returned the Universe Cauldron to Nuwa, and ordered her to stop attacking Jieyin.
• Nuwa mocked Hongjun for breaking his vow to remain in Purple Cloud Palace unless the Primordial Wilderness faced an existential crisis.
• Hongjun admitted Zhunti was at fault but argued that Zhunti’s punishment and Jieyin’s injuries had largely settled the Karma.
• Nuwa rejected Hongjun’s attempt to end the dispute, so he threatened that killing the Western Saints would force him to fight her and risk destroying the Primordial Wilderness.
• Nuwa hesitated between killing Jieyin and preventing a war between the Heavenly Dao and Human Path, while Hongjun and Jieyin believed she would back down.
• A beam of golden light descended as Hongjun prepared to leave and Nuwa remained undecided.

Tongtian confronted Primordial Lord of Heaven at Kunlun Mountain, demanding that Taiyi pay for his schemes against Jie Sect and Xuan Yang. Yuanshi refused to surrender his disciple, and the two Saints began a battle as the Four Immortal Slaying Swords appeared.

• Tongtian broke Kunlun Mountain’s protective formation and demanded that Taiyi come out and die.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven emerged and offered an apology and spirit treasures, but Tongtian rejected his attempt to dismiss Taiyi’s actions.
• Tongtian demanded Taiyi’s life, while Primordial Lord of Heaven warned that killing his disciple would break their brotherhood.
• Tongtian and Primordial Lord of Heaven prepared to fight after Yuanshi summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Tongtian drew his Qingping Sword.

Xuan Yang and Nuwa agreed to undermine Hongjun’s allies while Hongjun accelerated the Killing Tribulation. At Primordial Lord of Heaven’s command, Jiang Ziya descended from Kunlun Mountain carrying the Investiture of the Gods List and God-Beating Whip, tasked with finding an enlightened lord.

• Xuan Yang advised Nuwa to weaken Hongjun by removing his allies and predicted Hongjun would make a new move with the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Xuan Yang returned to the Grand Xuan Palace, sensed the Tribulation Qi growing denser, and began planning how to delay Hongjun’s scheme.
• After several years of uneasy calm, Primordial Lord of Heaven summoned Jiang Ziya and told him he was destined for worldly wealth rather than success in the Immortal Way.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven gave Jiang Ziya the Investiture of the Gods List and God-Beating Whip, ordering him to find an enlightened lord and establish an Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven cryptically directed Jiang Ziya toward the west, saying, “Where the Phoenix cries, an enlightened lord shall appear.”
• Jiang Ziya left Kunlun Mountain in grief, carrying the two treasures as the gears of fate began to turn.

After Primordial Lord of Heaven discovered that the Chan Sect’s killing tribulation had worsened, he secretly caused a phoenix omen over Mount Qi to promote West Qi and weaken Great Shang. Shen Gongbao urged Di Xin to seek the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ support, and Di Xin prepared to visit the Human Ancestral Land.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven saw the Chan Sect’s destiny shrouded in killing qi and decided to target the Jie Sect rather than confront Xuan Yang.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven deduced that Heaven’s Mandate lay with Zhou and sent Jade Purity Immortal Light toward Qi Mountain.
• A seven-colored phoenix appeared over Mount Qi, and Ji Chang took the omen as a sign that West Zhou should replace the Shang Dynasty.
• Shen Gongbao sensed Great Shang’s Human Race Destiny weaken and told Di Xin that the Chan Sect was using the omen to divide it.
• Shen Gongbao proposed that Di Xin appeal to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Di Xin agreed to invite the ancestors to descend.

Nuwa pursued Zhunti after his failed attack, forcing him to flee while Jieyin stayed behind to cover his retreat. Nuwa badly wounded Jieyin with the Universe Cauldron, but a Daoist arrived in a surge of purple qi just as she was about to strike again.

• Jieyin urged the wounded Zhunti to retreat to Mount Sumeru, and Zhunti fled through the void.
• Nuwa attacked Zhunti with the Universe Cauldron, but Jieyin blocked the blow and sent Zhunti into the Depths of the Void.
• Jieyin tried to persuade and threaten Nuwa, but she refused to stop and attacked him with the Universe Cauldron.
• Nuwa shattered Jieyin's defenses and smashed his chest, leaving him badly wounded.
• Nuwa raised the Universe Cauldron to finish Jieyin, but a Daoist appeared in a stream of purple qi and blocked her attack.

Zhunti and Jieyin planned to provoke Nuwa by making Di Xin desecrate her image, hoping to plunge Great Shang into chaos and weaken the Eastern sects. As Di Xin’s procession approached Nuwa Palace, the great powers secretly watched while Nuwa prepared to confront the Western Saints.

• Zhunti explained to Jieyin that provoking Nuwa through Di Xin would destabilize Great Shang and set Jie Sect and Chan Sect against each other during the Tribulation.
• Jieyin approved the scheme, and Zhunti revealed that he had influenced Shang Rong and would use Bewitching Buddhist Chants to control Di Xin.
• Di Xin set out from Chaoge with an imperial procession to offer incense at Nuwa Palace.
• Laozi, Tongtian, Houtu and the Ancestral Witches, Xuan Yang, and Nuwa watched Di Xin’s approach through their own means.
• Nuwa spotted Zhunti and Jieyin’s concealed Saintly Might and waited to see how they would try to provoke her.
• Zhunti, unaware that he was being watched, saw Di Xin arrive and prepared to begin his plan.

Bixiao taunted the Chan Sect immortals trapped behind the Apricot Yellow Banner, while Qiongxiao discovered that poison might bypass its defenses. Mother Guiling went to summon Lü Yue, and an ominous aura approached Xi Qi City as Jiang Ziya and the others sensed his arrival.

• Bixiao spent the day mocking the injured Guangchengzi, True Man Huanglong, and the other Chan Sect immortals, who stayed behind the Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Qiongxiao observed that air and sound passed through the barrier and proposed using poison against those inside.
• Mother Guiling said her junior brother Lü Yue was an expert in poison and left to fetch him from Nine Dragon Island.
• The Chan Sect immortals relaxed after Bixiao returned to camp, but Jiang Ziya worried that maintaining the barrier was draining his mana.
• Jiang Ziya, Guangchengzi, Pharmacist Daoist, and the city’s defenders sensed a vile aura approaching from the east.

Xuan Yang exposed the Western Sect’s plot to manipulate Di Xin into insulting Nuwa and ignite the Investiture of the Gods tribulation. After reading his diary, Tongtian, Laozi, and especially Nuwa grew furious, and Nuwa prepared to confront the scheme when Di Xin visited her palace.

• Di Xin approved Shang Rong’s proposal to visit Nuwa Palace and offer incense, while Shang Rong secretly revealed signs of Buddhist influence.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his diary that Zhunti and Jieyin planned to manipulate Di Xin into insulting Nuwa and provoke the fall of Great Shang.
• Tongtian read the diary entry and condemned the Western Sect for scheming against the Human King and endangering the Jie Sect.
• Laozi read the entry and judged that the Western Sect had gone too far by meddling with the Human King and Nuwa.
• Nuwa erupted in rage after reading the diary and vowed to thwart the Western Sect’s scheme when Di Xin came to offer incense.

Yang Jian effortlessly endured True Man Taiyi’s divine lightning, then defeated him with overwhelming physical strength and shattered his Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover. The chapter ended with Yang Jian holding the terrified True Man Taiyi by the throat as he begged for his life.

• True Man Taiyi attacked Yang Jian with Innate Yi Wood Divine Thunder, but Yang Jian’s perfected Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique left him unharmed.
• Yang Jian appeared before True Man Taiyi and struck him with one punch, shattering his defenses and sending him crashing onto an island in the East Sea.
• True Man Taiyi summoned the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover and attacked Yang Jian with its nine fire dragons.
• Yang Jian broke the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover with a single punch, severely injuring True Man Taiyi through the destruction of his Dao-attaining treasure.
• Yang Jian seized True Man Taiyi by the throat while still holding Nezha, and True Man Taiyi begged him to spare his life.

Yang Jian defeated True Man Taiyi and sent him fleeing to Kunlun Mountain, where Primordial Lord of Heaven punished him for disgracing the Chan Sect. True Man Taiyi was imprisoned beneath Kirin Cliff for ten thousand years.

• Yang Jian released True Man Taiyi and ordered him to leave, then continued toward the Eastern Sea with Nezha.
• Xuan Yang praised Yang Jian for defeating True Man Taiyi and anticipated Primordial Lord of Heaven’s response.
• True Man Taiyi returned to Jade Void Palace and asked Primordial Lord of Heaven to punish Yang Jian.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven condemned True Man Taiyi for losing and begging for mercy, then sentenced him to ten thousand years beneath Kirin Cliff.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven sent True Man Taiyi crashing into Kirin Cliff and sealed him inside a prison of golden runes.

Hongjun, Primordial Lord of Heaven, and the Western Saints expected Shi Ji’s death to drive Tongtian and Xuan Yang into conflict. Tongtian recognized the evidence as suspicious and realized someone had manipulated Nezha and obscured the truth to make him attack Xuan Yang’s people.

• Hongjun watched Bi Yun accuse Nezha and hoped Tongtian would use the Sky Shaking Arrow to break with Xuan Yang.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven praised Taiyi’s scheme, while Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the chance to exploit a rift between Tongtian and Xuan Yang.
• Jie Sect’s disciples hesitated to demand revenge because Nezha was connected to Xuan Yang, whose power and goodwill they feared to oppose.
• Tongtian noticed that Nezha’s obvious aura on the arrow and the circumstances of Shi Ji’s death seemed unnatural.
• Tongtian tried to investigate the arrow’s karma but found it concealed by a Saint-level power, leading him to conclude that someone had forced Nezha to fire and was trying to turn Jie Sect against Xuan Yang.

Tongtian uncovered the scheme against Xuan Yang and rushed to Kunlun Mountain to confront Primordial Lord of Heaven, while the other Saints learned the truth. Nuwa and Houtu chose to support Xuan Yang, leaving Grand Xuan Palace at the center of the gathering storm.

• Tongtian flew toward Kunlun Mountain in anger after discovering evidence of the plot against Xuan Yang.
• Hongjun realized Tongtian's evidence had ruined his plan, while Primordial Lord of Heaven prepared to face his brother.
• Zhunti Daoist and Daoist Jieyin lamented that their attempt to turn Tongtian against Xuan Yang had failed and would instead deepen their bond.
• Nuwa condemned Primordial Lord of Heaven and Hongjun, then flew to Grand Xuan Palace to support Xuan Yang.
• Houtu created a Quasi-Saint peak incarnation and sent it to Grand Xuan Palace with the Underworld's pledge to stand with Xuan Yang.

Xuan Yang reassured Di Jun and the others that he would help them attain the Dao when the time came, then waited in vain for the Kongtong Seal to appear. After learning that the North Sea Black Tortoise had reincarnated among the Human Race, Xuan Yang found the infant, named him Bei Xuan, and took him as his disciple.

• Xuan Yang told Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Queen Mother of the West, Hongyun, and the others to keep cultivating until their opportunity to attain the Dao arrived.
• After nearly a thousand years of guests at Wuzhuang Temple departed, Xuan Yang returned to Grand Xuan Palace and watched for the Kongtong Seal, which still did not appear.
• Kua Fu told Xuan Yang that Empress Houtu had reported the North Sea Black Tortoise's successful reincarnation among the Human Race.
• Xuan Yang traveled to the Human Tribe, where the infant Black Tortoise stopped crying and smiled when Xuan Yang approached.
• The child's parents agreed to let Xuan Yang take him as a disciple, and Xuan Yang named him Bei Xuan before bringing him to Grand Xuan Palace.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, Wangshu, and the others were stunned when Xuan Yang arrived holding an infant.

The Kongtong Seal appeared in Chaos, prompting Heavenly Dao Hongjun to send Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi to claim it and use it to control the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Nuwa, Houtu, Xuan Yang, and others also hurried toward Chaos, where Tongtian and Taiqing confronted Zhunti and Jieyin over who had the right to the treasure.

• The Kongtong Seal appeared in Chaos, drawing the attention of the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Powers.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun discovered the seal and secretly told Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi to seize it and use it to gain merit and control Human Dao Destiny.
• Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin set out for Chaos, while Nuwa, Houtu, Xuan Yang, Tongtian, Zhen Yuanzi, and Taiqing also rushed there.
• Xuan Yang and the others caught up with Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi as the Heavenly Dao Saints slowed outside the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tongtian and Taiqing blocked Zhunti and Jieyin, arguing that the Kongtong Seal belonged to Nuwa as the Human Race’s supreme treasure, but Zhunti and Jieyin insisted it should go to whoever was fated to obtain it.

Shennong searched for herbs to cure human illnesses and established the Human Race’s medical path, surviving a near-fatal poisoning with help from Xuandu and a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir. Nuwa proclaimed his merits, and Shennong took his place as the Earthly Emperor as the Human Emperor’s birth approached.

• Shennong traveled among Human Tribes, tested herbs on himself, and recorded their appearance and medicinal effects to treat illnesses.
• Shennong was poisoned by a dangerous herb and lay unconscious for three days and nights.
• Xuandu arrived under Grand Pure Laozi’s orders and gave Golden Spirit Mother a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, which removed Shennong’s poison and made him immune to poisons.
• Shennong thanked Xuandu after recovering, then spent decades tasting herbs and establishing the Human Race’s medical path.
• Nuwa appeared with the Kongtong Seal, proclaimed Shennong’s merits, and Shennong took his place as the Earthly Emperor, reaching Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

East King Gong claimed the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races held his chance to become a Saint, then forced the Immortal Court to follow him to the Dragon Palace. His threat against the Dragon Race shook the Primordial Wilderness, drawing stunned reactions from the Three Pure Ones and the Western pair.

• After comprehending the Hongmeng Purple Qi and reaching the mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm, East King Gong summoned the Immortal Court’s leaders and announced that his chance to become a Saint lay with the Three Races’ treasure vaults.
• East King Gong ordered an expedition with one hundred thousand immortal soldiers, dismissed warnings about the Three Races’ strength and karmic debt, and imprisoned an immortal who opposed him.
• East King Gong led his army to the Dragon Palace and demanded that the Dragon Race hand over its treasure vault, threatening to destroy it if it refused.
• The Three Pure Ones heard of East King Gong’s comprehension of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian reacted with shock.
• Zhunti and Jieyin learned that East King Gong had comprehended the Hongmeng Purple Qi first and lamented the West’s lack of success.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi also learned of East King Gong’s threat against the Dragon Race.

Xuan Yang sent Shen Gongbao to Chaoge to help Di Xin withstand the Investiture of the Gods tribulation as corruption and rebellions threatened Great Shang. Shen Gongbao briefly stabilized the court, while Xuan Yang and Nuwa resolved to protect the Human Race and delay the coming collapse until their arrangements were complete.

• Xuan Yang sent Shen Gongbao to Chaoge to assist Di Xin and preserve the Human Race's foundation during the tribulation.
• Di Xin struggled with rebellions and court corruption, then nearly succumbed to Tribulation Malevolent Qi before Nuwa's divine light saved him.
• Shen Gongbao arrived at the palace and promised to use harsh measures to help Di Xin overcome the crisis.
• Shen Gongbao suppressed corrupt officials with ruthless methods, giving Chaoge's collapsing order a brief respite.
• Nuwa expressed despair over the Human Race's fate, and Xuan Yang urged her to help hold back the tribulation until their arrangements were complete.

Nuwa and Fuxi broke through to the Chaos Golden Immortal realm and shared their cultivation insights with Xuan Yang and the others. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Hongjun attempted to unite with the Dao, but the Heavenly Dao took control of him and Heavenly Dao Hongjun was born.

• Nuwa and Fuxi visited Xuan Yang, returned the borrowed Magic Artifacts, and shared their insights into the Creation Law and the Myriad Phenomena Law with him, Di Jun, and Taiyi.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun prepared to unite with the Dao after spending tens of thousands of years strengthening his position.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun drew merit, fortune, and Heavenly Dao power into himself, believing he could control the Heavenly Dao and pursue the Great Dao Saint realm.
• The Heavenly Dao devoured Old Ancestor Hongjun's consciousness and stripped away his control of his body despite his attempts to resist.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun's unification with the Dao failed, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun emerged.

Di Jun and Taiyi forced Zhunti and Jieyin to surrender the Six Roots Pure Bamboo before Xuan Yang began his ten-thousand-year sermon. After explaining basic cultivation to the Demon Race, Xuan Yang began discussing methods of attaining the Dao and introduced the difference between Saints and Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

• Di Jun and Taiyi threatened Zhunti and Jieyin until Zhunti gave them the Six Roots Pure Bamboo as compensation.
• Xuan Yang arrived at the gathering, took his seat, and announced that his sermon would cover the Demon Race’s path and the path of Hunyuan.
• Xuan Yang explained basic principles for demon spirits while the higher-level cultivators waited impatiently for the more advanced teachings.
• Xuan Yang began explaining methods of attaining the Dao and said he would first clarify the difference between Saints and Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals.