Chapter Summaries

Shennong arrived at Xi Qi after Six-Eared Macaque departed, condemned Ji Chang for letting the Saints’ sects drag the Human Race into their conflict, and took him to Huoyun Cave. The Chan Sect and Western Sect were left shaken, with West Qi leaderless and their plans disrupted.

• After Six-Eared Macaque left, the Chan Sect Golden Immortals and Western Sect figures recovered from their terror while Ji Chang urged Jiang Ziya to rebuild West Qi.
• Shennong appeared before the people of Xi Qi, and Ji Chang and the Human Race commoners knelt to greet the Earthly Emperor.
• Shennong rebuked Ji Chang for inviting cultivators into Human lands and sacrificing the Human Race for his ambition, then decided Ji Chang could no longer remain in West Qi.
• Guangchengzi tried to stop Shennong from taking Ji Chang, but he and the other immortals were too frightened and injured to object.
• Shennong warned the Chan Sect and Western Sect not to treat the Human Race as a tool, then carried the unconscious Ji Chang to Huoyun Cave.
• After Shennong departed, Guangchengzi collapsed, and Chijingzi lamented that West Qi had been left without a leader.

Six-Eared Macaque overwhelmed the Jie Sect immortals outside Xi Qi City with the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique and defeated Duobao Daoist’s strongest attack. Unable to remove the Tribulation Qi clinging to the defeated immortals, he knocked them unconscious and decided to take them to Golden Ao Island for Saint Tongtian to handle.

• The Jie Sect immortals launched a concentrated assault, but Six-Eared Macaque shattered their magical treasures with a single swing of his iron rod.
• Six-Eared Macaque charged into the Jie Sect formation, broke its bindings, and sent its immortals flying, including Mother Guiling and Duobao Daoist.
• Duobao Daoist burned his origin and unleashed the Myriad Treasures Torrent, but Six-Eared Macaque split the attack and severely injured him.
• Six-Eared Macaque saw that Tribulation Qi still clung to the defeated immortals and realized he could not purify it himself.
• Six-Eared Macaque knocked the Jie Sect immortals unconscious and carried them off toward Golden Ao Island for Saint Tongtian to deal with.

After Shennong’s warning ruled out targeting the Human Race, Pharmacist Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata led the Western Sect in ambushing the badly wounded Chan Sect immortals. Just as the Western Sect was about to kill the surviving Chan Sect disciples, Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived and vowed to kill them all.

• Kinnara and Maitreya warned Pharmacist that targeting the Human Race was too dangerous, so Pharmacist decided to sacrifice the wounded Chan Sect immortals to fill the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Pharmacist, Kinnara, Maitreya, and the other Western Sect members launched a surprise attack, killing Venerable Daoxing, True Lord Qingxu Daode, and most of the Chan Sect disciples.
• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, True Man Yuding, and True Man Huanglong fought back, but the Western Sect overpowered them and left them gravely wounded.
• Pharmacist raised his Demon Subduing Pestle to kill Guangchengzi, but a thunderclap froze the scene and Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven destroyed Pharmacist’s Demon Subduing Pestle, blasted Pharmacist away, and threatened the Western Sect with death.

Primordial Lord of Heaven attacked Jieyin and the Western Sect disciples after Jieyin intervened to save them, and the two Saints clashed over the Chan Sect’s losses. Yuanshi unleashed the Pangu Banner’s Heaven-Opening Blade at Jieyin, who spent his Saint’s blood essence to strengthen the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit as the strike hit.

• Jieyin arrived on the West Qi battlefield atop the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and shielded Pharmacist and the other Western Sect disciples from Yuanshi’s attack.
• Jieyin urged Primordial Lord of Heaven to treat the casualties as a conflict among juniors, but Yuanshi rejected his plea and struck at the Western Sect disciples again.
• Jieyin used Dream Path Attainment to slow Yuanshi, while Yuanshi broke through the dream worlds with Jade Purity Immortal Light and attacked Jieyin’s defenses.
• Yuanshi dismissed Jieyin’s warning about Dao Ancestor Hongjun and brought out the Pangu Banner, preparing its Heaven-Opening Blade.
• Yuanshi swung the Pangu Banner at Jieyin, who offered his Saint’s blood essence to the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and invoked Golden Lotus Body Protection as the blade struck.

Jiang Ziya used the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to shield the wounded Chan Sect and Western Sect members from Duobao Daoist, forcing the Jie Sect to besiege Xi Qi City instead. The rival allies nearly fought over Pharmacist Daoist’s retreat, then Bixiao mocked them from outside the barrier as Duobao turned his attention to Jiang Ziya’s residence.

• Jiang Ziya activated the Apricot Yellow Banner, stopping Duobao Daoist’s attack and saving Guangchengzi and the others behind its golden lotus defenses.
• Duobao Daoist ordered the Jie Sect to camp outside Xi Qi City and seal in those sheltering under the banner.
• Guangchengzi accused Pharmacist Daoist of abandoning him, but Jiang Ziya stopped Chijingzi from attacking because a fight could destabilize the banner.
• Bixiao mocked Guangchengzi, Pharmacist Daoist, Chijingzi, True Man Yuding, and True Man Huanglong from outside the city, provoking anger and laughter.
• Duobao Daoist watched the Marquis of the West’s Mansion and wondered who Jiang Ziya would invite to face the Jie Sect next.

Di Jun and Taiyi found Xuan Yang’s diary, which revealed his knowledge of their doomed future and his plan to persuade them to abandon their ambitions and cultivate in seclusion. After reading it, the brothers began to understand Xuan Yang’s reasons, though they doubted his predictions.

• Di Jun stopped Taiyi from pursuing Xuan Yang and urged him to preserve their brotherly bond despite their differing ambitions.
• Di Jun and Taiyi set out to explore the Primordial Wilderness, gather treasures, and recruit followers, then discovered Xuan Yang’s glowing diary.
• The diary entered both brothers’ Seas of Consciousness and revealed that Xuan Yang was a transmigrator who feared their deaths in a future war against the Witch Tribe.
• Di Jun and Taiyi read Xuan Yang’s later entries, including his plan to convince them to give up the position of Rulers of Heaven and Earth and focus on cultivation.
• After the diary ended, Di Jun and Taiyi understood that Xuan Yang had urged them to cultivate for their sake, but they questioned whether his predictions were true.

Hongjun summoned the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful cultivators to help him fight Luohu, and Xuan Yang’s Diary revealed how Hongjun would win and profit from the Immortal-Demon War. Di Jun and Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Wangshu with Chang Xi and Xi He all set out or prepared to go to Mount Sumeru, leaving Xuan Yang’s plans unresolved.

• Hongjun called on the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Powers to join him at Mount Sumeru and stop Luohu from overturning its Dao lineage.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Houtu, Chang Xi, and Xi He read Xuan Yang’s Diary, which predicted that Hongjun would survive the battle and claim Luohu’s and the other Great Powers’ treasures.
• Xuan Yang considered entering the battle at the last moment to gain merit and collect magic artifacts, but decided that anything short of certainty was too risky.
• Di Jun and Taiyi chose to head for Mount Sumeru, while Houtu persuaded the Twelve Ancestral Witches to join the battle for the Primordial Wilderness, cultivation, and merit.
• Chang Xi and Xi He considered persuading their teacher Wangshu to go, but Wangshu had already decided to set out with them.

Xuan Yang explained how to repair the damaged Universe Cauldron and Yin Yang Mirror, then spent a thousand years preparing them for restoration. After another ten thousand peaceful years, Hongjun announced that he had become a Saint and would preach at the Purple Heaven Palace, leaving Di Jun, Taiyi, and others wondering whether to attend.

• Xuan Yang recognized the Universe Cauldron and Yin Yang Mirror as valuable treasures and agreed to repair them.
• Xuan Yang proposed cleansing the artifacts with Lunar True Water, then tempering them with Fusang branches, Solar True Fire, and merit.
• Di Jun and Taiyi entrusted both artifacts and merit to Xuan Yang, while Wangshu supplied additional Lunar True Water.
• Xuan Yang completed the preliminary repairs over a thousand years and left the treasures to be slowly tempered in Solar True Fire.
• After ten thousand years of peace, Hongjun announced his sainthood and invited those fated to hear his sermon in three thousand years.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, the Ancestral Witches, Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu considered whether to attend and turned to Xuan Yang's diary for guidance.

Zhunti and Jieyin fled Primordial Lord of Heaven’s pursuit to Purple Firmament Palace, where Primordial Lord of Heaven tried to strike them down anyway. Dao Ancestor Hongjun intervened with a command that erased the attack and forced Primordial Lord of Heaven back.

• Zhunti sacrificed the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and his Saint blood to rescue Jieyin from Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Pangu Banner, then fled with him toward Purple Firmament Palace.
• Xi He, Chang Xi, and Wangshu watched the pursuit from Grand Xuan Palace, while Sect Master Tongtian worried that Primordial Lord of Heaven’s actions would provoke Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven repeatedly struck the fleeing Western Sages with Chaos Sword Qi, leaving both severely wounded as they approached Purple Firmament Palace.
• Jieyin burned his origin to carry himself and Zhunti past Primordial Lord of Heaven’s final strike, and the two crashed onto Purple Firmament Palace’s White Jade plaza and begged Hongjun to save them.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived and raised the Pangu Banner against the two Sages, but Purple Firmament Palace’s gates opened and Hongjun’s command erased the attack and shook him back.

Six-Eared Macaque brought Duobao Daoist and other Jie Sect disciples back to Biyou Palace after stopping them from massacring West Qi mortals while corrupted by Tribulation Qi. Sect Master Tongtian cleansed them and ordered all Jie Sect disciples to remain in seclusion on Golden Ao Island.

• Sect Master Tongtian personally welcomed Six-Eared Macaque, who delivered Duobao Daoist, Golden Spirit Mother, Mother Guiling, Wudang Mother, and other disciples trapped in a golden barrier.
• Six-Eared Macaque explained that Tribulation Qi had driven the disciples to plan a massacre of West Qi mortals, so he had subdued them and brought them back.
• After Tongtian released the disciples, Duobao Daoist and the others attacked Six-Eared Macaque until Tongtian subdued them and cleansed the malevolent Tribulation Qi from their bodies.
• Tongtian thanked Six-Eared Macaque and gave him a jade talisman containing his sword intent before Six-Eared departed for Grand Xuan Palace.
• Tongtian reprimanded his disciples, placed calming restrictions on them, and ordered every Jie Sect disciple to seal their Cave Mansions and remain on Golden Ao Island in seclusion.

With the Saints confined and the Jie Sect sealed away, the Primordial World’s apparent peace concealed mounting Tribulation Qi and an unfinished Investiture of the Gods List. Daoist Randeng resolved to defect from the weakened Chan Sect with its treasures, while Jieyin and Zhunti approved plans to convert eastern figures and strengthen the Western Sect.

• Tongtian sealed Golden Ao Island, while the Chan Sect reeled from the deaths and injuries of its Golden Immortals and Primordial Lord of Heaven remained imprisoned.
• Nuwa watched the lower realm and predicted that the Western Sages would exploit the eastern sects’ weakness and that Randeng would betray the Chan Sect.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven trusted Randeng to preserve the Chan Sect, unaware that Randeng was considering abandoning it.
• Randeng decided to take the Chan Sect’s remaining treasures as a gift and seek refuge in the Western Sect.
• Zhunti proposed that Western disciples go east to recruit figures such as Randeng and Wen Zhong, and Jieyin agreed.

Randeng attempted to break into the Chan Sect’s Treasure Pavilion and steal its treasures so he could defect to the West. After forcing the gate open, he was caught by White Crane Boy and attacked him to silence him.

• Randeng entered the Treasure Pavilion’s forbidden grounds while Primordial Lord of Heaven was imprisoned and the Chan Sect was weakened.
• Randeng used his Spirit Coffin Lamp and Netherworld Ghost Fire to corrode the Jade Purity Divine Thunder Restriction, sacrificing his essence blood to open the gate.
• Randeng saw the treasure aura spilling from the narrow opening and rushed toward the pavilion.
• White Crane Boy returned from gathering herbs, discovered Randeng at the forced-open gate, and accused him of betraying the Chan Sect.
• White Crane Boy prepared to alert the sect with a communication jade talisman, but Randeng sealed off his escape with the Spirit Coffin Lamp and moved to attack him.

Daoist Randeng killed White Crane Boy while robbing Jade Void Palace, then left with its treasures as powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness learned of his betrayal. Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched the events through the Haotian Mirror with an unusually grim expression.

• Daoist Randeng restrained White Crane Boy, who tried to escape and then prepared to self-destruct while holding the Jade Void Spirit Alarming Talisman.
• Daoist Randeng killed White Crane Boy before he could detonate his Nascent Soul or activate the talisman, then looted the treasure vault and departed.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu sensed the upheaval and discussed Randeng's betrayal and White Crane Boy's death.
• Nuwa witnessed Randeng looting Jade Void Palace and predicted he would head west to join the Western Sect while Chan Sect fell into ruin.
• Tongtian learned what had happened and lamented that Primordial Lord of Heaven had trusted Randeng and driven away Jie Sect's disciples.
• Hongjun watched the Haotian Mirror show Randeng's crime and White Crane Boy's corpse, and his expression darkened.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Primordial Lord of Heaven a chance to admit fault and intervene in the Chan Sect's crisis, but Yuanshi refused, leaving the sect to face its fate. At Jade Void Palace, Daoist Randeng's plundering triggered Yuanshi's concealed self-destruct formation, and powerful figures across Kunlun Mountain rushed toward the treasury.

• Hongjun released Primordial Lord of Heaven from his silence long enough to ask whether he had reflected on his mistakes, but Yuanshi insisted he had done nothing wrong.
• Hongjun resealed Yuanshi in the Heavenly Dao chains and decided not to interfere in the Chan Sect's crisis.
• Daoist Randeng filled his Universe Bag with treasures from the Treasure Pavilion and spotted a mysterious Black Box as he prepared to leave.
• Randeng touched the Black Box, triggering Yuanshi's Chain Self-Destruct Formation and an alarm across Jade Void Palace.
• Several powerful figures in Kunlun Mountain sensed the explosion and flew toward the Treasure Pavilion.

Randeng plundered Chan Sect’s Treasure Pavilion, killed White Crane Boy, and betrayed the sect while its fortune collapsed. As Guangchengzi and the other Golden Immortals confronted him, Randeng prepared to fight and send Primordial Lord of Heaven’s disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods List.

• Randeng’s assault on the Treasure Pavilion shattered Chan Sect’s fortune and disrupted the fate threads tied to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Guangchengzi rushed to Jade Void Palace after sensing the sect’s collapse, while the three goddesses watched the disaster and Tongtian lamented Chan Sect’s downfall.
• Guangchengzi and the other Golden Immortals arrived at the ruined Treasure Pavilion and found White Crane Boy dead.
• Randeng admitted killing White Crane Boy, defended his betrayal, and urged Cihang, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra to join him in the West.
• Guangchengzi attacked Randeng with the Sky-Turning Seal, and Randeng resolved to kill Primordial Lord of Heaven’s disciples as an offering to the West.

Randeng used the Chan Sect’s own treasures to overwhelm Guangchengzi and the other disciples at Kunlun Mountain. As Guangchengzi burned his essence blood to kill Randeng, Manjushri Guangfa, Cihang, and Samantabhadra betrayed him, leaving Randeng triumphant over the fallen chief disciple.

• Randeng used the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to knock Guangchengzi’s Sky-Turning Seal aside and revealed that he had taken the Chan Sect’s treasures, including the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Guangchengzi called on Manjushri Guangfa, Samantabhadra, and Cihang to attack Randeng, but Randeng countered their magical artifacts with his own arsenal and wounded Samantabhadra.
• Guangchengzi burned his essence blood and prepared to destroy himself along with Randeng, asking his fellow disciples to seal Randeng’s escape.
• Manjushri Guangfa struck Guangchengzi from behind, Cihang restrained him with the Willow Branch, and Samantabhadra pinned him with the Wugou Twin Swords.
• Manjushri Guangfa, Cihang, and Samantabhadra explained that they had betrayed Guangchengzi to survive, and Randeng taunted the fallen disciple.

Daoist Randeng killed Guangchengzi and annihilated the Chan Sect on Kunlun Mountain, delivering its remaining destiny and inheritance to the West. As the other powers reacted, Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed the destruction from his imprisonment in Purple Cloud Palace and erupted in fury.

• Daoist Randeng killed Guangchengzi, whose True Spirit was sent to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Daoist Randeng burned and slaughtered the Chan Sect’s remaining cultivators, causing Kunlun’s ancestral vein and Jade Void Palace to collapse.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu watched the destruction, while Tongtian mourned the Chan Sect’s fate.
• Zhunti and Jieyin celebrated the Chan Sect’s downfall and ordered a grand welcome for Daoist Randeng.
• Nuwa saw the weakened Heavenly Dao faction as an opportunity for the Human Path to rise.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed the destruction of his sect, spat blood, and struggled against the Law Chains in Purple Cloud Palace.

Primordial Lord of Heaven lost his Saint position after the Chan Sect and Kunlun’s fortune were destroyed, then severed his bond with Hongjun and returned to the ruined Jade Void Palace. Seeing his disciples’ remains broke his Dao Heart, and he embraced the Demonic Dao, swearing vengeance on Randeng, the Western Sect, and those who had watched.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Saint position collapsed when the Chan Sect’s fortune was severed, leaving him at Quasi-Saint peak.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven accused Hongjun of abandoning him, rejected their master-disciple bond, and nearly self-destructed in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Hongjun released Primordial Lord of Heaven, who rushed toward the ruins of Kunlun Mountain.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu watched his return with alarm, while Tongtian mourned his brother’s downfall.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven found his disciples’ bodies among the ruins of Jade Void Palace, and despair turned his Jade Purity power into demonic light.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven entered the Demonic Dao and vowed to bring Randeng, the Western Sect, and the heavens’ onlookers down with him.

After destroying his Dao foundation and abandoning his Saint position, Primordial Lord of Heaven transformed into a demon whose power threw the Primordial Wilderness into chaos. Luohu’s remnant soul awakened and moved toward Kunlun to guide him, while the other great powers feared the consequences and Randeng sensed Yuanshi’s deadly attention.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven fell into the demonic path, and his demonic qi devastated Kunlun and intensified the Tribulation Qi across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Luohu’s remnant soul awakened in the Western abyss, sensed Yuanshi’s transformation, and flew toward Kunlun to guide him.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu watched Yuanshi’s fall through the Creation Water Mirror and feared a new Dao-Demon war.
• Tongtian recognized the danger of Yuanshi’s demonic power, while Hongjun realized Yuanshi had escaped the Heavenly Dao’s Karma system.
• Nuwa considered how the upheaval might affect the Human Path and the Human Race, while Jieyin refused Zhunti’s proposal to attack Yuanshi.
• Randeng sensed Yuanshi’s gaze from Kunlun and feared that the treasures he had taken would lead a killing god to the West.

Randeng and the three defecting Golden Immortals reached Mount Sumeru and sought refuge with Jieyin and Zhunti, who dismissed the threat posed by the fallen Yuanshi. At Kunlun, Yuanshi accepted Luohu’s offer to fuse with him, and the Primordial Demon Ancestor emerged as the heavens fell into darkness.

• Randeng led Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang to Mount Sumeru, fleeing Yuanshi’s pursuit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the fugitives and assured them that their formation could protect them from Yuanshi.
• Randeng offered the jade box as a token of allegiance to the Western Sect.
• Luohu’s Remnant Soul appeared before Primordial Lord of Heaven at the ruined Kunlun and offered to fuse with him.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven agreed to merge with Luohu and vowed to bury the gods and Buddhas alongside his Chan Sect.
• Luohu entered Primordial Lord of Heaven, destroying Kunlun’s main peak as the Primordial Demon Ancestor awakened.