Chapter Summaries

Niu Ben urged the Ox Clan to send as many members as possible onto the Investiture of the Gods, planning to seize it and use it to protect them. As the Demon Clan’s rulers worried over the coming tribulation, Di Jun sensed someone approaching.

• Niu Ben told Niu Ba and the Ox Clan’s senior members to put as many Ox Clan Beings as possible on the Investiture of the Gods, arguing that he would take control of it.
• Niu Ba and the senior members embraced Niu Ben’s plan, and Niu Ben reminded them to prepare carefully for the Tribulation.
• Niu Ba began organizing the Ox Clan’s preparations after Niu Ben vanished.
• In the Yao Realm, Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi discussed the unavoidable Investiture Tribulation and blamed Niu Ben for drawing everyone into it.
• Di Jun sensed someone approaching, and Emperor Taiyi’s expression changed after probing the visitor.

Jieyin and Zhunti visited the Yao Realm to propose an alliance between the Western Teachings and the Demon Clan before the Investiture Tribulation, and Di Jun agreed despite distrusting them. Elsewhere, Niu Ben wandered to Guanjiang Mouth and thought of Yang Jian.

• Di Jun recognized Jieyin and Zhunti’s arrival and explained to Emperor Taiyi that they likely sought an alliance against the stronger Three Pure Ones and Ox Clan.
• Jieyin and Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings and Demon Clan join forces during the Investiture Tribulation, and Zhunti reminded Di Jun that he could not match Niu Ben alone.
• Di Jun agreed to the alliance but warned the two Saints against plotting against their allies.
• After Jieyin and Zhunti departed, Emperor Taiyi cautioned Di Jun about their schemes, and Di Jun said the Demon Clan must remain vigilant.
• Niu Ben wandered through the Primordial Wilderness Land, reached Guanjiang Mouth, and thought of Yang Jian.

Niu Ben waited near Guanjing Mouth for Yang Jian’s birth, hoping to form a bond with him, while Jieyin and Zhunti learned that Yaoji’s future son could become a Buddhist Son of the West. In the Heavenly Court, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon grew tempted to steal the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl.

• Niu Ben settled on a mountain near Guanjing Mouth and used his divine sense to watch for Yang Jian’s birth.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed alliances and concluded Niu Ben already had the support and strength he needed for the Investiture Tribulation.
• Zhunti divined that Yaoji’s future son in the Heavenly Court had a connection with the West and could become a Buddhist Son.
• Jieyin entrusted Zhunti with personally guiding the child into Western Teachings.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s right head coveted the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl, while the other heads argued over whether to steal it.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon continued staring at the pearl whenever no one was present, and his greed deepened.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon agreed to steal the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl, broke free from the Coiling Dragon Pillar, and fled toward the lower realm. Yaoji sensed its greed and pursued it, but the dragon escaped in another direction, leaving her in pursuit.

• The left and right heads persuaded the middle head to join their plan to escape and seize the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl.
• When the Lingxiao Treasure Hall was left unguarded, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon lifted the Coiling Dragon Pillar and broke free.
• The right head swallowed the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl, and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon fled toward the lower realm.
• Yaoji sensed the dragon's greed, caught up with it, and ordered it to return the pearl and submit again.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon ignored Yaoji and fled in another direction, so she continued chasing it.

Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which had stolen the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl and was fleeing toward the lower realm. After the dragon used the pearl to wound her, Yaoji prepared to counter with a Magic Treasure of her own.

• Yaoji caught up with the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and struck it with her immortal sword, but its tough body barely suffered harm.
• At the South Heavenly Gate, Yaoji told the guards that the dragon had stolen the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl, but the dragon overwhelmed them with poisonous mist, black water, and lightning before escaping toward the lower realm.
• Yaoji continued chasing the dragon and tried to stop it with Sword Qi, but its three heads countered each attack.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon revealed the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl and used its golden pillar of light to shatter Yaoji's sword strike and scorch her shoulder.
• The dragon fired successive golden pillars at Yaoji, who dodged them and produced a jade hairpin.

Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to Guanjiang Mouth, where Saint Zhunti concealed the area and sent Yang Tianyou into the mortal world to meet and marry her. As Yaoji and the flood dragon fought, Niu Ben watched from nearby.

• Yaoji used a jade hairpin to block the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's attack, then chased it to Guanjiang Mouth.
• Zhunti sealed the heavenly secrets around Guanjiang Mouth, and Niu Ben sensed the Saint's interference while waiting for Yang Jian to be born.
• Zhunti summoned his disciples and chose Yang Tianyou, who volunteered, to enter the mortal world and unite with Yaoji.
• Zhunti sealed Yang Tianyou's cultivation and memories and sent him to a village near Guanjiang Mouth as an ordinary schoolteacher.
• Yaoji fought the Three-Headed Flood Dragon above Guanjiang Mouth, dodged its poisonous mist and tail, and wounded it with her sword.

Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon at Guanjiang Mouth, where an unseen power from a Saint of the Western Teachings suddenly strengthened the beast. The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used that power to shatter Yaoji’s attack and injure her, leaving her stunned.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon absorbed power from the Hall-Guarding Dragon Pearl, but Yaoji wounded his claw and remained stronger than him.
• Niu Ben noticed a Saint of the Western Teachings send power into the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and chose to watch rather than intervene.
• Yaoji unleashed a powerful sword strike, and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon discovered he could control the new power within him.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used the power to destroy Yaoji’s sword aura, knock her sword away, and send her flying as she spat blood.
• Yaoji recovered and stared at the Three-Headed Flood Dragon in disbelief at his sudden increase in strength.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon gained power from a subtle trace of Saint power and gravely wounded Yaoji. As Yaoji fled, Yang Tianyou found her and carried her away, but an invisible barrier stopped the pursuing dragon.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used his newfound strength to knock Yaoji’s sword away and wound her severely.
• Yaoji fled through the forest, but her injuries overcame her and she collapsed unconscious.
• Yang Tianyou found Yaoji and carried her toward his residence, following an inexplicable guidance.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon caught up and attacked Yang Tianyou, but an invisible wall of air blocked his way.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon fled into Guanjiang Mouth after a restriction blocked his pursuit of Yaoji and the mysterious power sustaining him vanished. As Yaoji recovered in Yang Tianyou’s home, their gratitude and care gradually grew into affection, leaving her watching him with a newly stirred heart.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon realized a restriction had stopped him from pursuing Yaoji, then retreated to Guanjiang Mouth when his injuries worsened.
• Niu Ben identified the Western Teachings’ involvement and continued watching Yaoji, knowing she would later marry Yang Tianyou and have Yang Jian.
• Yang Tianyou brought the unconscious Yaoji to his home, gathered herbs, and nursed her while she recovered and planned to hunt the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.
• Yaoji questioned how the Three-Headed Flood Dragon had gained such strength and decided to recover before confronting him again.
• As months passed, Yang Tianyou’s attentive care and Yaoji’s growing affection brought them closer, and she watched him reading beneath the moonlight, realizing he stirred her heart.

Yaoji chose to remain at Guanjiang Mouth with Yang Tianyou, and they had three children, including Yang Jian. As Western Teachings plotted to claim the child, Niu Ben accepted a system mission to take Yang Jian as his disciple, while Primordial Heavenly Lord sensed that a fated disciple was destined for the Chan Teachings.

• Yaoji told Yang Tianyou she would stay with him, and the two became husband and wife at Guanjiang Mouth.
• Over the next three years, Yaoji and Yang Tianyou had Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Daoist Zhunti told Daoist Jieyin that his scheme was progressing and that he planned to guide the Buddha Child into Western Teachings.
• Niu Ben wondered why Western Teachings had not acted, then chose the system mission to take Yang Jian as his disciple and change his family's fate.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord divined that the Chan Teachings were destined to take in an exceptionally important disciple.

Primordial Heavenly Lord ordered Jade Cauldron True Person to take Yang Jian as his disciple, while Daoist Zhunti later lifted the seal hiding Guanjiang Mouth’s Heavenly Mechanism. Haotian learned that Yaoji had borne three children with a mortal and erupted in anger as the Jade Pool Queen Mother arrived.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord summoned Jade Cauldron True Person and ordered him to take Yang Jian as his disciple in a dozen or so years.
• Jade Cauldron True Person accepted the order but remained puzzled about why his master valued Yang Jian.
• More than ten years later, Daoist Zhunti removed the seal concealing Guanjiang Mouth’s Heavenly Mechanism.
• Niu Ben realized the Western Teachings were preparing to act and vowed not to let them take Yang Jian.
• Haotian calculated the truth about Yaoji and discovered that she had borne three children with a mortal.
• The Jade Pool Queen Mother entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and learned from Haotian that Yaoji had violated the heavenly laws.

Haotian and the Queen Mother of Jade Pool discovered that Yaoji had a mortal husband and children, and suspected someone had concealed the Heavenly Mechanism to set her up. Haotian ordered a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers to capture her and bring her to the Heavenly Court, insisting that the Heavenly Laws still had to be upheld.

• Haotian showed the Queen Mother of Jade Pool the Haotian Mirror, revealing Yaoji with Yang Tianyou and their three children at Guanjiang Mouth.
• The Queen Mother of Jade Pool argued that Yaoji might have been framed because the Heavenly Court had sensed nothing until her children were grown.
• Haotian agreed there could be a plot against Yaoji but maintained that she had violated the Heavenly Laws and must answer for it.
• Haotian summoned Giant Spirit God and the Antarctic War God and ordered them to lead one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers to capture Yaoji.
• Giant Spirit God and the Antarctic War God assembled the troops and marched from the Heavenly Court toward Guanjiang Mouth.

As the Heavenly Court's army descended to capture Yaoji, she revealed to Yang Tianyou and their children that she was the Eldest Princess of the Heavenly Court. The army sealed off their home, leaving the family bewildered as Yaoji realized they had come for her.

• Niu Ben realized the Heavenly Court's army had descended after the Western Saints lifted their concealment over Guanjiang Mouth.
• Saint Zhunti planned to use the army's move against Yaoji to take the Buddha Child, and Jieyin worried that something might go wrong.
• Yaoji sensed the approaching Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and resolved to protect Yang Tianyou and their children.
• Yaoji told Yang Tianyou, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan that she was the Eldest Princess and Heavenly Emperor Haotian's younger sister.
• The Heavenly Court's army sealed the area around the family's residence, and Yaoji warned her family that they had arrived.

Yaoji confronted the Heavenly Court’s forces and fought to protect her children after the Antarctic War God declared they must be executed. The battle continued above the Yang family home as Yang Tianyou and the three siblings watched in fear.

• Yaoji urged Yang Tianyou to flee with the children, then flew into the sky to face the Heavenly Court’s army.
• The Antarctic War God told Yaoji that her children would be executed for being born of an immortal and a mortal, despite the Heavenly Emperor ordering only her capture.
• Yaoji refused to abandon her children and attacked the Antarctic War God with her immortal sword.
• The Antarctic War God overpowered the injured Yaoji, then ordered the Giant Spirit God to join the fight.
• Yang Tianyou and the three siblings watched the battle from the courtyard, growing increasingly worried as the sky rumbled.

The Antarctic War God overpowered the already-injured Yaoji in their battle above Guanjiang Mouth, breaking her Flaming Sun Pearl’s barrier. When Yaoji refused to surrender, he summoned a towering Dharma Image and unleashed freezing power across the region.

• Yaoji blasted the Giant Spirit God away, but the Antarctic War God ordered him to stand down and confronted her.
• The Antarctic War God attacked Yaoji with his silver spear, knocked her immortal sword aside, and summoned the Mystic Ice Banner.
• Yaoji used the Flaming Sun Pearl to block the banner’s ice blades, but the Antarctic War God intensified his assault and shattered her fiery barrier.
• Yaoji was wounded and weakened, yet refused to surrender after looking down at Yang Tianyou and the others.
• The Antarctic War God summoned a thousand-zhang Dharma Image and froze Guanjiang Mouth as Yaoji called her immortal sword back.

Yaoji sacrificed her vital blood to resist the Antarctic War God, then sent Yang Tianyou and the Yang siblings away before she was captured. Saint Zhunti tried to seize Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao, but Niu Ben intervened, rescued them, and confronted Zhunti.

• Yaoji used her Blood Sacrifice Immortal Sword to break the Antarctic War God's frigid energy, but the War God subdued her with overwhelming pressure.
• Yaoji sent Yang Tianyou and the Yang siblings flying away with immortal light, then fainted as the Antarctic War God captured her.
• The Antarctic War God prepared to pursue the fleeing family, but the Giant Spirit God urged her to leave them alone, and she departed with the Heavenly Soldiers.
• Saint Zhunti sent two golden palms after Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao, while Niu Ben sensed the attack from Guanjiang Mouth.
• Niu Ben shattered Zhunti's golden palms, took Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao into his Chaos Five Elements Flag, and waited for Zhunti to appear.
• Saint Zhunti confronted Niu Ben and reacted angrily to his interference.

Niu Ben refused to hand Yang Jiao over to Zhunti, provoking the Western Teachings Saint into releasing his Saintly Might. As the Primordial Wilderness’s experts and Saints noticed the confrontation, Tongtian Cult Master argued that Niu Ben was invincible beneath the Heavenly Dao level.

• Zhunti asked Niu Ben to return Yang Tianyou, claiming Yang Tianyou was his disciple, and Niu Ben sent him to Zhunti.
• Zhunti asked Niu Ben to hand over Yang Jiao, but Niu Ben refused, saying Yang Jiao was destined for him instead.
• When Zhunti threatened Niu Ben, Niu Ben pulled Yang Tianyou back into the Chaos Five Elements Flag.
• Zhunti released his Saintly Might and threatened to fight Niu Ben, drawing the attention of powerful experts and Saints across the Primordial Wilderness.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, Tongtian Cult Master dismissed the need to intervene and told Primordial Heavenly Lord that Niu Ben was invincible beneath the Heavenly Dao level.

Niu Ben confronted Zhunti, easily shattered his attacks, and struck him flying, then overwhelmed his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree with the World-Destroying Millstone. When Jieyin arrived to aid Zhunti, Niu Ben challenged both Western Teachings Saints to attack him together.

• Taishang, Nuwa, Niu Ba, and Jieyin sensed Niu Ben's confrontation with Zhunti and wondered what had provoked it.
• Zhunti attacked Niu Ben with a golden palm, but Niu Ben stopped and shattered it with one finger.
• Niu Ben struck Zhunti with a gray palm, broke his golden barrier, and sent him flying while the watching experts marveled at the disparity in their strength.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Niu Ben's World-Destroying Millstone shattered its seven-colored radiance.
• Zhunti called for Jieyin's help, and Niu Ben challenged the two Saints to attack him together.
• Zhunti secretly told Jieyin that Niu Ben had taken the Buddha-child.

Niu Ben rejected Jieyin and Zhunti’s demand to spare Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao, then used the Chaos Five Elements Flag to stop Zhunti’s attacks. The chapter left Zhunti calling on Jieyin to join the fight.

• Jieyin asked Niu Ben to show mercy because Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao had a connection with the West, but Niu Ben protected them and refused.
• Zhunti attacked Niu Ben with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but the Chaos Five Elements Flag blocked and absorbed its treasure light.
• Zhunti unleashed the Empowering Divine Pestle, but Niu Ben’s Five Elements light dragons wrapped around it and halted its descent.
• Zhunti failed to break free of the light dragons, while onlookers praised Niu Ben’s strength.
• Zhunti called for Jieyin to help, and Jieyin accused Niu Ben of bullying others.

Niu Ben overwhelmed Saints Jieyin and Zhunti, trapping their attacks with the Chaos Five Elements Flag and defeating them with two punches. Both Western Saints were left injured and flying backward as the watching experts stared in shock.

• Daoist Jieyin sent his one hundred and eight prayer beads at Niu Ben while Saint Zhunti's Empowering Divine Pestle followed.
• Niu Ben used the Chaos Five Elements Flag to trap and immobilize the prayer beads and Empowering Divine Pestle within its Five Elements world.
• Jieyin unleashed a torrent of merit fire, but Niu Ben bound and shattered it, causing Jieyin to spit out Saint Blood.
• Zhunti merged with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and charged Niu Ben, who shattered the attack with a punch and sent Zhunti flying.
• Niu Ben broke through Jieyin's golden shield with another punch and sent Jieyin flying with the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus.