Chapter Summaries

Jieyin and Zhunti launched the Westward Journey early, sending Golden Cicada through repeated reincarnations to obtain the scriptures from Divine Han. His first lives failed in increasingly absurd ways, leaving Spirit Mountain unsure how to get him beyond the journey’s starting point.

• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to begin the Westward Journey before the approaching calamity and sent Golden Cicada into reincarnation.
• Golden Cicada’s first life turned back after Divine Han border soldiers warned him about the dangers beyond the realm.
• In his second life, Golden Cicada set out as a devoted monk but was killed by a demon just three miles beyond Chang'an.
• Golden Cicada’s third life became an ascetic, but he stalled at the Celestial Immortal realm and died before he could break through.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Duobao Tathagata debated whether Golden Cicada was fit for the mission while Li Fan and the others laughed at Spirit Mountain’s repeated failures.

Liu Bang secured Divine Han’s future through laws and alliances before his death, and the Reign of Wen and Jing began. A new Jidu, born from the future during the End of Dharma, appeared in the Three Realms, fled from Empress Ziguang, and prompted Li Fan and the goddesses to consider the growing chaos in space-time.

• Liu Bang stripped power from nobles outside his surname, secured a Humanity Dao decree and a pact with the Phoenix Clan, and established laws that reserved Human Race affairs for humans.
• Liu Bang died after declaring the Human Race’s ambition, and Human Dao Fortune marked the end of Early Divine Han as the Reign of Wen and Jing began.
• A new Jidu, condensed from the End of Dharma’s Karma Crevice and born from the future, returned to the Nine Heavens, disrupting the star trajectory and drawing the attention of powers across the Three Realms.
• Empress Ziguang warned Jidu, and he fled through a Space-Time Rift before he could challenge her.
• Li Fan and the goddesses discussed Jidu’s time travel, the loosened laws of the Primordial World, and the growing chaos in the past and future.

Jidu visited the unborn Stone Monkey and warned it that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s future was a scheme, urging it to seek the true Heavenly Court. Li Fan noticed the resulting shift in the River of Fate and dismissed it as a minor variable, while Nuwa arrived having glimpsed part of the karma.

• Jidu found the immortal stone on Flower Fruit Mountain and told it the story of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s rise and fall.
• Jidu warned the stone that the Great Sage’s life was orchestrated and described the true Heavenly Court and its supreme Heavenly Emperor.
• Jidu urged the Stone Monkey not to repeat the Great Sage’s mistakes, then vanished into the forest.
• The Three Realms’ fate shifted subtly, and Li Fan observed Jidu’s intervention in the River of Fate.
• Goddess Wangshu asked Li Fan about the disturbance, and he called it a minor variable.
• Nuwa entered the hall with a knowing smile, having sensed the karma involving Jidu and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

Two Golden Crow Princes led the Demon Clan and Xiongnu wolf demons into war against Divine Han, but Liu Che, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing resisted them with the Human Race’s united faith and arms. The princes withdrew after Western Regions forces joined the battle, while Divine Han and the west strengthened their alliance ahead of a greater storm.

• The Golden Crow Princes Lu Ba and Lu Jiu descended on the northern border and backed the Xiongnu wolf demons as they attacked Divine Han.
• Liu Che ordered Wei Qing to defend Shanggu and Huo Qubing to raid the demon army through the Hexi Corridor.
• Wei Qing’s Black Armored Heavenly Soldiers met the demons head-on, while Huo Qubing’s cavalry tore through their ranks.
• The people of Divine Han united their faith against the Golden Crow fire, and Liu Che fought Lu Ba and Lu Jiu to a standstill with the Chixiao Sword.
• Western Regions allies joined the battle, forcing the Golden Crow Princes to retreat with the remaining demon army.
• Divine Han and the west strengthened their ties, while the Buddhist sect promoted the alliance as a greater storm approached.

Taiyi, the human race, Haotian, Buddhism, and the Chaos Demon Gods maneuvered as tensions rose across the Three Realms. Li Fan and the goddesses judged the conflict a rehearsal for a distant Immeasurable Kalpa, while the factions cautiously prepared for the coming struggle.

• Taiyi awoke in the far north, and the Chaos Demon Gods chose to assist the Demon Court while Kunpeng refused to take their bait.
• Confucius, Haotian, and Tathagata aligned with the Divine Han against the Demon Clan, while Buddhism and the Han each sought to benefit from their partnership.
• Taiyi warned the Ten Golden Crows that the conflict was part of a tribulation affecting all beings, not merely a contest among factions.
• Nuwa, Goddess Taiyuan, Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, and Li Fan concluded that the turmoil was only a series of minor tribulations and a rehearsal for the distant Immeasurable Kalpa.
• Liu Che, Wei Qing, and Huo Qubing strengthened the Divine Han's defenses as Lu Ya, Haotian, Zhunti, and Jieyin each chose caution and waited for a better moment to act.

All beings fought the hundred-thousand-year war by their own choices, then negotiated a truce without the authority of Heaven, Saints, or the Heavenly Emperor. The chapter ended with Divine Han welcoming home its victorious army as Lu Ya mourned the Demon Clan’s losses and Li Fan reflected on the nature of all beings.

• The Human Race, Demon Clan, Witch Clan, Water Tribe, Heavenly Court, Asura, and others chose their own sides and fought across the Primordial World as the Chaos Five Demons tempted them.
• After a hundred thousand years, representatives of the myriad races negotiated their own borders, oaths, and truce, bringing the tribulation to an end.
• Huo Qubing and Wei Qing led the battered Divine Han army home, where Liu Che welcomed them and the soldiers declared, “I choose, I fight, I win!”
• Lu Ya received Bai Ze’s report that Lu Ba and Lu Jiu had been killed in the Wanling Domain, and he turned his attention to the wounded Demon Clan.
• Nuwa, Goddess Taiyuan, Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, and Li Fan reflected on the returning balance, the consequences of freedom, and the convictions of all beings.

Buddhism launched the Great Awakening Golden Immortal Path, claiming to save all beings while gathering their faith and vow power, and powerful figures condemned it as a plan to bind and exploit them. The three clan ancestors allied against Buddhism, while Jieyin and Zhunti refused to back down, and Li Fan saw the Westward Journey as the place where the conflict would unfold.

• Buddhism sent Buddhas into the Twelve Domains of the Nine Provinces to save living beings and establish the Great Awakening Golden Immortal Path.
• Taishang, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lingbao Tianzun, Taiyi, and Primordial Beginning Heavenly King identified the path as a means of controlling or exploiting all beings.
• Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin allied against Buddhism and vowed to fight if it threatened their clans' bloodlines or Dao foundations.
• Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to defend Buddhism's path despite the three clan ancestors' opposition, and the western Buddha Light grew stronger.
• Nuwa prepared to return to the Prehistoric Universe, while Goddess Taiyuan, Goddess Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang warned that the path could lead to the End of Dharma Era.
• Li Fan declared that the hidden designs behind salvation would be revealed through the Westward Journey.

Nuwa sent Fuxi to Spirit Mountain to inspect the Buddhist sect’s Great Awakening Golden Immortal Path, and he used the Eight Trigrams to suppress the Western Buddhists. While Fuxi settled in at Leiyin Temple, Nuwa searched his hall in Huoyun Cave and uncovered a hidden pouch.

• Nuwa forced Fuxi to leave Huoyun Cave and go west to speak with the Buddhist sect.
• Tathagata led the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to welcome Fuxi at Spirit Mountain after learning Nuwa had sent him.
• Fuxi formed an Eight Trigrams Grand Formation around Spirit Mountain’s gate, suppressing the Buddhists’ power, then entered Leiyin Temple and demanded an explanation of their path.
• Fuxi teased Tathagata about the failed journey of the Golden Cicada’s reincarnation, took Tathagata’s lotus throne, and ordered the Buddhists to explain their teachings.
• Nuwa searched Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams Human Emperor Hall, overturned its contents, and found a hidden Qiankun pouch.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, grew old and the Witchcraft Disaster devastated Chang'an, ending with Crown Prince Liu Ju’s death and Divine Han’s fortune in decline. Stricken with remorse, Liu Che issued the Edict of Repentance at Lun Tai, seeking to repair the harm and steady the dynasty.

• Liu Che’s aging and distrust deepened the conflict between Crown Prince Liu Ju and the imperial relatives, and the Witchcraft Disaster engulfed Chang'an in blood.
• Wei Qing, Zhang Liang, Huo Qubing, and Han Xin learned of the slaughter but refrained from intervening in human Imperial Power, while Wei Qing ordered the heavenly soldiers to guard against demons.
• Li Fan and the goddesses watched as the disaster ended with Liu Ju’s suicide, the Empress’s death, and the deaths of tens of thousands.
• Liu Che admitted, “I... was wrong,” then issued the Edict of Repentance at Lun Tai, dismissing Daoist Masters, abolishing harsh taxes, aiding refugees, restoring agriculture, and halting the fighting.

As the Heavenly Human Five Declines approached, Li Fan agreed to let Goddess Taiyuan decide how much of the calamity would descend upon the Five Heavenly Realms. Across the Three Realms, powerful beings watched the coming upheaval, and Huang Tian prepared to challenge Haotian as mortal unrest began to spread.

• The chapter described the five stages of the Heavenly Human Five Declines and Li Fan viewed them as the Great Dao cleansing and rearranging its order.
• Goddess Wangshu asked Li Fan whether the Five Declines would reach the Five Heavenly Realms, and Goddess Taiyuan proposed blocking part of it while letting part descend as a warning to the great powers.
• Li Fan left the decision to Goddess Taiyuan, and Grand Unity Golden Immortals across the Forty-Eight Heavens sensed the approaching danger but hesitated to flee into Outer Chaos.
• Empress Ziguang observed that the Five Declines would affect beings above the Great Luo realm, while Nuwa told her the process was natural and asked whether she would interfere.
• Huang Tian sensed Cang Tian weakening and fortune turning in his favor, and he resolved to challenge Haotian.
• The Three Pure Ones joined the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King on Tai Xu Mountain to watch the changing circumstances, as unrest grew across the mortal world.

After Divine Han’s fall plunged the Earth Immortal Realm into chaos, Yang Jian and Nezha defeated or subdued the leading demonic threats and restored a fragile peace. They warned that the Heavenly Human Five Declines and the struggle to establish a new human order still lay ahead.

• Yang Jian descended with the Howling Celestial Dog and Nezha arrived on the Wind Fire Wheels to confront the disorder spreading across the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Yang Jian killed Black Wind Old Demon outside Luoyang, while Nezha defeated Xuan Yi at Cloud Dream Marsh and spared her; Holy Mother of Lishan then took Xuan Yi away.
• Nezha and Yang Jian attacked the Blood Skeleton Great Formation at Yin Mountain, destroyed Cang Jie's throne, and killed the Blood Skeleton King when he tried to ambush Yang Jian.
• With the three leading demonic threats defeated, the fires of war subsided and displaced commoners began returning home.
• Yang Jian cautioned Nezha that Divine Han’s fall and the Heavenly Human Five Declines meant more conflict was coming, while Li Fan watched them from Grand Unity Heaven Palace.

Li Fan, Goddess Ziguang, Baili, and Nuwa defeated the Curse Demon God and Soul Demon God, ending the demonic invasion of the Prehistoric Universe. In the Earth Immortal Realm, Wang Mang lost the demonic power sustaining his rise as Liu Xiu’s army advanced on Chang'an.

• Wang Mang revealed his ambition to rule the Earth Immortal Realm as the Future Demon Lord while the Return to Ruins demons invaded the Human Realm.
• Li Fan and Goddess Ziguang joined forces to destroy the Curse Demon God and seize its Primordial Dao Fruit.
• Baili fought the Soul Demon God until Nuwa struck it down with the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, restoring balance to the Prehistoric Universe.
• Li Fan warned the remaining Return to Ruins Demon Gods not to cross the boundary again, and Nuwa left the Earth Immortal Realm’s conflict to the human race.
• Wang Mang sensed the demons’ deaths as Liu Xiu led his righteous army from Nanyang toward Chang'an to slay the Demon Lord and restore the Godly Han.

Wang Mang stopped Liu Xiu’s meteorite attack, but half the Heavenly Realm then crashed down and trapped him beneath Chang'an City. The stranded immortals settled beside Liu Xiu’s army while Wang Mang remained imprisoned and refused to accept defeat.

• Wang Mang caught Liu Xiu’s meteorite with a demonic palm and shattered it, then prepared to crush the rebel army.
• Half the Heavenly Realm fell from the sky and sealed Wang Mang and Chang'an City beneath its wreckage.
• Nezha, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, the Seven Fairy Maidens, and other immortals fell with the wreckage, while Liu Xiu’s army celebrated its victory.
• The immortals discovered they could not return to the Heavenly Court, and Liu Xiu offered them temporary lodging in Han territory.
• The immortals established a residence beside the Han camp as Wang Mang raged beneath the wreckage and insisted he had not completely lost.

The Heavenly Human Five Declines spread across the Three Realms, weakening immortals, mortals, kingdoms, and even the Five Heavenly Realms. Goddess Taiyuan stabilized the realms with the Light of Taisu as Buddhist and Taoist factions maneuvered amid the collapse, while the calamity continued to worsen.

• Haotian watched the Heavenly Han's fragile order and Liu Xiu sensed that human stability had already collapsed.
• The Five Declines ravaged the Three Realms, aging Liu Xiu, dimming the gods, and destroying the fallen half of the Heavenly Realm.
• Li Fan, Baili, and Nuwa witnessed the decay, while Nuwa said the Five Declines were another cycle of fire, wind, and frost.
• Goddess Taiyuan invoked the Light of Taisu to stabilize the Five Heavenly Realms and preserve a glimmer of life for Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans saw their ancestral lands and powers wither as their leaders confronted the calamity.
• Zhunti and Jieyin used the turmoil to expand Buddhism, while Taishang Daode Tianzun accepted disciples and the Three Pure Ones agreed to consider Huang Tian's Taiping Dao joining Taoism under their authority.

After the Prehistoric Universe declined into a mortal age, Li Fan summoned its surviving powers to Grand Unity Heaven and established cultivating the truth as the new order. The old Immortal Dao’s realms began to change as the universe’s destiny shifted.

• Four epochs passed, the Prehistoric Universe fell into desolation, and its ancient powers withdrew while mortal dynasties rose and fell.
• Li Fan gathered the surviving supreme figures in Grand Unity Heaven to discuss the Prehistoric Universe’s future order.
• Li Fan declared an era of cultivating the truth, centered on the true self, the Great Dao, and the Original Mind.
• Li Fan set rules for all races to cultivate the truth, preserve Humanity Dao and the Human Realm, and allow successful cultivators to receive ranks in Grand Unity Heaven.
• Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin questioned Li Fan’s intentions, while Cangli Clan left feeling that the world no longer belonged to him.
• Li Fan and the goddesses discussed the new order, and the Immortal Dao’s cultivation realms began to change.

A He, born without a spirit root, learned that she could cultivate through her mortal heart and eventually became a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, while A Chen died after reaching Foundation Establishment. In Grand Unity Heaven, Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu reflected on cultivation and the meaning of invincibility.

• A Chen tested as having a mid-grade Fire Spirit Root, while A He’s test showed no spirit root.
• The old man comforted A He, telling her that cultivation was not limited to those with spirit roots and that he cultivated the Mortal Heart.
• Linghe met A He, recognized her steadfast Dao Heart, and took her away to teach her the Human Emperor’s Secret Transmission.
• A He cultivated with a mortal body and became an immortal, while A Chen spent thirty years in Qi Refining, reached Foundation Establishment, and died about a hundred years later.
• A He returned to their hometown, placed A Chen’s jade pendant beside his grave, and later attained Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu discussed how cultivation differed across levels of existence and how the heart’s Dao could reach invincibility.

Zhang Jiao led Huang Tian’s Yellow Turban rebellion against the Great Han, while the Three Pure Ones and the Heavenly Court treated the conflict as a struggle over power and orthodoxy. As the rebellion spread, King Guangmu ordered the Heavenly Court forces to stay behind and guard the Heavenly Realm’s ruins.

• Huang Tian descended through Zhang Jiao, who rallied starving people and declared the Great Han’s end as the Yellow Turbans rose across the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tian called on Thunder Duke and Lightning Mother to unleash divine lightning, destroying Han forces and defenses as Yellow Turban Warriors swept through the land.
• Taishang Daode Tianzun, Primordial Lord of Heaven, and Lingbao Tianzun discussed using Huang Tian’s rebellion to disrupt the Three Realms Structure and guard against the Buddhist Sect.
• Li Fan watched the war spread and concluded that the year Jiazi would bring great calamity rather than fortune.
• Nezha slipped away from King Guangmu, while Li Jing and the heavenly soldiers showed no desire to confront Huang Tian or become entangled in the conflict.
• King Guangmu ordered the Heavenly Court forces to hold the ruins of the Heavenly Realm and keep their grand formation sealed unless attacked.

Huang Tian and Zhunti fought a devastating battle over the order of heaven and earth until Houtu intervened. Li Fan descended as the Heavenly Emperor and sealed Huang Tian and Zhunti with the Chaos Bell, ending the clash and leaving the Buddhist Sect caught in the punishment.

• Haotian and the Buddhist Sect confronted Zhang Jiao outside Julu, and Haotian accused him of being guilty.
• Huang Tian descended as Zhunti arrived, and the two began a battle that drew the Buddhist Sect into Zhunti's Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
• Huang Tian and Zhunti shattered layers of heaven and Buddhist kingdoms as their laws collided, threatening the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Houtu emerged from the origin of the Earth Immortal Realm and ordered Huang Tian to stop.
• Li Fan descended with the Chaos Bell and sealed Huang Tian, while Houtu restrained Jieyin and Zhunti accepted the punishment.

As the Three Kingdoms era began, Lu Bu drew on the Po Jun Star and overwhelmed the heroes at Hulao Pass. Li Fan watched from Grand Unity Heaven and left the mortal generals to decide their own fates.

• After the old upheavals subsided, the Three Kingdoms era began and the Martial Path rose among mortals.
• At Hulao Pass, Lu Bu summoned the power of the Po Jun Star and challenged the eighteen lords.
• Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Liu Bei attacked Lu Bu, but Lu Bu knocked Liu Bei from his horse and unleashed his strongest strike.
• Lu Bu’s Po Jun: Ghost God World Destruction shattered Guan Yu’s blade light and Zhang Fei’s spear momentum, hurling both men and their horses away.
• Lu Bu declared the Human Realm’s heroes inferior to his ghost god Po Jun as his soldiers cheered.
• In Grand Unity Heaven, Li Fan said the heroes could decide their own fates as the Three Kingdoms era unfolded.

With Zhunti and Tathagata trapped beneath the Chaos Bell, Randeng and the Three Pure Ones arranged for a fake Golden Cicada to replace the real one and boost the Buddhist sect’s fortune. Li Fan and the rulers of Grand Unity Palace watched the scheme unfold and declared that Zhunti, Huang Tian, and Tathagata would remain sealed for eighteen kalpas or longer.

• Randeng, aided by the Three Pure Ones, arranged to give a fake Golden Cicada some of the real Golden Cicada’s origin, while Jieyin mistook the fake’s flourishing Buddha Light for a sign of the Buddhist sect’s destined rise.
• Guanyin’s Dharma Form unknowingly enlightened a young monk with the Greater Vehicle Vajra Dharma Body Method, and his cultivation grew until he looked more like Golden Cicada than the real one.
• The real and fake Golden Cicadas together caused Spirit Mountain’s fortune to surge, leading Grand Unity Experts to declare the Buddhist sect’s rise inevitable.
• Goddess Taiyuan revealed that the Golden Cicadas had been swapped, and Li Fan agreed with Empress Ziguang that the factions could pursue their schemes while the Grand Unity Palace watched.
• Li Fan announced that Zhunti, Huang Tian, and Tathagata would remain sealed beneath the Chaos Bell for eighteen kalpas or longer, and the bell proclaimed that their release would be discussed when the time was right.