Chapter Summaries

The seventeen Saints completed the Kunlun Heavenly Pillar, connecting Heaven and Earth and bringing merit and stability to the Great Desolation. As the Heavenly Realm gained a secure foundation, Bai Ze foresaw that the Demon Race’s clans might begin competing for its land and resources while Di Jun pursued a breakthrough.

• The seventeen Saints finished opening the Kunlun Heavenly Road, and merit from Heaven, Earth, and the Human Path descended upon them.
• The Ancestral Witches, Three Pure Ones, Empress Nuwa, and Zhen Yuanzi gained merit and strengthened their ties to their respective paths.
• The Heavenly Gate opened atop Kunlun Mountain, giving its residents a direct route to the Heavenly Realm and raising their status as guardians of the Heavenly Pillar.
• Bai Ze and the Demon Saints sensed that the new pillar had made the Heavenly Realm and the Great Desolation more stable.
• Bai Ze recognized that the safer Heavenly Realm could intensify conflicts between Demon Race clans and wondered whether Di Jun intended to abandon the Demon Race while seeking sainthood.

After completing Kunlun Mountain, the Saints and Ancestral Witches traveled west to rebuild Mount Sumeru as the third pillar supporting the sky. They began preparing to reshape its damaged roots and the Western Continent’s earth veins, while Nuwa and Fuxi protected the surviving living beings.

• Bai Ze foresaw that the blessings and competition for heavenly domains would weaken the Demon Race’s unity.
• The strengthening of Kunlun Mountain eased Buzhou Mountain’s burden, and Hongjun approved of the change.
• Gong Gong led the Saints and Ancestral Witches west to begin rebuilding Mount Sumeru.
• The Saints praised the Ancestral Witches for previously saving Mount Sumeru, and Houtu proposed restoring it as a Heavenly Pillar.
• Di Jiang raised the Twelve Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, manifesting Pangu’s Golden Body of Merit as the group prepared to break and reshape the mountain.
• Nuwa sheltered the western survivors, Fuxi arrived to help protect them and sort out the earth veins, and Houtu told Lu Jun he did not need to stay for the long reconstruction.

After Lu Jun left the Western Lands, Hongjun pushed Jieyin and Zhunti’s Saint imprints back into the distant future to prevent their return from disrupting the effort to support the sky. Lu Jun returned to his evolving stellar void, where Demon Race members and Severing Sect disciples were forging artifacts, and began explaining the stars’ origins to Zhao Gongming and Bi Xiao.

• The Saints and Ancestral Witches praised Lu Jun for warning them about the danger to the Prehistoric World, while he credited Zhen Yuanzi for the plan to make Mount Sumeru a Heavenly Pillar.
• Lu Jun departed for his stellar void as the Saints began restoring Mount Sumeru, stirring Jieyin and Zhunti’s dormant Saint imprints in the River of Time.
• Hongjun judged that Jieyin and Zhunti were not ready to return and used Heavenly Dao’s power to send their imprints farther into the future.
• Lu Jun arrived at his stellar void and found Demon Race members and Severing Sect disciples using Innate Spiritual Treasures as artifact-forging tools.
• Zhao Gongming and Bi Xiao asked Lu Jun how he had made the stellar worlds evolve, and he modestly attributed their origin to a fortunate coincidence involving Ancestor Minghe’s discussion with Tai Yi.

Lu Jun explained that advancing his star-based cultivation required an immense number of Spiritual Treasures, prompting concern among the Severing Sect disciples and an angry confrontation with Demon Race experts. As the two sides neared a clash, Hongjun began the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation by manipulating Changer Dingguang Xian’s resentment and promising him a divine position.

• Lu Jun told the assembled disciples that he needed 129,600 Spiritual Treasures to advance to the late stage of the Grand Unity Immortal realm.
• Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Zhao Gongming praised Lu Jun’s ambitious path, while Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao worried about his limited cultivation and defenses.
• Demon Race experts insulted the Severing Sect disciples and defended Lu Jun, provoking the disciples to retaliate and threaten a fight.
• Changer Dingguang Xian, Qiushou Xian, and Lingya Xian joined the Severing Sect’s defense as both sides’ powers collided in the Star Dao Field.
• Hongjun watched from Zixiao Palace, tugged a karmic thread linked to Changer Dingguang Xian, and declared that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would begin with his resentment, promising him an immortal divine position.

Hongjun secretly stirred Changer Dingguang Xian’s jealousy and resentment, prompting him to challenge Lu Jun under the pretense of helping the sect. Lu Jun accepted the spar, and the two faced each other in the open void.

• Hongjun’s intent magnified Changer Dingguang Xian’s jealousy, humiliation, and anger.
• Lu Jun calmed the Demon Race and Severing Sect disciples and said he trusted his own strength.
• Changer Dingguang Xian challenged Lu Jun, drawing objections from Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao.
• Changer Dingguang Xian recalled feeling trapped in the role of the Sect Master’s pet and resented the other disciples’ status.
• Changer Dingguang Xian claimed a spar would prove the Severing Sect’s strength, and Lu Jun agreed to exchange moves.
• Lu Jun and Changer Dingguang Xian flew into the open void and prepared to begin.

Lu Jun revealed his terrifying physical strength and destroyed Changer Dingguang Xian’s body with one punch, leaving the Severing Sect disciples stunned. Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul survived, while Lu Jun apologized and the others played along by calling it a sparring accident.

• Changer Dingguang Xian attacked Lu Jun with the full force of his Grand Unity Golden Immortal mana.
• Lu Jun revealed his Neutron Star Ancestral Witch body, closed the distance, and shattered the Immortal Light with a punch.
• Lu Jun’s punch destroyed Changer Dingguang Xian’s immortal body, leaving only his soul behind.
• The Severing Sect disciples stood in shock as the Demon Race celebrated Lu Jun’s victory.
• Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul demanded to know how Lu Jun could be so powerful, while Lu Jun realized a spatial fluctuation had caused the punch to hit harder than intended.
• Lu Jun apologized for failing to hold back, and Zhao Gongming and the others called the incident an accident during sparring.

Lu Jun defeated Changer Dingguang Xian, whose soul then resisted the Underworld bailiffs sent to collect him. Di Jiang reported the dispute to Tongtian, who learned that Lu Jun had destroyed Changer Dingguang Xian's body in a spar.

• Yun Xiao and the other disciples defended Lu Jun, while Changer Dingguang Xian grew resentful and vowed revenge after reshaping his body.
• Changer Dingguang Xian blamed his defeat on the Myriad Immortals Array, but Yun Xiao said she had sensed no Array Formation being used.
• Ghost Gate Pass appeared, and two Lesser Wu arrived to escort Changer Dingguang Xian's soul to the Underworld for judgment; he resisted and forced them back.
• The Lesser Wu reported the resistance to Di Jiang, who told Tongtian that Changer Dingguang Xian had obstructed the Underworld's work.
• Tongtian inspected the scene, and Houtu's Book of Life and Death revealed that Lu Jun had blown apart Changer Dingguang Xian's body with one punch during a spar.

After Houtu and the Saints rebuked Tongtian for failing to protect Lu Jun, Da Yi and Xing Tian arrived at the Ghost Gate Pass to enforce Reincarnation on Changer Dingguang Xian. Lu Jun denied involvement and approved proceeding according to the law, leaving Changer Dingguang Xian trapped by Da Yi’s Soul-Reaping Chain.

• Houtu criticized Tongtian for allowing his disciples to bully Lu Jun, while Primeval Lord of Heaven and Laozi urged Tongtian to discipline the Severing Sect.
• Tongtian agreed that Di Jiang could handle Changer Dingguang Xian’s resisting soul according to the rules.
• Houtu suspected Lu Jun had killed Changer Dingguang Xian for a hidden reason and resolved to watch the Severing Sect more closely.
• Great Witches Da Yi and Xing Tian arrived at the Ghost Gate Pass and rebuked Changer Dingguang Xian for resisting Reincarnation.
• Da Yi greeted Lu Jun, who denied ordering the soul’s resistance and told the Great Witch to proceed according to the law.
• Da Yi bound Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul with the Soul-Reaping Chain, and Changer Dingguang Xian begged the Severing Sect disciples for help.

A mysterious phantom of the Investiture of the Gods seized Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul before the Underworld could reap it, shocking everyone at Ghost Gate Pass. The Saints and Ancestral Witches sensed the Heavenly Dao’s intervention, while Lu Jun feared the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would still begin despite his changes.

• Severing Sect disciples pressured Lu Jun to plead for Changer Dingguang Xian, but Yun Xiao condemned them for staying silent until the Great Witches came to reap his soul.
• A phantom of the Investiture of the Gods appeared and forcibly absorbed Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul from the Soul-Reaping Chain.
• Da Yi, Xing Tian, Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiāo, and the other disciples stared in shock as Lu Jun wondered why the Investiture of the Gods had appeared.
• Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Laozi sensed the event and questioned whether the Heavenly Dao had intervened and what the scroll-shaped artifact was.
• The Ancestral Witches demanded to know how a Heavenly Dao artifact could seize souls that belonged to the Underworld.

Houtu and the Three Pure Ones suspected Hongjun had arranged for Lu Jun to reform the Severing Sect after Changer Dingguang Xian’s death. Tongtian agreed to investigate and discipline his sect, while Hongjun’s earlier actions revealed he had deliberately shifted Changer Dingguang Xian beneath Lu Jun’s fist.

• Ju Mang, Di Jiang, and the other Ancestral Witches questioned how Hongjun’s authority had taken control of Changer Dingguang Xian’s soul.
• Houtu connected Hongjun’s intervention to the treasures he had given Lu Jun and suspected Lu Jun’s deeper purpose in joining the Severing Sect was to rectify it.
• Zhen Yuanzi explained the gourd’s importance to Lu Jun, and Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven concluded that Hongjun had long been watching and supporting him.
• Houtu demanded that Tongtian investigate the Severing Sect and give Lu Jun a satisfactory explanation, and Tongtian agreed to act at once.
• At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun revealed that he had shifted Changer Dingguang Xian beneath Lu Jun’s fist so the punch would kill him.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun turned the Investiture of the Gods from a voluntary exchange into a tool for punishing those who defied Heavenly Dao order, then summoned the Saints on Mount Sumeru to discuss it. He brought Lu Jun before them and unexpectedly called him his disciple-grandson, leaving Lu Jun and the Saints stunned.

• Hongjun decided that those who obstructed the Heavenly Dao would be confined in divine positions and punished with the God-Beating Whip.
• Hongjun used the Investiture of the Gods to seize Changer Dingguang Xian's soul before Xing Tian and Da Yi could claim it.
• Hongjun projected himself onto Mount Sumeru and gathered the seventeen Saints to discuss the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun summoned Lu Jun to Mount Sumeru, where Lu Jun feared he would be entered into the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun reassured Lu Jun and called him his disciple-grandson, shocking everyone present.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun called Lu Jun his grand-disciple, welcomed him to his side, and explained that Lu Jun’s actions had helped stabilize and expand the Prehistoric World. Hongjun then addressed the Saints and began recognizing the great merits that had repaired and strengthened Heaven and Earth.

• Hongjun called Lu Jun his grand-disciple, shocking the Saints and leaving Lu Jun bewildered.
• Hongjun reasoned that Lu Jun had converged with a future version of himself across timelines and wanted to study his path.
• Lu Jun accepted Hongjun as his grandmaster and went to stand beside him.
• Hongjun told the Saints that the Ancestral Witches had mended the Earthly Dao, Kunlun had erected the Heavenly Pillar, Mount Sumeru had erected the Earthly Pillar, and Lu Jun had opened the stars.
• Hongjun declared that these deeds had stabilized and repaired the Prehistoric World, expanded its borders, and strengthened the Heavenly Dao Origin.

Hongjun revealed a merciless plan to force all beings to help expand and stabilize the Prehistoric World, using the Investiture of the Gods as an eternal prison for those who resisted. Lu Jun recognized the familiar cruelty in Hongjun and saw Changer Dingguang Xian become the first example of the punishment.

• The Saints realized Hongjun had long watched Lu Jun, and Houtu concluded that forming Karma with him could benefit the Witch Race.
• Hongjun declared that beings who obstructed the Prehistoric World's development were vermin who should be purged.
• Hongjun explained that the Investiture of the Gods and God-Beating Whip would bind and punish those who withheld resources or caused internal conflict.
• Hongjun condemned Changer Dingguang Xian to eternal imprisonment and torment, demonstrating the punishment with a crack of the whip.
• Lu Jun felt relieved to see Hongjun's familiar cruelty and recognized Changer Dingguang Xian as a warning to others.

Hongjun pressed the Saints to use their treasures and resources to expand and stabilize the Prehistoric World, prompting Primeval Lord of Heaven to reveal the Three Pure Ones’ plan to create a growing Heaven and Earth. Empress Houtu realized that the plan would have overloaded and collapsed Buzhou Mountain on other Timelines, and credited Lu Jun with preventing that disaster.

• Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Houtu pledged to serve the Prehistoric World after Hongjun demanded their diligence.
• Hongjun criticized the Saints for using their Spiritual Treasures for personal cultivation and conflict instead of building Heaven and Earth.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven credited Lu Jun’s star-herding with inspiring the Three Pure Ones to use the Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, and merit to create a growing Heaven and Earth.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Nuwa reacted with astonishment to the Three Pure Ones’ ambitious plan.
• Houtu realized that the expanding Heaven would have burdened Buzhou Mountain until it collapsed on other Timelines, and understood that Lu Jun had prevented the disaster.

Lu Jun’s question led Hongjun to assign Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven’s Three Corpses to operate their supreme treasures and continuously open a New Heaven. Hongjun revealed that the task could also let the Three Corpses comprehend Pangu’s Heaven-Opening Profound Meaning, potentially giving the Saints a path to advance further.

• Lu Jun asked Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven what would happen to the Three Corpses attached to the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram if the treasures were used to open heaven indefinitely.
• Hongjun praised Lu Jun and declared that the Three Corpses could become spirits of the supreme treasures, regulating the New Heaven’s expansion.
• Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven accepted Hongjun’s decree to have their Three Corpses operate the treasures during the Opening of Heaven.
• Hongjun explained that the Three Corpses might comprehend Pangu’s Heaven-Opening Profound Meaning and that their reunification could help the Saints advance.
• The listeners reacted with astonishment at the possibility of using the Three Corpses to comprehend the Heaven-Opening Profound Meaning.

The Three Pure Ones realized that their origins and treasures made them best suited to comprehend Pangu’s Heaven Opening Profound Meaning, while Hongjun ordered spiritual treasures put to work for the Prehistoric World. He declared that those who refused to contribute could be placed on the Investiture of the Gods, then asked the Saints who should oversee the list.

• Tongtian and the other Saints understood that the Three Pure Ones could create heaven with their true bodies and use their Pangu origins and treasures to pursue the Heaven Opening Profound Meaning.
• Houtu acknowledged the Three Pure Ones’ advantage, while Lu Jun privately insisted that he had only spoken casually.
• Laozi and Yuanshi thanked Hongjun for revealing their path forward, and Laozi promised to protect Lu Jun from trouble in the Severing Sect.
• Hongjun ordered the Saints to ensure that their disciples used their Spiritual Treasures to expand and stabilize the Prehistoric World.
• Hongjun threatened to confiscate unused treasures and place their owners on the Investiture of the Gods as eternal laborers.
• Hongjun explained that the list needed the Heavenly Dao Saints’ joint endorsement and asked the Saints who should oversee it while Jieyin and Zhunti were away.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Lu Jun the Investiture of the Gods and authority to judge those who obstructed the Prehistoric World's expansion. Lu Jun accepted the role and planned to prevent the Three Teachings from wasting the world's strength in infighting by directing their disciples toward construction.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun named Lu Jun as the holder of the Investiture of the Gods, praising his achievements and judgment.
• Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, and Empress Nuwa agreed that Lu Jun should wield the list.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun bestowed the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip upon Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun resolved to use the list to prevent the Three Teachings' disciples from fighting and to direct them toward developing the Prehistoric World.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun authorized Lu Jun to list those who refused to contribute or obstructed construction and to confiscate their Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Empress Houtu watched as Wisdom flickered in her eyes.

Hongjun gave Lu Jun the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner to complete his Myriad Immortals Array, openly taking the treasure meant for Jieyin and Zhunti. The Two Sages of the West sensed their loss in the River of Time, but Hongjun struck down their attempts to awaken and left them in a deeper meditative state.

• Empress Houtu realized Hongjun was helping Lu Jun build power and deepen his ties to the Prehistoric World for the coming tribulation.
• Lu Jun understood Hongjun's intentions and promised to use his power and Spiritual Treasures to expand the Prehistoric World.
• Hongjun gave Lu Jun the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner, saying it would complete the Myriad Immortals Array.
• The Saints silently accepted Hongjun's blatant favoritism, while Tongtian worried about serving his newly accepted disciple well.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed that a crucial treasure had been lost and tried to awaken in the River of Time.
• Hongjun struck Jieyin and Zhunti's primordial spirits, forcing them into a deeper meditative state.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun left Mount Sumeru, Empress Houtu realized the Spiritual Treasure Calamity could make the Underworld compete with Sixth Prince Lu Jun for souls, so the Ancestral Witches prepared new instructions. Primeval Lord of Heaven returned to Kunlun Mountain and told the Chan Sect disciples to obey the decree or face confiscation of their treasures and punishment through the Investiture of the Gods.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun ordered the saints to continue repairing Mount Sumeru and make sure their disciples followed the new rules for using Spiritual Treasures.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed Hongjun’s growing strength, and Empress Houtu redirected them to the Spiritual Treasure Calamity.
• Empress Houtu warned that souls from the calamity could become a point of conflict between Underworld Soul-Snatching Messengers and Lu Jun, prompting the Ancestral Witches to summon the Great Witches and issue instructions.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven returned to the Jade Void Palace and gathered the Chan Sect disciples.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven explained the decree and warned that those who hoarded Spiritual Treasures or resisted the great trend could lose their treasures or have their True Spirits placed on the Investiture of the Gods.

Yuanshi told the Chan Sect that their Spiritual Treasures had to be used to benefit the Prehistoric World or their owners would face the Investiture of the Gods. After Primeval Lord of Heaven warned them that Lu Jun had punished even a high-ranking Severing Sect disciple, Immortal Weng of the South Pole proposed that Chan Sect members travel to the Star Domain to assist Lu Jun and learn his standards.

• Yuanshi announced the Spiritual Treasure Calamity and ordered Chan Sect disciples to put their treasures to righteous use or face the Investiture of the Gods.
• Chan Sect Golden Immortals worried that Lu Jun, a Severing Sect disciple, might treat them unfairly as holder of the Investiture of the Gods.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven revealed that Lu Jun had killed Changer Dingguang Xian for obstructing the development of the Prehistoric World, convincing the Chan Sect that he was impartial and ruthless.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole advised the Chan Sect to avoid seeking favors and instead learn Lu Jun's standards for what benefited the Prehistoric World.
• Immortal Weng proposed sending one or two Chan Sect disciples to the Star Domain to help Lu Jun forge Spiritual Treasures and build a favorable connection.