Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian gathered the allied forces to confront the Heavenly Court and the Western Teachings at Mount Tao. He led the coalition into battle, leaving the two sides fighting amid the chaos above the mountain.

• Ox-Head told Yang Jian that Empress Pingxin had ordered the underworld to kill anyone who obstructed him, whatever the cost.
• The human cultivators, Dragon Clan, Witch Clan, Asura warriors, and underworld forces surrounded the Heavenly Court and Western Teachings.
• Yang Jian thanked his allies and promised to visit each of them after the matter was settled.
• Yang Jian shouted for the coalition to attack and charged the enemy first, followed by Di Xin and Ao Lie.
• The coalition of five forces overwhelmed the Heavenly Court and Western Teachings as spells and divine abilities filled the skies above Mount Tao.

Yang Jian, Di Xin, and Ao Lie nearly defeated Jia Ye before Saint Zhunti intervened with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, suppressing everyone on Mount Tao. Zhunti’s arrival left the disciples facing a Saint without their master’s protection.

• Yang Jian and his fellow disciples overwhelmed Jia Ye, who struggled to fend them off and feared defeat.
• Saint Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree appeared and unleashed an aura that suppressed everyone on Mount Tao.
• Jia Ye recognized the Saint’s treasure and called on the others to surrender, while Yang Jian, Di Xin, and Ao Lie retreated.
• Saint Zhunti emerged, and Di Xin recognized him as the same Saint whose incarnation he had slain before.
• Onlooking great powers criticized Zhunti for interfering in a fight between younger cultivators.

Saint Zhunti arrived to suppress Yang Jian and the others after Jia Ye failed to defeat them, but Di Xin stepped forward to confront him. Di Xin gathered fortune into a massive blade, preparing to use the Three Forms of Saint Slaying again.

• Jia Ye appealed to Saint Zhunti for help after Yang Jian and the others defeated him.
• Ao Lie and the others mocked Jia Ye, prompting Zhunti to silence them with Saintly pressure.
• Zhunti offered to forgive Yang Jian if he submitted to the Western Teachings, but Yang Jian refused.
• Di Xin stopped Yang Jian and declared that he would kill Zhunti's incarnation again.
• Di Xin gathered fortune in his hand and formed a massive blade as Zhunti recognized the attack that had destroyed his incarnation.

Di Xin attacked Saint Zhunti with all three forms of Saint Slaying, but Zhunti survived because Di Xin lacked the cultivation to wield the technique at its full power. Chen Changsheng understood why the attack failed and prepared to answer the Western Teachings’ escalation with backup of his own.

• Di Xin unleashed all three forms of Saint Slaying against Saint Zhunti, hoping to kill him.
• Saint Zhunti emerged unharmed and mocked Di Xin for thinking he could slay a Saint in his current state.
• Di Xin was shocked that his powerful technique had failed, while Jia Ye watched in astonishment.
• Chen Changsheng recalled that Di Xin’s earlier victory had depended on favorable circumstances, immense human fate and fortune, and Chen Changsheng’s support.
• Chen Changsheng accepted that Di Xin had done well against a Saint’s incarnation and resolved that Changsheng Palace would not be left without backup.

Chen Changsheng sent Kong Xuan to Mount Tao to confront Saint Zhunti, while Golden Winged Great Peng was told to stay and watch. On Mount Tao, Saint Zhunti blocked Yang Jian’s attempt to split the mountain, leaving the battle unresolved as Kong Xuan descended to intervene.

• Chen Changsheng ordered Kong Xuan to fight Saint Zhunti, and Kong Xuan eagerly set out for Mount Tao.
• Golden Winged Great Peng asked to join the battle, but Chen Changsheng assigned him to watch the projection instead.
• Saint Zhunti suppressed the battlefield, and Di Xin abandoned his attempt to create a legend and retreated.
• Saint Zhunti ordered Yang Jian, Di Xin, and Ao Lie to leave Mount Tao, but Yang Jian refused and swung the Sky-Opening Divine Axe.
• Saint Zhunti stopped Yang Jian’s attack, leaving Yang Jian enraged and desperate to continue.

Yang Jian, Di Xin, and Ao Lie struggled against Daoist Zhunti’s overwhelming suppression until Kong Xuan arrived and broke it. Kong Xuan sent the three disciples back and prepared to fight Zhunti’s incarnation himself.

• Yang Jian poured out his strength and charged Daoist Zhunti, who halted and pinned him with a casual attack.
• Di Xin and Ao Lie joined Yang Jian, and the three martial brothers briefly weakened Zhunti’s suppression through their combined resistance.
• Zhunti increased his power and overwhelmed the three, while the five allied armies could not reach them.
• Kong Xuan shattered Zhunti’s suppression with a single attack and appeared before the three disciples.
• Kong Xuan told Yang Jian, Di Xin, and Ao Lie to stand back as he prepared to slay Zhunti’s incarnation.

Kong Xuan confronted Daoist Zhunti after discovering that Zhunti had interfered with Changsheng Palace. He countered Zhunti’s pressure and challenged him with an evolved divine ability, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Daoist Zhunti recognized Kong Xuan and learned that he had joined Yang Jian’s Changsheng Palace.
• Zhunti tried to force Kong Xuan to withdraw by unleashing his cultivation pressure, but Kong Xuan dispersed it in his phoenix form.
• Kong Xuan threatened Zhunti and attacked with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Zhunti countered the attack with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, which was a higher-grade treasure.
• Kong Xuan declared that even saints were not invincible and activated the Chaos Nine-Colored Divine Ability.

Kong Xuan used the Chaos Nine-Colored Divine Ability to overwhelm Zhunti’s incarnation and sweep away his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and cultivation. With Zhunti trying to recall the weakened incarnation, Kong Xuan urged Yang Jian to finish him off, and Yang Jian attacked.

• Kong Xuan unleashed the Chaos Nine-Colored Divine Ability, breaking through Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and blasting him into a battered state.
• The divine ability swept away Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and reduced his cultivation to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Zhunti’s true body decided to recall the incarnation rather than risk losing it, but Kong Xuan called on Yang Jian to strike.
• Yang Jian ignored Zhunti’s pleas and activated his divine ability.

Yang Jian killed Daoist Zhunti’s wounded Saint’s Incarnation with the golden light of his third eye, prompting bloody rain over Mount Tao. Zhunti’s true body swore revenge on Kong Xuan and Yang Jian but could not act because Saints were forbidden to intervene before the great tribulation.

• Yang Jian opened his third eye and unleashed golden light at the wounded Daoist Zhunti.
• Yang Jian’s attack destroyed Zhunti’s Saint’s Incarnation, leaving no ashes behind.
• Bloody snow fell from the heavens as witnesses reacted with shock to the incarnation’s death.
• Zhunti’s true body awakened in the Western Teachings and grew furious at Kong Xuan and Yang Jian.
• Zhunti considered attacking them but held back because Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s rule barred Saints from acting before the great tribulation.
• Zhunti looked toward Mount Tao and vowed that he could have suppressed Kong Xuan if Saints were allowed to act.

After Yang Jian killed Zhunti's Saint's Incarnation, the Jade Emperor Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court's forces to withdraw from Mount Tao. Yang Jian prepared to split the mountain and rescue his mother, leaving the onlookers expecting the rescue to begin.

• Daoist Zhunti watched from the Western Teachings and doubted Yang Jian could split Mount Tao.
• Yang Jian challenged the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals after killing Zhunti's Saint's Incarnation, while Kong Xuan stood beside him.
• The Jade Emperor Haotian ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to leave Mount Tao, and the Western forces fled as well.
• Yang Jian saw the way clear to Mount Tao and resolved to rescue his mother.
• Yang Jian surged with mana and walked through the air toward Mount Tao as the watching Primordial Immortals and great powers fixed their attention on him.

Yang Jian tried to free his mother by splitting Mount Tao, but a talisman infused with Saint Zhunti’s Origin prevented the mountain from breaking. Haotian realized Zhunti had schemed against his sister, but he could not break the talisman himself.

• Yang Jian raised his divine axe and struck Mount Tao with Heaven Splitting and Earthly Creation.
• Mount Tao shook violently but remained intact, astonishing Yang Jian and the watching experts.
• A talisman containing a Saint’s Origin appeared and suppressed Mount Tao.
• Haotian recognized the talisman’s power as Zhunti’s and angrily accused him of scheming against Yao Ji.
• Haotian realized that only a Saint could break the talisman and that he could not free his sister himself.

Yang Jian and Kong Xuan could not break the Saint's Origin Daoist Zhunti had left to suppress Mount Tao, leaving Yao Ji trapped. Chen Changsheng decided to help his despondent disciple, while Yang Jian launched another futile strike.

• Yang Jian's full-power attack failed to shake Mount Tao, and the onlookers concluded that only a Saint could break the talisman.
• Kong Xuan and Yang Jian were left helpless as Daoist Zhunti mocked them and threatened to erase them during the tribulation.
• Chen Changsheng saw Yang Jian's distress from Changsheng Palace and sent a spiritual treasure carrying killing intent into the heavens.
• Jade Emperor Haotian regretted that the Heavenly Court could not remove the Saint's Origin, and Yang Jian struck Mount Tao again without effect.

The God-Slaying Spear appeared and pierced through the saint's origin protecting Mount Tao, allowing Yang Jian and his allies to hope that Yao Ji could be saved. Daoist Zhunti suspected that the force behind Yang Jian had intervened and vowed to find the hidden expert, while Haotian rejoiced as the origin was ground away.

• A terrifying aura appeared, and the God-Slaying Spear plunged into Mount Tao and pierced the saint's origin.
• The prehistoric world's mighty experts recognized the spear as Luohu's former treasure and wondered who wielded it.
• Yang Jian and Kong Xuan realized that their master had made a move, while Daoist Zhunti suspected the force behind Yang Jian.
• The God-Slaying Spear's killing aura began grinding away the saint's origin, and Haotian was delighted.

Yang Jian shattered Mount Tao and freed his mother, Yao Ji, from its suppression. As they reunited, Yao Ji tried to protect him from the Heavenly Soldiers, while Yang Jian told her he had come to rescue her.

• Yang Jian shattered the Saint's Origin and split Mount Tao apart with his divine axe.
• Yao Ji was revealed atop a lotus flower and sensed that Mount Tao's suppressive force had vanished.
• Yang Jian hurried to Yao Ji and called her Mother.
• Yao Ji recognized Erlang and shielded him from the Heavenly Soldiers, telling him to run.
• Yang Jian reassured Yao Ji that he had come to rescue her and that the Heavenly Soldiers were nothing to fear.

Yang Jian and his allies freed Fairy Yao Ji from Mount Tao, where she reunited with Yang Jian and Yang Chan. The family embraced as immortals and powerful figures watched.

• Kong Xuan reassured Fairy Yao Ji that Yang Jian had overcome every obstacle and introduced himself as a quasi-saint ally.
• Yang Jian told his mother that the Witch Clan, Underworld, Dragon Clan, and other forces were on their side.
• Ao Lie identified himself as Dragon Emperor and Yang Jian's junior disciple brother, shocking Fairy Yao Ji.
• Fairy Yao Ji recognized Yang Jian and Yang Chan, and the three tearfully embraced after their reunion.
• Great powers and immortals watched the family embrace and reflected on the feelings that remained even after attaining immortality.

After rescuing Yao Ji from beneath Mount Tao, Yang Jian thanked the allies who had helped him and returned toward Changsheng Palace with his mother and Kong Xuan. As the battle’s witnesses departed, a system message announced that a recruitable disciple had been discovered.

• Haotian watched Yang Jian rescue Yao Ji and rejoiced that his sister had suffered no further harm.
• Yang Jian thanked the Witch Clan, the underworld, the Asura Race, Ao Lie, and Di Xin for helping him at Mount Tao.
• Ao Lie returned to the Dragon Clan, while Di Xin departed for Chaoge.
• Yang Jian and Yao Ji left Mount Tao with Kong Xuan, who carried them toward Changsheng Palace.
• The great powers departed after witnessing the battle, and a recruitable disciple was discovered.

Sage Zhunti failed to identify the faction behind Yang Jian and suspected a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal might be involved. Yang Jian and Kong Xuan brought Fairy Yao Ji to Changsheng Palace, where she and Yang Chan marveled at its Dao aura and wondered about Yang Jian’s master.

• Sage Zhunti found that the God-Slaying Spear had erased the Saint's Origin he left behind.
• Zhunti tried to deduce the faction behind Yang Jian but could not see through the fog, and he considered whether a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal stood behind them.
• Yang Jian and Kong Xuan brought Fairy Yao Ji back to Changsheng Palace.
• Yao Ji recognized Changsheng Palace as extraordinary, while Yang Chan praised its dense Dao aura and wondered about Yang Jian’s master.
• Yang Jian led everyone into Changsheng Palace after telling Yao Ji what had happened to him.

Yang Jian brought his mother, Yao Ji, to Changsheng Palace to meet his master, Chen Changsheng. Yao Ji thanked Chen Changsheng for saving her and recognized his extraordinary cultivation.

• Yang Jian recalled that Chen Changsheng had helped him rescue Yao Ji at Mount Tao and felt grateful to his master.
• Yao Ji admired the Dao aura of Changsheng Palace and urged Yang Jian to serve Chen Changsheng well.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird greeted Yang Jian and led him and his companions into the main hall.
• Yang Jian introduced Yao Ji to Chen Changsheng, and both bowed to him.
• Chen Changsheng told Yao Ji that there was no need for such courtesy.

Chen Changsheng discovered that Lingzhuzi was the system’s next recruitable disciple and realized he was destined to become Nezha. He left the encounter determined to take Lingzhuzi as his disciple in the future.

• Yao Ji bowed to Chen Changsheng to thank him for teaching Yang Jian, while Yang Chan curiously studied him.
• The system announced a recruitable disciple, and Chen Changsheng checked the people present for its marker.
• Chen Changsheng found the marker above Lingzhuzi, whom Yang Jian introduced as Empress Nuwa’s Daoist Boy.
• Lingzhuzi greeted Chen Changsheng respectfully, and Chen Changsheng recognized him as Nezha’s previous incarnation.
• Chen Changsheng resolved that Lingzhuzi would not escape becoming his disciple.

Chen Changsheng gave Lingzhuzi an Innate Spiritual Treasure and resolved to keep him from becoming Taiyi Zhenren’s disciple. After rescuing Yao Ji, Yang Jian and Yang Chan asked her where their father and eldest brother were being held so they could save them too.

• Chen Changsheng welcomed Lingzhuzi and gave him an Innate Spiritual Treasure as a meeting gift.
• Lingzhuzi accepted the treasure, and Chen Changsheng privately considered him his disciple.
• Yang Chan, Yao Ji, and Yang Jian were astonished by Chen Changsheng’s generosity.
• Yang Jian asked Yao Ji where their father and eldest brother were imprisoned.
• Yang Chan joined Yang Jian in asking Yao Ji for the information they needed to rescue them.