Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian fought Nezha until Yin Jiao and Yin Hong joined in, revealing that all three practiced the Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill. The discovery made the Expounding Sect question Yang Jian’s allegiance, while Holy Mother Gold Spirit tried to bring him to the Great Shang camp; the three youngsters struggled to capture him.

• Yang Jian gained the upper hand against Nezha by adapting to his weapons and using his body and transformations.
• Yin Jiao and Yin Hong joined the battle, and Western Qi’s forces noticed their resemblance to Yang Jian and their similar auras.
• Taoist Randeng identified the brothers’ technique as the Witch Clan’s Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill, not the Eight Nine Mysterious Technique.
• Perfected Being Yuding denied knowing Yang Jian practiced the Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill, while Nánjí questioned how he had taught his disciple.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit concluded Yang Jian was the Great King’s son and urged him to feign defeat and come to the Great Shang camp, but Yang Jian refused to waver.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit told Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong to capture Yang Jian, and Yin Jiao urged Nezha to use his artifacts.

Nezha used his magic treasures to battle Yang Jian, who escaped his bindings through transformation but was caught in the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map. Nezha left Yin Jiao and Yin Hong impressed with his cleverness.

• Nezha attacked Yang Jian with the Universe Ring, Armillary Sash, and Fire Tipped Spear, while Yang Jian fought back with the Nine Revolutions Mystical Art.
• Perfected Being Yuding flew to help Yang Jian, but Holy Mother Guiling struck him with the Sun and Moon Pearls.
• Yang Jian escaped the Armillary Sash by transforming and concealed himself as a tiny insect, while Nezha prepared to search for him.
• Nezha activated Nuwa the Sage's Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map, trapping Yang Jian as he tried to reach Perfected Being Yuding.
• Nezha explained his strategy, and Yin Jiao and Yin Hong praised him for being clever.

After Yang Jian was trapped in the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map, Perfected Being Yuding tried to seize Nezha, but Nánjí exposed the map and intervened with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi. Holy Mother Gold Spirit blocked Nánjí’s attack on Nezha and challenged the Expounding Sect to fight to the death.

• Perfected Being Yuding attacked Nezha to rescue Yang Jian, but Nezha turned the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map against him.
• Nánjí struck the hidden map with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, forcing it into view and nearly pulling Nezha from the air.
• Nánjí sent the Jade Ruyi at Nezha, and Holy Mother Gold Spirit blocked it with the Qingping Sword.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit mocked Teacher Randeng and the Expounding Sect, while Holy Mother Guiling rebuked Chijingzi.
• Perfected Being Yuding proposed releasing Yang Jian in exchange for a truce, but Holy Mother Gold Spirit refused and declared she would fight to the death.
• The Expounding Sect disciples urged Nánjí to attack Holy Mother Gold Spirit and her allies.

Holy Mother Gold Spirit and the others fought Nánjí, Maitreya, and the Expounding Sect while trying to capture Perfected Being Yuding. Nezha revealed the Creation Qiankun Cauldron, which saved him from Maitreya’s attack and trapped Yuding, then explained that Goddess Nüwa had secretly given him the treasure.

• Holy Mother Gold Spirit blocked the enemy’s attacks with the Four Symbols Pagoda and ordered Holy Mother Guiling to capture Perfected Being Yuding.
• Nezha sent the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map toward Yuding as Nánjí attacked with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and Taiji Diagram.
• Maitreya used Jieyin's Treasure Banner to target Nezha while Yuding tried to seize the map, but the Creation Qiankun Cauldron appeared and stopped the attack.
• Nezha sent the cauldron after Yuding, and it sucked both him and the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map inside before striking the Taiji Diagram.
• Nezha told Holy Mother Gold Spirit that Goddess Nüwa had secretly given him the Creation Qiankun Cauldron before he left.

Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Nezha faced Nánjí and Randeng’s demand to release Jade Cauldron and his disciple. Though Nánjí proposed a truce to avoid a deadly battle, Holy Mother Gold Spirit refused to surrender her captives and remained ready to fight.

• Nezha taunted the Expounding Sect disciples and warned them that he would report anyone who cursed him to Goddess Nüwa, silencing them.
• Nánjí and Randeng considered the Creation Qiankun Cauldron’s power and recognized that continuing the battle could cost their side more disciples.
• Nánjí urged Holy Mother Gold Spirit to release Jade Cauldron and his disciple and end the battle, while Yijingzi objected that their side held the advantage.
• Nánjí warned the Expounding Sect Golden Immortals that refusing a truce could turn the clash into a decisive battle and cost them their lives.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit rejected the demand to release Jade Cauldron and his disciple, saying she would accept a truce only if the other side yielded instead.
• Randeng warned that the battle could become impossible to contain, but Holy Mother Gold Spirit said she was unafraid and would keep fighting.

Shen Gongbao arrived on the battlefield with Intercepting Sect reinforcements, strengthening Great Shang’s side and escalating the standoff with Western Qi. The chapter ended with Shen Gongbao rejecting Jiang Ziya’s plea and glaring at Nánjí, who bitterly regretted not killing him earlier.

• Shen Gongbao arrived with the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Turtle Island, the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, Han Zhixian, and other Intercepting Sect disciples to aid Holy Mother Jinling and Holy Mother Guiling.
• Holy Mother Jinling and Holy Mother Guiling welcomed the reinforcements, while Holy Mother Guiling resolved to return to Golden Turtle Island after the battle and press Eldest Senior Brother to act.
• Shen Gongbao introduced the newcomers to Grand Tutor Wen, Yin Jiao, Yin Hong, Nezha, and Zhang Guifang as Great Shang’s gathering angered the Western Qi forces.
• Shen Gongbao displayed the Human Emperor Banner, and the Investiture of the Gods flew to Jiang Ziya’s hand, setting the two treasures’ auras against each other.
• Jiang Ziya tried to persuade Shen Gongbao to return to the Expounding Sect, but Shen Gongbao rejected him and turned his hatred toward Nánjí.
• Nánjí met Shen Gongbao’s glare and inwardly regretted not killing him on Kunlun Mountain.

Shen Gongbao faced the Expounding Sect with newfound confidence and proposed rules for a series of one-on-one contests. The two sides agreed that Qin Wan and the Ten Heavenly Lords would next test their Ten Absolute Arrays, with Jade Cauldron to be returned if the Expounding Sect broke the arrays.

• Shen Gongbao asked Holy Mother Gold Spirit what to do next, and she deferred to him as Grand Preceptor of Great Shang.
• Shen Gongbao proposed that the sides compete one round at a time, leaving life and death to fate and forbidding interference.
• Qin Wan offered to have the Ten Heavenly Lords deploy their newly comprehended Ten Absolute Arrays in the next round.
• Nánjí accepted the arrangement and asked Shen Gongbao to return Jade Cauldron if the Expounding Sect broke the arrays.
• Shen Gongbao agreed to Nánjí's condition.

Yang Jian was trapped in the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map, where Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling revealed that his father, Yang Tianyou, was an incarnation of Martial Ancestor Wu Tian. Yang Jian rejected their claim, troubled by the memories of his father failing to save his family.

• Yang Jian gave up trying to escape the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map and waited for his captors to appear.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling entered the map and asked Yang Jian who his biological father was.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit identified the Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill as a Witch Clan method associated with Wu Tian, the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch and Martial Ancestor.
• Holy Mother Guiling told Yang Jian that Yang Tianyou was an incarnation of Lord Martial Ancestor.
• Yang Jian denied the claim and wondered how his father could have failed to stop Haotian from killing his elder brother and imprisoning his mother beneath Peach Mountain.

Holy Mother Gold Spirit suspected that Yang Jian’s father, Yang Tianyou, was the Martial Ancestor and persuaded Yang Jian to visit Yunhua Fairy at Peach Mountain to learn the truth. Yang Jian agreed, hoping the journey might bring him face-to-face with his father.

• Holy Mother Gold Spirit realized Yang Jian’s insistence might stem from resentment and wondered whether Yang Tianyou and Yunhua Fairy had truly suffered their reported fates.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit proposed that Yang Jian ask Yunhua Fairy about his father, and Yang Jian considered the possibility that Yang Tianyou was the Martial Ancestor.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling reassured Yang Jian that they would not harm Yunhua Fairy and argued that Jade Cauldron might be endangered in Western Qi if Yang Jian’s identity were confirmed.
• Yang Jian agreed to travel to Peach Mountain, and Nezha opened a passage out of the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit took Yang Jian away in the Seven Fragrance Carriage and told Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong to remain in camp and keep the matter quiet.

Yang Jian reached Peach Mountain with Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling, where Wu Tian appeared and revealed himself as the Martial Ancestor. He sent the two Holy Mothers away so he could speak privately with Yang Jian, who pointed out that Wu Tian had never told him his identity.

• Nezha wondered whether Yang Jian would become the eldest brother, then lamented that he might lose his chance to beat him.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling questioned Yang Jian about his family as the Seven Fragrance Carriage carried them to Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian entered the pocket space beneath Peach Mountain with the two Holy Mothers and waited for his father to appear.
• Wu Tian appeared, and Holy Mother Gold Spirit recognized him as the Great King.
• Wu Tian sent the two Holy Mothers away so he could speak with Yang Jian alone.
• Wu Tian asked why Yang Jian looked surprised, and Yang Jian replied that Wu Tian had not told him he was the Martial Ancestor.

Wu Tian reunited with Yang Jian beneath Peach Mountain and showed him how Yunhua Fairy, Yang Chan, and Yang Jiao were doing. Yang Jian learned that his siblings had powerful positions while he remained caught up in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and he glared at his father resentfully.

• Holy Mother Gold Spirit and Holy Mother Guiling realized Yang Jian had known something was wrong with Yang Tianyou and had led them to Wu Tian.
• Holy Mother Guiling left to invite Eldest Senior Brother, while Holy Mother Gold Spirit stayed beneath Peach Mountain, worried Wu Tian might blame her for exposing Yang Jian.
• Wu Tian teased Yang Jian for failing to recognize his identity, and Yang Jian asked where his mother and siblings were.
• Wu Tian showed Yang Jian Yunhua Fairy happily playing a game and Yang Chan helping Nüwa manage the Demon Clan.
• Wu Tian revealed that Yang Jiao had become Zhenyuanzi's disciple and was preparing to become Fengdu Emperor after the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Yang Jian compared his siblings' fortunes with his own burdens and stared at Wu Tian resentfully.

Wu Tian explained that he had sent Yang Jian to the Expounding Sect partly to frustrate Yuanshi, then let Yang Jian choose whether to join Great Shang. Yang Jian accepted Wu Tian’s arrangements but asked whether his mother knew about his new brothers, Yin Jiao, Yin Hong, and Nezha.

• Wu Tian told Yang Jian that his opportunity lay in the Expounding Sect and joked that Yuanshi had planned to make him its guardian God of War.
• Yang Jian admitted he disliked the Expounding Sect’s methods and suspected Wu Tian had sent him there mainly to anger Yuanshi.
• Wu Tian asked Yang Jian what he wanted to do, and Yang Jian chose to follow his father while worrying about Perfected Being Yuding.
• Wu Tian said he would bring Jade Cauldron to Chaoge and suppress him in the Royal Palace, sparing him the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Yang Jian asked Wu Tian to keep his parentage secret, and Wu Tian agreed.
• Yang Jian wondered whether his mother knew about Yin Jiao, Yin Hong, and Nezha.

Wu Tian revealed his connections and plans to Yang Jian, then assigned Holy Mother Gold Spirit to guide him while keeping the meeting secret. In Western Qi, Nánjí reported Yang Jian’s Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill to Yuanshi, who suspected Wu Tian’s scheme and wondered whether Haotian was involved.

• Wu Tian explained Yang Jian’s family connections and introduced the powerful allies in his faction before sending Holy Mother Gold Spirit to him.
• Wu Tian told Holy Mother Gold Spirit to take Yang Jian back to camp and keep his identity secret, and Yang Jian began thinking about teaching Nezha a lesson.
• Western Qi’s disciples questioned whether Yang Jian was a spy, while Taoist Randeng considered bringing him into the Western Sect.
• Nánjí left Chijingzi the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and hurried to Kunlun Mountain to report Yang Jian’s cultivation to Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi flew into a rage at Wu Tian and asked whether Haotian might have known about the scheme.

Yuanshi rebuked Nánjí for retreating and ordered him to rescue Jade Cauldron and Yang Jian. After Yang Jian returned with Holy Mother Gold Spirit, he met his siblings and offered to help Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong cultivate.

• Yuanshi questioned Nánjí about retreating from Jin Ling and ordered him to rescue Jade Cauldron and Yang Jian.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit told Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong that Yang Jian was their brother and that they must keep it secret.
• Yang Jian told the children about his older brother in the Underworld and his younger sister in Empress Wa's Heaven, while Nezha agreed to release Perfected Being Yuding later.
• Yang Jian offered to teach Nezha the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill, and Yin Jiao and Yin Hong asked to learn from him too.

Yang Jian brought Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong into the Mountain and River State Chart and beat them in a barehanded spar, inadvertently helping their Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique grow stronger. When Yang Jian promised not to do it again, the three boys protested and asked to keep sparring.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother recognized that Yang Jian planned to teach Nezha a lesson but let the boys enter the Mountain and River State Chart with him.
• Half a day later, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wen Zhong, and Shen Gongbao found Yang Jian and the three boys emerging bruised but excited.
• Shen Gongbao explained that physical combat stimulated the Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, and the boys realized their sparring had helped them improve.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother urged Yang Jian to guide his younger brothers more gently, and he promised not to lose his temper again.
• Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong objected to Yang Jian stopping their sparring, eager to keep strengthening their bodies.

Holy Mother Guiling returned to Golden Turtle Island and told the Intercepting Sect disciples she had found an opportunity to become a Quasi-Sage, though she concealed Wu Tian’s role. Her news stirred the others to seek their own chances in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and she urged Daoist Duobao to bring out the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.

• Holy Mother Gold Spirit gave Yang Jian and the others a chance to rest, but they declined her spiritual fruits and revealed their own stores of treasures.
• Holy Mother Guiling returned to Golden Turtle Island, where Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Wudang, and the Seven Immortals Who Attend Upon Him questioned her sudden arrival.
• Holy Mother Guiling announced that she had found an opportunity to reach the Quasi-Sage realm, and Tongtian sensed the Fortune Wu Tian had bestowed on her.
• Holy Mother Guiling described seizing a thread of life by entering the tribulation, prompting the gathered disciples and Tongtian to reflect on their own paths.
• Holy Mother Guiling asked Daoist Duobao and the others to act against the Expounding Sect and bring the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and Duobao hesitated because of Tongtian’s orders.
• Holy Mother Guiling urged Duobao to be braver and argued that if Tongtian stopped them, they could deal with it then.

Daoist Duobao and the other key disciples of the Intercepting Sect decided to leave Golden Ao Island and join the Investiture of the Gods battlefield. Tongtian let them go and gave them the Four Swords of Zhuxian, while Holy Mother Guiling’s praise of his soft heart left him furious.

• Holy Mother Guiling and Wu Yunxian persuaded Daoist Duobao and the others to leave Golden Ao Island and take part in the conflict.
• Tongtian watched his disciples depart and decided that taking the initiative could help them seize a chance at survival.
• Tongtian sent the Four Swords of Zhuxian to Daoist Duobao and told him to protect his junior brothers and sisters.
• Daoist Duobao gave the Xian Xian Sword to Holy Mother Wudang and the Jue Xian Sword to Holy Mother Guiling, keeping the other two swords for himself and Holy Mother Jin Ling.
• Holy Mother Guiling called Tongtian soft-hearted, and Tongtian grew angry as he watched from afar.

The Western Qi forces attacked the Ten Absolute Arrays, and Randeng entered the Heavenly Absolute Array to test its power. Holy Mother Gold Spirit stopped him from using Jieyin's Treasure Banner to force a breakthrough, leaving the battle unresolved as Nezha prepared to help Yang Jian fight.

• Holy Mother Guiling led a group back to the Investiture of the Gods battlefield as Randeng and the Western Qi forces began attacking the Ten Absolute Arrays.
• Yijingzi mocked the arrays, but fell silent when Randeng looked to him for a way to break the Heavenly Absolute Array.
• Randeng entered the Heavenly Absolute Array and found its thunder and isolation from the primordial energy quickly draining his power.
• Randeng revealed Jieyin's Treasure Banner to expose Qin Wan, but Holy Mother Gold Spirit sent the Qingping Sword into the array and ordered him to break it honorably or use Sage treasures openly.
• Nezha offered Yang Jian the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map and instructions for attacking, prompting Yang Jian to tell him he could choose not to speak.

Yang Jian learned to use Nezha’s Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map as Randeng discovered the Heavenly Absolute Array’s weakness. The Chan Sect sacrificed Deng Hua to break the formation, and Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun emerged carrying Qin Wan’s severed head.

• Nezha taught Yang Jian the incantation for the Rivers and Mountains State Shrines Map, and Yang Jian realized the treasure had far greater potential than Nezha had drawn out.
• Randeng left the Heavenly Absolute Array and secretly told the Chan Sect Golden Immortals and Maitreya that the formation briefly exposed its weakness when Heavenly Lord Qin killed someone.
• The Chan Sect Golden Immortals agreed to send someone into the formation to die, while Randeng declined to fight further.
• Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun asked Deng Hua to accompany him into the formation, and Deng Hua willingly agreed.
• Deng Hua’s death caused the formation to pause, allowing Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun to break it and return with Qin Wan’s severed head.

After the Heavenly Absolute Array fell, Shen Gongbao used the Human Emperor Banner to claim Heavenly Lord Qin’s true spirit and reassure the Intercepting Sect that their dead would have powerful allies behind them. The remaining Ten Heavenly Lords renewed their resolve and launched the Earth Fierce Array against the Expounding Sect.

• Manjushri credited Randeng with helping break the Heavenly Absolute Array, but Randeng denied taking sole credit and asked who would face the next formation.
• Juliusun volunteered to break the Earth Fierce Array and called on Xue Ehu to accompany him.
• The Human Emperor Banner and Jiang Ziya’s Investiture of the Gods clashed, sending Deng Hua’s true spirit to the Investiture and Heavenly Lord Qin’s true spirit to the Human Emperor Banner.
• Holy Mother Gold Spirit thanked Shen Gongbao for saving Qin Wan from the Investiture of the Gods, and Shen Gongbao explained that the Human Emperor Banner offered the dead another path.
• The remaining Heavenly Lords regained their resolve and activated the Earth Fierce Array as Zhao Jiang challenged the Expounding Sect to send someone to die.