Chapter Summaries

Laozi agreed to help Zhunti force the Human Race’s fortune out of Yun Ting without harming him, then summoned Yuanshi, Tong Tian, and Yun Ting to plan against the Western Sect’s next moves. Yun Ting predicted that they would target Empress Nuwa, and the group prepared to counter them while Tong Tian again sent Duo Bao flying.

• Zhunti tried to turn Laozi against Yun Ting by pointing out how much Human Sect fortune Yun Ting held, but Laozi refused to let Yun Ting die or be sealed on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Laozi agreed to help Zhunti use the Kalpa Tribulation to draw the Human Race’s fortune out of Yun Ting, then secretly summoned Yuanshi, Tong Tian, and Yun Ting to the Void of Chaos.
• Yun Ting predicted that Jieyin and Zhunti would target Empress Nuwa’s statue and make the Interception Sect oppose them, so he planned to explain the plot to Nuwa and take her to Mount Sumeru.
• Yuanshi and Yun Ting teased Tong Tian about his lack of scheming ability, and Tong Tian sent Duo Bao spiraling into the sky after believing Yun Ting’s claim about what Duo Bao had said.

Yun Ting and the Three Pure Ones arranged a plan involving the Chan Sect and Interception Sect while guarding Xuandu. In Chaoge, Shang Rong persuaded Dixin to visit Nuwa’s palace, where Zhunti waited to make another move against him.

• Tong Tian, Yuanshi, Laozi, and Yun Ting discussed their arrangements and began plotting against Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Yun Ting returned to seclusion, felt uneasy, and asked the system what time it was before flattering her to avoid her threat.
• Shang Rong urged Dixin to visit the Wa Empress Palace for Nuwa’s birthday and recounted Nuwa’s deeds.
• Dixin agreed to worship Nuwa, and the ministers followed him to the palace.
• Zhunti revealed that he had been waiting in the Wa Empress Palace to target Dixin again.

Zhunti influenced Dixin to write a lustful poem on the wall of Wa Empress Palace, and Shang Rong warned him that it insulted Nuwa. Yun Ting arrived to complain, but Nuwa found no sign Dixin had been controlled and decided to punish him for disrespecting her.

• Zhunti removed the veil from Nuwa's statue and heightened Dixin's desire, prompting Dixin to inscribe a poem praising her beauty and wishing to bring her to his palace.
• Shang Rong urged Dixin to erase the poem and warned that it violated ritual propriety, but Dixin refused and returned to the palace.
• A Certain Lady realized Yun Ting had missed the chance to stop Dixin, and Yun Ting angrily questioned the system before heading to Wa Empress Palace.
• Nuwa told Yun Ting she already knew about the poem, and he recalled that Jieyin and Zhunti had previously used an incarnation to control Dixin.
• Nuwa and Yun Ting inspected Dixin and found no sign of outside interference, so Nuwa decided to punish him for disrespecting his ancestors.

Nuwa decided to punish Dixin for his obscene poem at Nuwa Temple and arranged for the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb to make Great Shang’s ministers hate him. She also attacked Jieyin and Zhunti without evidence, while Yun Ting agreed to plan a soul fragment’s reincarnation to usurp Dixin’s throne.

• Yun Ting and Nuwa agreed that the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb would test Dixin and that Yun Ting would consider reincarnating a soul fragment to take his throne.
• Nuwa hurled the Red Embroidered Ball at Jieyin and Zhunti on Mount Sumeru, then admitted she had no evidence linking them to Dixin’s poem.
• Nuwa warned Jieyin and Zhunti that she would destroy Mount Sumeru if she found evidence against them.
• Nuwa summoned the Pipa Demon, the Nine-Tailed Fox, and the Nine-Headed Pheasant Demon and ordered them to beguile Dixin and turn Great Shang’s ministers against him.
• Daji asked how far the demons should go, and Nuwa told them not to reveal that she had sent them.

Nuwa sent Lingzhuzi to reincarnate into the mortal world and enter the Investiture of the Gods, where he would become Nezha. Yun Ting began plotting to take Nezha as his disciple and went to Jin'ao Island to speak with Jin Ling and Wenzhong.

• Nuwa decided to send Lingzhuzi through a tribulation after Yang Chan and Golden Phoenix punished him for refusing.
• Lingzhuzi asked Yun Ting to rescue him from joining the Chan Sect, then reincarnated.
• Yun Ting realized the Investiture of the Gods was beginning and discussed Jiang Ziya and the Heavenly Emperor's throne with A Certain Lady.
• Yun Ting planned to take Nezha as his disciple but could not think of a way to prevent Taiyi Zhenren from claiming him.
• Yun Ting went to Jin'ao Island to find Jin Ling and Wenzhong, then woke Jin Ling from seclusion with the Fishing Drum.
• Jin Ling apologized for cursing Yun Ting and asked what he wanted to discuss.

Yun Ting arranged for Wenzhong to bring Yin Shiniang to his temple so he could take her unborn child, Lingzhuzi reincarnated, as his disciple. Li Jing refused, insisting that his youngest son would join the Chan Sect like his older brothers.

• Yun Ting asked Jin Ling to have Wenzhong arrange for Yin Shiniang to give birth at his temple in Chaoge.
• Yun Ting explained that he wanted to take Lingzhuzi's reincarnation as his disciple and keep him from being bound by the Chan Sect.
• Jin Ling sent a message to Wenzhong, who soon reported that Li Jing had refused to send Yin Shiniang away.
• Yun Ting went to Chentang Pass and asked Li Jing to let him arrange a master for the unborn child.
• Li Jing refused, saying his youngest son would enter the Chan Sect like Jin Zha and Mu Zha, leaving Yun Ting to realize that claiming the child would be difficult.

Yun Ting tried to take Li Jing’s unborn son as a disciple, then schemed to sabotage Taiyi’s chance to teach the reincarnated Lingzhuzi. As Dixin searched for more women and the Kongtong Seal neared its appearance, Yun Ting considered seizing it to protect the Human Emperor’s status.

• Yun Ting offered to take Li Jing’s son as his disciple, but Li Jing refused, fearing Yun Ting would use the boy in a Marriage Alliance.
• Yun Ting asked Ao Lie for a way to interfere with Li Jing, then sent the Dragon Chan Chant into Madam Yin’s womb to turn the unborn Lingzhuzi against Taiyi.
• Li Jing worried when Yin Shiniang’s child was not born after a year and a half, and Fairy Golden Phoenix told him the pregnancy would last three years and six months.
• Jingwei told Yun Ting that Dixin was seeking beautiful women and that Wenzhong had not intervened; Yun Ting decided to let Dixin indulge himself.
• Jingwei reported that the Kongtong Seal was about to appear and that Yun Ting could try to seize it before the Human Emperor was demoted to the Son of Heaven.

Yun Ting arrived at Kongtong Mountain to claim the Kongtong Seal and faced challenges from the Chan Sect disciples. After easily blasting Yu Ding away, he agreed to fight Yang Jian while suppressing his cultivation.

• Yun Ting told Ao Lie and Jingwei he was confident he could defeat the other sect disciples and seize the Kongtong Seal.
• When the Kongtong Seal appeared near Kongtong Mountain, Yun Ting arrived alongside disciples from the various sects.
• Guang Chengzi asked Yun Ting to yield the seal, and Yun Ting invited him to attack openly and declared the seal would be his.
• Yu Ding challenged Yun Ting, but Yun Ting's sword qi sent him flying with a single strike.
• Yang Jian challenged Yun Ting to a close-quarters fight, and Yun Ting suppressed his cultivation to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and put away his sword.
• Golden Peng and Jiu Feng watched the contest through Empress Pingxin's water mirror and predicted Yang Jian would be beaten.

Yun Ting easily defeated Yang Jian in their battle over the Kongtong Seal, while Yang Jian refused to surrender despite his injuries. Guang Chengzi and Xuandu discussed joining forces against Yun Ting, but Xuandu remained wary of his strength.

• Yang Jiao worried that Yun Ting would seriously injure Yang Jian, and Golden Peng said Yun Ting had no equal at the same realm.
• Yang Jian charged Yun Ting, who dodged his attacks and repeatedly beat him back.
• Yang Jian fired a beam of destructive law from his third eye, but Yun Ting struck him with five divine lightning bolts, and Yu Ding caught his falling disciple.
• Guang Chengzi urged Xuandu to fight Yun Ting for the Kongtong Seal, but Xuandu proposed waiting for others to wear Yun Ting down.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuandu discussed whether Duo Bao would join them, and Si asked why Xuandu feared Yun Ting so much.

Xuandu challenged Yun Ting for the Kongtong Seal and relied on the Taiji Diagram to withstand Yun Ting’s sword attacks. Yun Ting’s sword dragon battered Xuandu’s weakening defense, leaving Si convinced Xuandu was about to be badly beaten.

• Si teased Xuandu about being one of the First Batch of Innate Humans molded by Yun Ting, prompting Xuandu to challenge him for the Kongtong Seal.
• Xuandu equipped the Yin Yang Daoist Robe, Taiji Diagram, and Eight Scenery Palace Lantern before Yun Ting accepted the spar.
• Yun Ting attacked with the Hun Yuan Sword while Xuandu used Yin Yang energy and the Taiji Diagram to block his sword strikes.
• Xuandu spotted a brief pause in Yun Ting’s sword momentum and counterattacked, but Yun Ting dodged and resumed his assault.
• Yun Ting formed a sword dragon with the Law of the Sword Dao and crashed it into Xuandu’s defensive wall, which began to weaken as Xuandu’s mana ran low.

Yun Ting defeated Xuandu with a Heaven-Opening Sword strike, despite Xuandu's full-strength defense with the Taiji Diagram. Laozi rescued Xuandu and took him away, while Yun Ting prepared to discuss the Kongtong Seal with the Chan Sect disciples.

• Xuandu rejected Yun Ting's offer to admit defeat and took a Nine-Revolutions Golden Elixir before they resumed fighting.
• Golden Boy and Silver Boy noticed Yun Ting's sword resembled Pangu's Heaven-Opening Strike, and Laozi rushed to the battlefield to protect Xuandu.
• Yun Ting used the Heaven-Opening Sword to break through the Taiji Diagram's defenses and send Xuandu crashing to the ground.
• Laozi helped the injured Xuandu up, and Xuandu admitted that Yun Ting's strength had overwhelmed him.
• Laozi scolded Yun Ting for hitting Xuandu too hard, then joked that Xuandu's small brain was Yun Ting's fault because Yun Ting had made him.
• Yun Ting asked Laozi to take Xuandu back and said he still had to persuade the Chan Sect disciples to give up the Kongtong Seal.

Yun Ting and Duo Bao competed for the Kongtong Seal after Tong Tian approved their spar, and their fierce sword fight left neither victor yet.

• Guang Chengzi challenged Duo Bao to compete with Yun Ting for the Kongtong Seal, and Yun Ting accepted.
• Duo Bao asked Tong Tian for permission to fight Yun Ting, and Tong Tian agreed not to interfere.
• Duo Bao and Yun Ting began their spar at Mount Kongtong, with Yun Ting’s sword qi striking Duo Bao’s pagoda barrier.
• Duo Bao broke their sword-qi deadlock by combining the power of his two corpses with his true body, but Yun Ting dodged the attack.
• Duo Bao unleashed a storm of sword qi, and Yun Ting dodged and blocked the strikes as their battle continued.

Yun Ting defeated Duo Bao after Tong Tian intervened to stop his fatal strike, then fought Guang Chengzi and cracked the Fan Tian Seal. After thirty exchanges, Guang Chengzi’s magical power was failing, and Yun Ting told him to surrender.

• Yun Ting exploited Duo Bao’s weakness and nearly struck him with the Hun Yuan Sword before Tong Tian shielded Duo Bao and ended the match in Yun Ting’s favor.
• Yun Ting challenged Guang Chengzi, who attacked him with the Fan Tian Seal.
• Yun Ting’s sword qi cracked the Fan Tian Seal, but Guang Chengzi repaired it and continued fighting.
• Yun Ting and Guang Chengzi fought for thirty exchanges until Guang Chengzi’s magical power began to run out, and Yun Ting urged him to surrender.

Yun Ting defeated Guang Chengzi at Mount Kongtong after the Twelve Golden Immortals lent Guang Chengzi their mana. Guang Chengzi conceded, and Bo Huang confirmed he would not compete with Yun Ting for the Kongtong Seal.

• White Crane asked Yuanshi whether he would secretly help Guang Chengzi, but Yuanshi refused because he believed the Kongtong Seal belonged to Ting'er.
• Guang Chengzi urged the Twelve Golden Immortals to combine their mana with his, promising them a share of the Human Race's providence, and most of them agreed.
• Yun Ting replenished his mana with the Chaos Bead and prepared to fight as Guang Chengzi powered up the Fan Tian Seal.
• Guang Chengzi hurled the Fan Tian Seal at Yun Ting, but Yun Ting blocked the attack and cracked the seal with his sword aura.
• Yun Ting struck Guang Chengzi down, helped him up, and heard him concede defeat.
• Yun Ting said Ao Bing, Golden Peng, and Bo Huang would not challenge him for the Kongtong Seal, and Bo Huang confirmed it from the heavens.

Yun Ting defeated Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals, then refined the Kongtong Seal and began considering how to advance the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos together. Meanwhile, A Certain Lady obtained Pangu Essence Blood for Yun Ting, and the system urged him to survey the Primordial Wilderness.

• Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals left after losing to Yun Ting, while Yang Jian vowed to challenge him again and agreed to pay eight hundred Merit Gold Coins per match.
• Lord of the Beginning scolded Guang Chengzi for failing to seize the Kongtong Seal, and Yuanshi explained that the Fan Tian Seal's power was weaker against Pangu's lineage and Yun Ting's affinity with Father God was greater.
• Pangu's life soul gave A Certain Lady five drops of essence blood after she explained that Yun Ting needed it to strengthen his foundation.
• Yun Ting refined the Kongtong Seal and realized that advancing the three Daos together was best, but he worried that Heavenly Dao might oppose the revival of the Earthly and Human Daos.
• The system reassured Yun Ting that it would support him and told him to use his Divine Sense to observe the Primordial Wilderness.

Yun Ting learned that Dixin planned to recruit beauties for his harem after seeing Nuwa’s statue, and realized this could let the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb enter the palace and endanger Great Shang’s fortune. He decided that if Dixin were eventually overthrown, he could send a split soul to reincarnate and seize the throne.

• Yun Ting examined Great Shang’s fortune, found it unstable, and returned to the Human Race’s Guardian God Hall to question Ao Lie.
• Ao Lie said he had not reported Dixin’s plans to fill his harem because he did not consider them a major matter.
• Jingwei showed Yun Ting a Shadow Recording Stone of Dixin asking Fei Zhong how to obtain beauties like Nuwa.
• Fei Zhong advised Dixin to order every town to select one hundred beauties for the royal palace, and Dixin agreed to issue the edict.
• Yun Ting worried that the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb would enter the palace and harm Great Shang’s fortune, then resolved to usurp Dixin’s throne through a reincarnated split soul if necessary.

Dixin ordered a realm-wide selection of beautiful women for his harem, but Shang Rong warned him against it and urged him to focus on the people and the unresolved North Sea war. Yun Ting planned to replace Dixin as Human Emperor after he lost the people's favor, then turned his attention to the troubling situation around Wenzhong in the North Sea.

• Dixin ordered the feudal lords to select one hundred beautiful women from every town for his harem.
• Shang Rong remonstrated with Dixin, warning that the selection would alienate the people and distract from the North Sea war.
• Dixin flew into a rage, smashed the ornaments before him, and ordered the four great feudal lords to be summoned.
• Yun Ting told Ao Lie he intended to let Dixin incur heaven's and mankind's wrath before seeking to replace him as Human Emperor.
• Ao Lie urged Yun Ting to check on Wenzhong, and Yun Ting agreed to investigate the North Sea war against Yuan Futong.

Yun Ting discovered that Maitreya, Medicine Master, Mahasthamaprapta, and the Eighteen Arhats were secretly helping Yuan Futong against Wenzhong, so he sent Ao Lie to assemble reinforcements. Ao Lie gathered Golden Peng and Jiu Feng, while Ao Bing was kept from joining, and the group planned to recruit Golden Crows and the Demon Master before setting out.

• Yun Ting sensed the Western Teachings monks supporting Yuan Futong and ordered Ao Lie to bring Ao Bing and Golden Peng, then recruit Golden Crows and Qingping.
• Xuanming threw Ao Lie out when he tried to recruit Ao Bing, and Ao Bing resigned himself to staying behind.
• Jiu Feng stopped Ao Lie from taking Golden Peng to war, but Ao Lie persuaded her to join them.
• Golden Peng agreed to go and suggested recruiting the Demon Master from West Kunlun as well.
• Ao Lie said they could leave the strategizing to Wenzhong.

Bo Huang assembled Golden Crow reinforcements to help Wenzhong against the Western Teachings, and the group arrived at the North Sea. Lu Jun then tried to hint that Bo Huang liked Jin Ling while pretending to forbid Wenzhong from telling her.

• Ao Lie and Golden Peng visited the Sun God Palace to ask Bo Huang for help against the Western Teachings.
• Bo Huang arranged for Ao Lie, Ya Qiong, You Wen, and Lu Jun to join the battle and planned to borrow the Chaos Bell.
• The Golden Crows raced to the North Sea, where Wenzhong welcomed them and explained why he had waited to request reinforcements.
• Lu Jun told Wenzhong that Bo Huang liked Jin Ling, but Ya Qiong and You Wen reminded him that Bo Huang had forbidden them to reveal it.
• Lu Jun covered his hint by telling Wenzhong not to tell Jin Ling, hoping Wenzhong would understand what he meant.

Ao Lie led the Interception Sect’s challenge against the Western Teachings and quickly overwhelmed Dragon Subduing Arhat in battle. Just as Ao Lie’s spear was about to strike Dragon Subduing Arhat’s chest, a golden light intervened and stopped it.

• Wenzhong agreed to let Ao Lie lead the charge in the coming battle after Ao Lie promised a crushing victory.
• Ao Lie challenged Yuan Futong’s camp, and Maitreya sent Dragon Subduing Arhat to fight him.
• Ao Lie’s spear assault wounded Dragon Subduing Arhat and forced him to raise a golden defensive barrier.
• Ao Lie shattered the barrier with a powerful strike, but a golden light descended and halted his spear before it reached Dragon Subduing Arhat.