Chapter Summaries

Di Xin infused the grand formation protecting Chaoge with Human Path Fortune, completing its defenses against immortals and gods. The formation suppressed immortal mana while granting Yunxiao and the others passes, leaving Di Xin satisfied and the exhausted cultivators to rest.

• Di Xin summoned the Fortune Golden Dragon's power and smoothly guided its torrent of Human Path Fortune into the Grand Ancestral Temple's formation hub.
• The formation fused Chaoge with Human Path Fortune and suppressed Yunxiao's mana by thirty percent, while leaving Grand Unity Golden Immortals like Bixiao and the Ten Heavenly Lords nearly powerless.
• Di Xin granted Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and the Ten Heavenly Lords formation passes, restoring their mana and removing the suppression.
• Yunxiao said no immortal or god could threaten Di Xin inside Chaoge unless a Saint personally broke the formation at great karmic cost.
• Di Xin thanked Yunxiao and the others and sent them to rest after their work on the formation.

Di Xin confirmed to Wen Zhong that the completed formation could suppress even a Quasi-Sage when he controlled it. After a month of recovery, Yunxiao and the other Interception Sect immortals departed for Golden Ao Island, leaving Di Xin to await the next stage of his plans.

• Wen Zhong asked Di Xin whether the formation had succeeded, and Di Xin said it could suppress Grand Unity Golden Immortals automatically and even a Quasi-Sage under his control.
• Di Xin lifted the formation's pressure on Wen Zhong, restoring his Dharma power, and returned with him to the palace.
• After a month of recuperation, Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and the Ten Heavenly Lords decided to return to Golden Ao Island because Chaoge's atmosphere made them uncomfortable.
• Yunxiao told Wen Zhong they had completed their task, and he escorted the group to the palace to bid farewell to Di Xin.
• Di Xin thanked the immortals and promised to stand with the Interception Sect through the approaching Tribulation; Yunxiao and the others then flew toward Golden Ao Island.
• Di Xin watched them depart and murmured that the pieces were in position and he would wait for the true players to enter the board.

Yunxiao reported to Tongtian Sect Master that the formation in Chaoge could suppress even Quasi-Sages when Di Xin guided its Human Path Fortune. Impressed by Di Xin and the new possibilities he brought to the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, Tongtian ordered his disciples to prepare for the coming calamity.

• Yunxiao told Tongtian Sect Master that the formation could suppress Grand Unity Golden Immortals on its own and might suppress Quasi-Sages when Di Xin activated it.
• Yunxiao confirmed that she had witnessed Di Xin guide Human Path Fortune and judged his power to exceed what ordinary Quasi-Sages could withstand.
• Yunxiao described Di Xin's confidence and control to Tongtian, comparing his bearing to that of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Tongtian called Di Xin an interesting new variable in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and praised Yunxiao and the others for their work.
• Tongtian told his disciples to prepare for the approaching calamity, and Yunxiao and the others withdrew from the Jade Palace.

After an auspicious birth transformed a mysterious ball of flesh into a healthy baby boy, Li Jing named him Nezha. The King sent word that he would take Nezha as his disciple and teach him the Martial Path, leaving Li Jing and Lady Yin overwhelmed with joy.

• Li Jing waited anxiously as Lady Yin gave birth, and crimson light and an exotic fragrance spread from the manor across Chaoge City.
• A midwife brought Li Jing a glowing ball of flesh, which he guarded until it shrank and revealed a smiling baby boy.
• Li Jing recognized the newborn's extraordinary vitality and named him Nezha.
• Fei Zhong arrived from the palace with The King's decree that he would take Nezha as his disciple and teach him the Martial Path.
• Li Jing told the awakened Lady Yin that The King would teach Nezha, and the family celebrated the honor.

After Nezha was born in Chaoge, Primordial Lord Tianzun ordered True Person Taiyi to go there and take the child as his disciple. True Person Taiyi was stripped of his mana upon entering the city, discovered that Human Path Fortune was suppressing immortals within its boundaries, and fled to report the matter to his master.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun learned that Spirit Pearl had been born in Chaoge and ordered True Person Taiyi to take him as a disciple.
• True Person Taiyi eagerly set out for Chaoge, expecting the child's parents to welcome him.
• Di Xin sensed True Person Taiyi's arrogant approach and anticipated that he would fall into the trap prepared in Chaoge.
• True Person Taiyi lost his mana when he entered Chaoge and crashed into the street, where the townspeople mocked him.
• True Person Taiyi tested the city's boundary, realized Human Path Fortune was suppressing his mana, and hurried back to Kunlun Mountain to report to Primordial Lord Tianzun.

True Person Taiyi returned to Kunlun without Spirit Pearl and told Primordial Lord Tianzun that a grand formation in Chaoge suppressed his cultivation. After identifying Tongtian’s methods in the formation, Primordial Lord Tianzun sent Taiyi back with a protective seal to take Spirit Pearl as his disciple.

• True Person Taiyi told Primordial Lord Tianzun that his cultivation had vanished when he entered Chaoge and that a grand formation had cast him down among mortals.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun examined Chaoge with his Divine Sense and recognized Tongtian’s formation methods woven together with Human Path Fortune.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun concluded that only a Saint could break the formation, but doing so would bring overwhelming Karma, and said the opportunity would come when the Tribulation began.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun instructed True Person Taiyi to go to Li Jing’s residence and take Spirit Pearl as his disciple, assuring him that Li Jing would agree.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun gave True Person Taiyi a protective Dharma seal, and Taiyi set off again for Chaoge.

True Person Taiyi came to Li Residence to take Nezha as his disciple, but learned that The King had already claimed him and taught him the Martial Path. Li Jing rejected Taiyi’s demand to break the bond and ordered him to leave, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Li Jing celebrated Nezha’s birth with Lady Yin and praised the newborn’s strength.
• True Person Taiyi arrived at Li Residence and introduced himself as a disciple of Primordial Lord Tianzun.
• Taiyi asked Li Jing to let him take Nezha to Qianyuan Mountain, claiming Nezha was destined to cultivate immortality.
• Li Jing told Taiyi that The King had already taken Nezha as his disciple and established their bond.
• Taiyi insulted The King and demanded that Li Jing make him release Nezha.
• Li Jing defended The King and told Taiyi to leave if he had come to steal the disciple.

Li Jing refused True Person Taiyi’s attempt to take Nezha as a Chan Sect disciple, insisting that Nezha would study under Human Emperor Di Xin instead. Taiyi left Li Residence in humiliation and headed for the royal palace to confront Di Xin, while Li Jing reassured Lady Yin that he stood by his choice despite the risk to Jin Zha and Mu Zha.

• True Person Taiyi demanded that Li Jing accept his offer to make Nezha a disciple of the Chan Sect, but Li Jing refused and defended Nezha’s bond with Di Xin.
• Li Jing ordered the steward to escort Taiyi out of the residence, and Taiyi left furious after threatening that Li Jing would regret his decision.
• Taiyi recognized that Di Xin was the obstacle to his plan and decided to go to the royal palace to confront the Human Emperor.
• Li Jing told Lady Yin what had happened and explained that he would choose Di Xin over the Chan Sect, even if Jin Zha and Mu Zha faced trouble.

True Person Taiyi went to Chaoge to demand that Di Xin give Nezha over to the Chan Sect, but Di Xin refused and used Chaoge’s Human Path Fortune to suppress him. Taiyi fled the palace after Di Xin warned him not to cause trouble in the human realm again.

• True Person Taiyi demanded that the palace guards bring Di Xin out to receive him, but they insisted he follow palace rules and escorted him inside.
• Di Xin ignored Taiyi until he finished reviewing memorials, then heard Taiyi demand that he dissolve his bond with Nezha and order Li Jing to hand the boy over.
• Di Xin refused Taiyi’s demand and declared that Nezha would remain his disciple, despite Taiyi invoking Primordial Lord Tianzun and the Chan Sect.
• Di Xin mobilized Chaoge’s Human Path Fortune, forcing Taiyi to his knees until Primordial Lord Tianzun’s protective seal shielded him.
• Di Xin released Taiyi and warned him not to act presumptuously in Chaoge; Taiyi left the palace in fear.

Di Xin forced True Person Taiyi to retreat from the royal palace after refusing to surrender Nezha, and Taiyi fled Chaoge shaken by the Human Emperor's power. He reported the humiliating encounter to Primordial Lord Tianzun, who became furious at Di Xin for defying the Chan Sect.

• Di Xin regretted that True Person Taiyi had fled before giving him grounds to demand compensation, but expected the Chan Sect to keep pursuing Nezha.
• True Person Taiyi crossed Chaoge's gates and regained his magical power, then feared the force of Di Xin's will and the Human Path Fortune that had suppressed him.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun contacted True Person Taiyi and asked why the protective seal in his Primordial Spirit had activated.
• True Person Taiyi recounted his failed attempts to take Nezha from Li Jing and Di Xin, exaggerating how Di Xin had attacked and nearly killed him.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun condemned Di Xin for humiliating his disciple and defying the Chan Sect's decree.

Primordial Lord Tianzun refused to attack Chaoge directly but gave True Person Taiyi a way to evade its formation so he could reclaim Spirit Pearl. Taiyi planned to wait until Di Xin and Li Jing lowered their guard before sneaking back for Nezha.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun told True Person Taiyi that attacking Chaoge's fortune-protected formation would cost the Chan Sect too much, and ordered him to focus on bringing Spirit Pearl back to Kunlun Mountain.
• True Person Taiyi admitted that Li Jing had refused to hand over Nezha and that Chaoge's formation suppressed his cultivation.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun gave True Person Taiyi a mark of human origin that would conceal his immortal aura and let him use power up to the Daluo Golden Immortal level inside Chaoge.
• True Person Taiyi refined the mark and regained the ability to use his magic power without triggering the formation.
• True Person Taiyi chose to delay his return until Di Xin and Li Jing believed he had given up, intending to sneak into the Li Residence and take Nezha by surprise.

True Person Taiyi returned to Chaoge, believing Primordial Lord Tianzun’s methods had let him evade the city’s formation, and stole Nezha from Li Jing’s residence. Di Xin detected the abduction, suppressed Taiyi with Chaoge’s concentrated Human Path Fortune, and rescued Nezha.

• True Person Taiyi entered Chaoge without the formation suppressing his mana and took Nezha from Li Jing and Lady Yin’s sleeping household.
• Di Xin sensed his Human Emperor Fortune imprint on Nezha activate and tracked True Person Taiyi as he fled toward the city gate.
• Di Xin concentrated Chaoge’s Human Path Fortune into a strike that crushed True Person Taiyi and knocked him from the sky.
• Di Xin retrieved Nezha, soothed him back to sleep, and mocked True Person Taiyi for stealing an infant.
• True Person Taiyi demanded to know how Di Xin had seen through Primordial Lord Tianzun’s methods, and Di Xin said no one could take anyone from Chaoge without his permission.

Wen Zhong arrived after Di Xin caught True Person Taiyi trying to steal Nezha from Li Jing’s residence. Di Xin offered to release Taiyi in exchange for several Innate Spiritual Treasures, but when Taiyi refused, Di Xin declared that he would imprison him in Chaoge.

• Wen Zhong rushed to the disturbance and found Di Xin holding Nezha while True Person Taiyi struggled in a pit.
• Di Xin told Wen Zhong that Taiyi had entered Li Jing’s residence to steal Nezha and had been caught.
• Wen Zhong condemned Taiyi and asked Di Xin to decide how to punish him.
• Di Xin offered to spare Taiyi if he paid several Innate Spiritual Treasures as compensation.
• Taiyi refused to pay, so Di Xin announced that he would keep him imprisoned in Chaoge until he produced satisfactory compensation.
• Taiyi remained silent, convinced that Primordial Lord Tianzun would come to rescue him.

Di Xin confronted Primordial Lord Tianzun over True Person Taiyi’s attempt to steal Nezha and demanded payment for his release. Taiyi left Chaoge after surrendering four treasures, while Di Xin accepted that the Chan Sect and the Saint would remain enemies of Great Shang.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun’s saintly consciousness descended over Chaoge and demanded that Di Xin release True Person Taiyi, but Di Xin refused and blocked the Saint’s pressure with the Human Path Fortune Grand Formation.
• Di Xin demanded Innate Spiritual Treasures in exchange for Taiyi and warned that Taiyi could remain imprisoned through the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun ordered Taiyi to surrender his treasures, and Di Xin chose the Chaos Tunic, Universe Ring, Fire-Tipped Spear, and Wind Fire Wheels.
• Taiyi handed over the four treasures, regained his power, and fled Chaoge as Primordial Lord Tianzun’s pressure disappeared.
• Di Xin reassured Wen Zhong that Great Shang could not avoid the Chan Sect’s hostility and returned to the royal palace with him.

True Person Taiyi returned to Jade Void Palace to confess that Di Xin had foiled his attempt to take Nezha, but Primordial Lord Tianzun ordered him to abandon Nezha and find a new disciple in Xiqi. The chapter left Taiyi flying toward Xiqi while Primordial Lord Tianzun vowed to settle accounts with Di Xin when the Tribulation began.

• True Person Taiyi knelt outside Jade Void Palace and begged Primordial Lord Tianzun to punish him for bringing humiliation upon the Chan Sect.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun told True Person Taiyi that Di Xin had seen through his mark and that the failure was not entirely his fault.
• True Person Taiyi asked what would happen to Nezha, and Primordial Lord Tianzun ordered him to abandon the child because no disciple could enter Chaoge safely.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun told True Person Taiyi to sever his Karma with Nezha and find a new disciple in Xiqi, while abandoning the Chan Sect's other candidates in Chaoge.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun vowed to settle accounts with Di Xin once the Tribulation began, and True Person Taiyi flew toward Xiqi.

Daoist Zhunti persuaded Daoist Jieyin to proceed with their scheme despite the risks posed by Di Xin’s Human Path Fortune Grand Array. They decided to recruit Primordial Lord Tianzun to help conceal their plans, and Maitreya received the order to begin.

• Daoist Jieyin questioned whether they should continue their scheme because the Human Path Fortune Grand Array made the risk of involving themselves in Human Path Karma too great.
• Daoist Zhunti insisted that the Western Teachings must seize the opportunity, and Daoist Jieyin agreed to support him.
• Daoist Zhunti proposed recruiting Primordial Lord Tianzun to help three Saints conceal the Heavenly Secrets and increase their chances of success.
• Daoist Jieyin approved the plan, recognizing that it could also draw the Chan Sect into the scheme and leave it to bear the blame if they were exposed.
• Daoist Zhunti sent an Imperial Edict to Maitreya, who received it in Northern Sea City and prepared to begin the plan.

Daoist Zhunti recruited Primordial Lord Tianzun to help him and Daoist Jieyin scheme against Di Xin by provoking Nuwa during the Human Emperor’s visit to her palace. The three Saints planned to conceal their actions and wait for the right moment to set their conspiracy in motion.

• Daoist Zhunti left Mount Sumeru and went to Kunlun Mountain to seek Primordial Lord Tianzun’s help against Di Xin.
• Daoist Zhunti proposed that Di Xin be made to offend Nuwa at her palace, potentially destabilizing the Great Shang Dynasty and advancing the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun warned that targeting the Human Emperor risked Human Path Karma and might be detected by Chaoge City’s Fortune Grand Array.
• Daoist Zhunti said he, Daoist Jieyin, and Primordial Lord Tianzun could conceal the Heavenly Secrets and reduce the Karma by acting together.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun agreed to go to Chaoge City and help, and Daoist Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru to tell Daoist Jieyin.

Di Xin ordered Wen Zhong to lead Great Shang’s campaign against Yuan Futong’s Northern Sea rebellion, intending to permanently bring the region under royal rule. He also ordered Wen Zhong to leave Li Jing behind for a future plan involving Li Jing’s sons.

• Wen Zhong reported that Yuan Futong and seventy-one other feudal lords had rebelled in the Northern Sea, prompting Shang Rong, Bi Gan, and the generals to demand swift suppression.
• Di Xin approved a campaign led by Wen Zhong and ordered him to pacify the Northern Sea completely, regardless of the time or cost.
• Di Xin instructed Wen Zhong to leave Li Jing in Chaoge, and Wen Zhong accepted the order without asking further questions.
• Di Xin dismissed the ministers, then urged Wen Zhong to muster troops quickly and take care on the dangerous journey.

Di Xin watched Nezha demonstrate his growing strength and urged him to prepare for the powerful enemies who would threaten Great Shang. He gave Nezha a day off to visit his parents, while reflecting that peace in Chaoge might soon end when Xiqi rebelled.

• Di Xin arrived at the royal palace’s Martial Arts Arena and watched Nezha destroy an iron target with his Fire-Tipped Spear.
• Nezha proudly showed Di Xin his new move, and Di Xin praised his skill and recalled that he had reached the Heavenly Immortal realm before turning six.
• Di Xin warned Nezha not to grow arrogant and said he would need to become stronger to drive away the bad people who would threaten Great Shang and their families.
• Nezha vowed to protect Di Xin and his parents, and Di Xin rewarded his diligence by granting him a day off to visit home.
• Nezha flew to Li Residence on his Wind Fire Wheels, while Di Xin watched him go and reflected that Chaoge’s peaceful days might end when Xiqi’s horns sounded.

Wen Zhong bid farewell to Di Xin and led the Great Shang army north to quell the Northern Sea rebellion, while arranging for Jiang Ziya to assist the king in Chaoge. Di Xin watched the army depart and focused his attention on the coming danger at Empress Wa’s Palace.

• Wen Zhong told Di Xin that his troops were ready and that he was setting out to quell the Northern Sea rebellion.
• Wen Zhong revealed that Saint Mother Jinling had received permission for Jiang Ziya to leave the mountain and serve in Chaoge.
• Di Xin agreed to entrust Jiang Ziya with important duties and promised to honor Wen Zhong’s recommendation.
• Wen Zhong saluted Di Xin, mounted the Black Qilin, and led the Great Shang army toward the Northern Sea.
• Di Xin watched Wen Zhong depart and vowed to give him a different Great Shang Dynasty and a different ending.
• Di Xin identified Empress Wa’s Palace and her holy birthday on the fifteenth day of the third month as the true killing game behind the coming Tribulation.