Chapter Summaries

Tongtian asked Zhou Ming to save the Jie Sect from the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and offered him the Heaven-Opening Marks in exchange. Zhou Ming revealed that Tongtian possessed all three marks and offered to help him sever his connection to the Heavenly Dao and return to the Hunyuan path, leaving Tongtian stunned and asking if Zhou Ming was telling the truth.

• Zhou Ming welcomed Tongtian to Pangu Hall and said their previous debt had been settled, so he would need a new bargain to help the Jie Sect.
• Tongtian offered a Heaven-Opening Mark to secure the survival of some Jie Sect disciples, then revealed he possessed all three marks after exchanging imprints with the other Two Pure Ones.
• Zhou Ming demanded all three marks in return for protecting some Jie Sect disciples during the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, prompting Tongtian to question the price.
• Zhou Ming offered to help Tongtian break free from the Heavenly Dao and cast off his Saint Position.
• Zhou Ming promised to help Tongtian cultivate Hunyuan anew, and Tongtian asked whether he was speaking the truth.

Zhou Ming offered to help Tongtian Sect Master break free from the Heavenly Dao, abandon his Saint Position, and pursue Hunyuan cultivation again. After swearing to Father God that he would provide a method, Zhou Ming warned that Tongtian’s chance would vanish after the Tribulation and asked whether he had heard of the Saint-Smiting Pill.

• Tongtian Sect Master questioned how Zhou Ming could free him from the Heavenly Dao and help him walk the Hunyuan path again.
• Zhou Ming explained that Tongtian would need to swear an oath, sever the Hongmeng Purple Qi in his Primordial Spirit, and let Zhou Ming remove the Heavenly Dao mark.
• Tongtian agreed to pay whatever price the Heavenly Dao demanded, trusting that Father God's Will could help him escape.
• Zhou Ming refused to reveal the Cultivation Method but swore before Father God that he would help Tongtian return to the Hunyuan path.
• Zhou Ming warned that Tongtian would lose his chance after the Tribulation and asked whether he knew of the Saint-Smiting Pill.

Zhou Ming revealed that Hongjun’s Saint-Smiting Pill could place the Saints’ lives under his control, persuading Tongtian Sect Master to trade Heaven-Opening Marks for help escaping the Heavenly Dao. Tongtian left with Zhou Ming’s promise to seek Nuwa’s aid for the Jie Sect and permission to offer help to his two Elder Brothers later.

• Zhou Ming told Tongtian Sect Master that Hongjun had refined a pill intended to make Saints fall and would use it to control the Three Pure Ones after the Tribulation.
• Tongtian Sect Master accepted Zhou Ming’s deal to escape the Heavenly Dao and asked him to help save the Jie Sect’s disciples.
• Zhou Ming agreed to ask Nuwa to assist Tongtian but said the Wu Clan would not intervene, and Tongtian accepted that his disciples might have to go to The West rather than enter the Investiture of the Gods.
• Tongtian gave Zhou Ming one portion of the Heaven-Opening Mark and promised the other two after Zhou Ming helped him sever his Saint Position.
• Tongtian asked Zhou Ming to help Taiqing and Primordial Lord break free of the Heavenly Dao as well; Zhou Ming agreed if they were willing and told Tongtian to keep the offer secret until he was ready to abolish his Saint Position.
• Tongtian Sect Master left Pangu Hall after bowing to Zhou Ming and the three Ancestral Wu.

Zhou Ming obtained a Heaven-Opening Mark from Tongtian and planned to study it with Di Jiang, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin. He then secured Nuwa’s help for Tongtian again, leaving her unaware that the treasure Zhou Ming sought was the very inheritance she had dismissed as impossible.

• Di Jiang, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin congratulated Zhou Ming on obtaining the Heaven-Opening Mark and discussed the prospect of gathering all three marks.
• Zhou Ming told the three Ancestral Witches to study the mark with him after the Tribulation and asked them to guard Pangu Hall while he went to Empress Wa’s Palace.
• Nuwa welcomed Zhou Ming and guessed that he had come to ask her to help Tongtian again.
• Zhou Ming confirmed that he had obtained what he wanted and offered to offset another favor Nuwa owed him in exchange for her assistance.
• Nuwa agreed to help Tongtian again, and Zhou Ming departed after securing the deal.

Wen Zhong returned to Golden Ao Island to fight alongside the Jie Sect in the coming Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, despite knowing he risked death. Di Xin let him go with a promise to find a way for him to survive the Tribulation, while Saint Mother Jinling accepted his resolve and sent him to follow Yunxiao’s orders.

• Wen Zhong reported that the Northern Sea had been pacified and told Di Xin he intended to leave for Golden Ao Island immediately.
• Di Xin chose not to dissuade Wen Zhong and promised to ensure he passed safely through the Tribulation.
• Wen Zhong left Chaoge and flew to Golden Ao Island, where Jie Sect disciples were preparing the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Saint Mother Jinling warned Wen Zhong that returning had cost him the protection he might have had in Chaoge, but Wen Zhong insisted he would stand with his sect.
• Saint Mother Jinling told Wen Zhong to follow Yunxiao’s orders and help the disciples learn the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

Tongtian Sect Master emerged from seclusion and gathered the Jie Sect disciples for the final battle. He gave Zhao Gongming the Six Souls Banner, a weapon capable of harming Saints, then led the disciples toward Sishui Pass to face the Four Saints.

• Wen Zhong returned to Golden Ao Island, and Tongtian Sect Master praised his loyalty despite the danger.
• Tongtian Sect Master gave Zhao Gongming the Six Souls Banner and revealed its six names: Taiqing, Laozi; Yuqing, Primordial Lord; Daoist Jieyin; Daoist Zhunti; Shen Gongbao; and Ji Chang.
• Tongtian Sect Master rallied the Jie Sect disciples, who vowed to fight to the death rather than fear defeat.
• Tongtian Sect Master led tens of thousands of Jie Sect disciples from Golden Ao Island toward Sishui Pass to form the Myriad Immortals Formation and confront the Four Saints.

Tongtian Sect Master faced Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation while Nuwa and Wu engaged Taiqing Saint and Daoist Zhunti. With Yunxiao helping activate the formation, Tongtian drew on the power of tens of thousands of Jie Sect disciples and launched a sword strike against the two Saints.

• Tongtian Sect Master summoned Primordial Lord Tianzun, Taiqing Saint, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Tongtian assigned Nuwa to hold back Taiqing Saint, Wu to fight Daoist Zhunti, and Yunxiao to help him confront Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin.
• Nuwa used the Diagram of Mountains and Rivers to challenge Taiqing Saint, while Wu confronted Daoist Zhunti with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin attacked Tongtian together, and Tongtian ordered Yunxiao to raise the formation.
• Yunxiao channeled the mana of tens of thousands of Jie Sect disciples into Tongtian, who surpassed the limits of a Saint and slashed at both attackers with the Qingping Sword.

Tongtian Sect Master fought Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin to a standstill with the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, while Nuwa and Wu battled Taiqing Saint and Daoist Zhunti. When Primordial Lord Tianzun tried to attack the Jie Sect disciples, Tongtian trapped both Saints and forced Primordial Lord Tianzun to unleash his full power, leaving the two sides poised for a devastating clash.

• Tongtian Sect Master used the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to hold off Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin, while Nuwa fought Taiqing Saint and Wu fought Daoist Zhunti.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun proposed that Daoist Jieyin hold Tongtian back while he attacked the Jie Sect disciples gathered inside the formation.
• Tongtian Sect Master trapped Primordial Lord Tianzun and Daoist Jieyin in a storm of Sword Qi before Primordial Lord Tianzun could escape.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun unleashed his full power and threatened to send all of Tongtian's disciples and grand-disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods.
• Tongtian Sect Master ordered every Jie Sect disciple to pour their power into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and raised his transformed Qingping Sword to strike.

Jieyin, Zhunti, Taiqing, Primordial Lord Tianzun, and Nuwa all unleashed their full strength, turning the battle around the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation into a threat to the Primordial World. At Buzhou Mountain, Zhou Ming prepared the Wu Clan to collect the Primordial Fragments and protect Pangu’s spine, while waiting for the moment to act.

• Jieyin decided to risk the Karma of damaging the Primordial World to capture Jie Sect disciples for the Western Teachings and urged Zhunti to strike with full strength.
• Zhunti unleashed a full-power attack on Wu, but Wu blocked it with the Human Emperor Sword and left Zhunti stunned.
• Taiqing increased his attack on the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and Nuwa chose to fight at full strength rather than abandon her promise to Zhou Ming.
• All six Saints unleashed their full power, making the formation and the Primordial World groan under the destructive force.
• Zhou Ming ordered Houtu, Di Jiang, and Zhu Jiuyin to prepare to collect the Primordial Fragments, while Zhu Rong and Gong Gong guarded Buzhou Mountain.

Primordial Lord Tianzun and Jieyin slaughtered or captured Jie Sect disciples while Tongtian Sect Master fought to protect them. Zhao Gongming’s Six Souls Banner wounded the Saints and killed Ji Chang, but Jieyin and Zhunti founded Buddhism to escape its curse, leaving Zhao Gongming exposed to Jieyin’s attack.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun killed Jie Sect disciples and drew their True Spirits into the Investiture of the Gods, while Jieyin captured others in his universe pouch.
• Tongtian Sect Master took Jieyin’s strike while intercepting Primordial Lord Tianzun, then urged Zhao Gongming to shake the Six Souls Banner.
• Zhao Gongming’s banner cursed the four Saints and killed Ji Chang in Xiqi, while Shen Gongbao survived under the Heavenly Dao’s protection.
• Nuwa, Wu, and Tongtian wounded Taiqing, Zhunti, and Primordial Lord Tianzun during the Saints’ moment of disruption.
• Jieyin and Zhunti swore to leave the Mystic Gate and establish Buddhism, causing their names to vanish from the Six Souls Banner.
• Jieyin attacked Zhao Gongming with the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit, claiming the treasure was fated with the West.

Wu saved Zhao Gongming and the remaining Jie Sect core disciples with the Space Gourd as Primordial Lord Tianzun and Jieyin destroyed the Myriad Immortals Formation. Tongtian agreed to help the Saints and Wu shatter the Investiture of the Gods to free the listed disciples’ True Spirits, and their combined assault began while Nuwa stayed out of the fight.

• Wu used the Space Gourd to send Zhao Gongming through a spatial passage, though Jieyin seized the Six Souls Banner before it closed.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun and Jieyin joined forces to slaughter or convert the Jie Sect disciples, and the Myriad Immortals Formation collapsed.
• Wu rescued Wen Zhong and then transported Saint Mother Jinling, Saint Mother Wudang, Saint Mother Guiling, Sanxiao, and the other surviving core disciples away from Jieyin’s attack.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun promised Tongtian that he would spare the remaining Jie Sect disciples and free the listed True Spirits if Tongtian helped shatter the Investiture of the Gods; Tongtian agreed.
• Tongtian asked Nuwa and Wu to help, and Nuwa agreed only to refrain from stopping Taiqing.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun, Tongtian, Taiqing, Wu, Jieyin, and Zhunti launched their attacks at the Investiture of the Gods, while Nuwa stood aside.

The Five Saints shattered the Investiture of the Gods, freeing the trapped True Spirits and triggering a struggle over them. As Primordial Lord Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Master, Taiqing Saint, and Wu attacked Jieyin and Zhunti for seizing their disciples, a supreme pressure descended and halted the shattered Primordial World.

• Zhou Ming sent Di Jiang, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin into Chaos to gather Primordial Fragments while the other Ancestral Wu guarded Buzhou Mountain.
• Empress Pingxin lent the power of the Earthly Dao to Zhen Yuanzi, who used the Earth Book to stabilize the Primordial Land’s earth veins.
• Hongjun created a Heavenly Dao Avatar and sent it from Purple Heaven Palace after the Five Saints continued their assault on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Master, Taiqing Saint, Jieyin, and Zhunti shattered the Investiture, freeing countless True Spirits.
• Jieyin and Zhunti seized True Spirits for Buddhism, prompting Primordial Lord Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Master, Taiqing Saint, and Wu to attack them.
• A pressure surpassing that of any Saint descended, and a figure appeared at the battlefield’s center, bringing the shattered Primordial World to a standstill.

Hongjun appeared to stop the Saints’ battle and condemned them for shattering the Primordial Wilderness. He revealed that he had brought Saint-Smiting Pills to control the Three Pure Ones, then prepared to force them to take the pills when they refused.

• Hongjun froze Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master as they attacked Jieyin and Zhunti, then reprimanded the Saints for wrecking the Primordial Wilderness and shattering the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun produced three ominous pills and ordered Taiqing, Primordial Lord, and Tongtian to take them as punishment.
• Tongtian recognized the pills as Saint-Smiting Pills and challenged Hongjun to disclose their effects.
• Hongjun confirmed the pills could destroy the Three Pure Ones’ Primordial Spirits if they fought again, leaving their lives under his control.
• The Three Pure Ones refused to take the pills, and Hongjun began gathering power to imprison them and force them to swallow the pills.

Zhou Ming stopped Hongjun from forcing the Three Pure Ones to take Saint-Smiting Pills, allowing Tongtian to begin abandoning his Heavenly Dao Saint Position. Tongtian severed his Hongmeng Purple Qi, but found that his connection to the Heavenly Dao still held him fast.

• Hongjun tried to force Saint-Smiting Pills on Taiqing, Primordial Lord Tianzun, and Tongtian, but Zhou Ming broke his suppression and intervened.
• Zhou Ming told Tongtian to begin, and Tongtian vowed before the Great Dao and Pangu to abolish his Saint Position and leave the Heavenly Dao and Mystic Gate.
• Pangu's Will awakened from Buzhou Mountain and approved Tongtian's decision, after which Tongtian used Qingping Sword to sever the Hongmeng Purple Qi from his Primordial Spirit.
• Hongjun tried to stop Tongtian, but Zhou Ming blocked him and fought off his attacks while Tongtian completed the severing.
• Tongtian tried to break his remaining connection to the Heavenly Dao, but the bond held like an eternal chain.

Zhou Ming tried to sever Tongtian Sect Master's connection to the Heavenly Dao, but the link immediately returned because Tongtian's Saint Position Karma remained unresolved. Hongjun demanded Tongtian's Heaven-Opening Mark in exchange for freedom, and after Tongtian agreed and Father God's Will approved, Zhou Ming accepted the trade.

• Zhou Ming merged the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell into the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and used it to sever Tongtian Sect Master's connection to the Heavenly Dao.
• The connection reappeared, and Hongjun explained that it would persist unless Tongtian's Saint Position Karma was resolved or the Heavenly Dao was destroyed.
• Zhou Ming asked Hongjun to name a price and warned that he could call upon Father God's Will to sever the connection.
• Hongjun demanded Tongtian's share of the Heaven-Opening Mark, and Zhou Ming initially refused because it was Pangu's inheritance.
• Tongtian agreed to surrender his Heaven-Opening Mark rather than further drain Father God's Will, and Father God's voice approved the deal.
• Zhou Ming told Tongtian to give Hongjun the Heaven-Opening Mark to settle the Heavenly Karma.

Hongjun accepted Tongtian’s Heaven-Opening Mark in exchange for severing Tongtian’s connection to the Heavenly Dao. As Zhou Ming offered to help Taiqing and Yuanshi escape too, Hongjun threatened to unleash the Immeasurable Calamity and return the Primordial Wilderness to Chaos.

• Tongtian gave Hongjun his Heaven-Opening Mark, and Taiqing and Yuanshi realized Hongjun had plotted to seize the Three Pure Ones’ inheritance.
• Hongjun severed Tongtian’s connection to the Heavenly Dao, and Zhou Ming confirmed that Tongtian was free.
• Tongtian urged Taiqing and Yuanshi to accept Zhou Ming’s help escaping the Dao Ancestor’s control.
• Zhou Ming offered to help Taiqing and Yuanshi break free in exchange for a price, and they began to consider his offer.
• Hongjun threatened to unleash the Immeasurable Calamity if Zhou Ming helped Taiqing and Yuanshi leave the Heavenly Dao.

Zhou Ming and Hongjun negotiated over whether Taiqing and Primordial Lord could break free from the Heavenly Dao, with Hongjun threatening to trigger the Immeasurable Calamity. Zhou Ming agreed not to free them in exchange for Hongjun destroying the Saint-Smiting Pills, then called for the Tribulation to end.

• Hongjun warned Zhou Ming that helping Taiqing and Primordial Lord escape the Heavenly Dao would trigger the Immeasurable Calamity and destroy the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Ming recognized that the calamity would endanger the Wu Clan, while Hongjun insisted he would rather perish than let his Dao Path be severed.
• Zhou Ming agreed not to help the two Saints break free, but demanded that Hongjun swear never to threaten them with Saint-Smiting Pills and destroy every pill.
• Hongjun swore to the Supreme Dao and crumbled the Saint-Smiting Pills, relieving Taiqing, Primordial Lord, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa.
• Zhou Ming declared that the Investiture of the Gods had been shattered and the Chan Sect and Interception Sect had withered, then said the Tribulation should end.

Hongjun ended the Tribulation and punished the Saints for the destruction of the Primordial Wilderness. Zhou Ming negotiated ten years for Wu to settle the Human Clan’s affairs before returning to Huoyun Cave, and Hongjun then invited Zhou Ming to help reforge the Primordial World.

• Hongjun let the deceased disciples of Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master reincarnate, but required them and their surviving disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun ordered Taiqing Saint to send a Three Corpse incarnation to guard the Heavenly Court, while Jieyin and Zhunti were formally separated from the Mystic Gate.
• Hongjun forbade the Saints from entering the Primordial Land or interfering in the world unless an Immeasurable Calamity arrived.
• Hongjun ordered Wu to relinquish his Human Emperor position and return to Huoyun Cave, but Wu insisted on first settling the Human Clan’s affairs.
• Zhou Ming persuaded Hongjun to give Wu ten years, during which Wu, Huoyun Cave, the Jie Sect, and the Chan Sect would not interfere in the Human Clan’s affairs.
• Hongjun agreed to the terms and asked Zhou Ming to join him in reforging the Primordial World.

Hongjun and Zhou Ming reforged the shattered Primordial world, then departed with Tongtian as the surviving factions went their separate ways. Left without their master, the Jie Sect disciples chose to return to Golden Ao Island.

• Hongjun and Zhou Ming used the Creation Jade Tome and their powers to repair the Primordial world, and Hongjun warned that its weakened origins could no longer withstand Saint-level battles.
• Hongjun collected the scattered Investiture of the Gods fragments and God-Beating Whip, ordered the surviving Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court, and vanished.
• Tongtian gave Wu the True Spirits of his fallen disciples to send into reincarnation, then urged his remaining disciples to preserve the Jie Sect and entrusted Yunxiao with helping Jinling lead it.
• Zhou Ming and Tongtian departed, while the other Saints returned to their respective domains; Wu told Wen Zhong to leave the Human Clan and cultivate with his sect.
• Saint Mother Jinling led the surviving Jie Sect disciples to return to Golden Ao Island.

Zhou Ming collected Tongtian Sect Master's two remaining Heaven-Opening Marks and gave him a method to break free of the Three Corpses dead end. Tongtian entered seclusion in Pangu Hall, leaving Zhou Ming to fulfill his promise to Jiang Ziya.

• Di Jiang gave Zhou Ming a Sea-Calming Pearl containing the Wu Clan's collected Primordial Fragments.
• Tongtian handed Zhou Ming the two remaining Heaven-Opening Marks, completing the set of three.
• Zhou Ming gave Tongtian the Method of Shattering the Three Corpses, and Tongtian realized Hongjun's Saint cultivation method had trapped its practitioners on a dead-end path.
• Zhou Ming urged Tongtian to remain in Pangu Hall and cultivate in seclusion until he shattered the Three Corpses and rebuilt his Dao Foundation.
• Tongtian asked Zhou Ming to help his disciple Jiang Ziya restore his aptitude and begin the immortal path, and Zhou Ming agreed to send someone.