Chapter Summaries

Hao Tian told Hongjun how the Five Saints had neglected the Heavenly Court, prompting Hongjun to summon the Primordial Wilderness’s Saints and other powerful figures to Purple Cloud Palace. Hong Yun and the others arrived, and Hong Yun greeted them before entering to meet Hongjun.

• Hao Tian recounted his hardships as Heavenly Emperor, and Hongjun deduced what had happened before promising to stand up for him.
• Hongjun issued edicts summoning the Saints and other powerful experts to Purple Cloud Palace for a discussion.
• Hong Yun recognized that Hao Tian had complained to Hongjun, then left his Floating Island to answer the summons.
• Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, Di Jun, and Tai Yi gathered outside Purple Cloud Palace and greeted Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun praised the assembled experts and received System Rewards, while Hao Tian watched the Five Saints coldly as they entered the palace.
• Hong Yun entered Purple Cloud Palace and warmly greeted Hongjun, praising his Master’s power.

Hongjun summoned the Saints to the Purple Cloud Palace and announced the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation, which would require the Heavenly Court’s divine ranks to be filled. The Western Saints tried to distance their sect from the calamity, but Hongjun’s response suggested he knew they planned to leave the Xuan Sect.

• Hong Yun visited Hongjun in the Purple Cloud Palace, and Hongjun warmly welcomed his eldest disciple before greeting the other Saints with indifference.
• Hongjun announced that a new Tribulation of Calamity had arrived and that none beneath the Saint Realm would be spared.
• Hongjun explained that the Heavenly Court’s incomplete divine hierarchy had caused the calamity and specified the number of main, secondary, and auxiliary gods needed to resolve it.
• The Saints realized Hao Tian had appealed to Hongjun, and Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian reacted angrily while Jieyin and Zhunti feared their own scheme had been exposed.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian challenged the Western Saints’ attempt to avoid the calamity, and Jieyin blamed the Chan Sect’s disciples for starting the Immortal-God Kill Tribulation.
• Hongjun asked whether Zhunti and Jieyin wished to leave the Xuan Sect, leaving both Western Saints alarmed that he knew of their plans.

Hongjun revealed that the Western Sect’s disciples would be included in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and presented the Investiture of the Gods List as a way to avoid it. The Saints refused to volunteer their disciples, and Yuanshi and Tongtian ended the gathering in a furious confrontation.

• Hongjun warned Zhunti and Jieyin that the Western Sect’s disciples would be included in the tribulation, then explained that filling the 365 principal god positions on the Investiture of the Gods List could avert it.
• Hongjun described how those listed would become gods, revive through their stored True Spirits, and lose the ability to cultivate, leaving the Saints unwilling to sign their disciples up.
• Laozi said Xuandu should not be listed, and Zhunti and Jieyin argued that their Western Sect disciples should be spared.
• Minghe taunted Zhunti by bringing up Ksitigarbha, who had left the Western Sect and earned Merit in the Underworld.
• Yuanshi praised his Chan Sect disciples and insulted Tongtian’s Jie Sect disciples, urging Tongtian to fill the list with them.
• Tongtian challenged Yuanshi by recalling the Battle of Zhuolu and criticizing Guang Chengzi, and the brothers faced each other in anger.

The Saints argued over who would fill the Investiture of the Gods List, and Tongtian refused to sacrifice his Intercepting Sect disciples. After the Four Sects signed the list, Laozi turned the demand toward Hong Yun, who asked what kind of gesture Laozi expected.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian clashed over their disciples, while Laozi urged them to preserve their brotherly ties.
• Laozi signed the names of several Human Teaching outer disciples, and Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi followed by adding outer disciples from their sects.
• Tongtian refused to add more names, insisting that he would not sever his disciples' paths to the Dao.
• Laozi asked Hong Yun to show his sincerity as the First Disciple of Xuanmen, and Hong Yun asked what gesture Laozi wanted.

At Purple Cloud Palace, Laozi and Yuanshi challenged Hong Yun over refusing to sign the Investiture of the Gods List, but Hao Tian revealed that Hong Yun’s disciples already held most of the Heavenly Court’s Six Sovereign positions. Hongjun entrusted the list to Hong Yun, who left the discussion poised to support Tongtian in the coming Investiture War.

• Laozi urged Hong Yun to sign the Investiture of the Gods List and contribute disciples to the Heavenly Court, while Yuanshi pressed him further.
• Hong Yun claimed he could not sign anything because his disciples had already accepted Heavenly Court posts, and privately resolved to help Tongtian after Laozi and Yuanshi provoked him.
• Hao Tian returned to Purple Cloud Palace and announced that Ao Guang, Lu Ya, Kong Xuan, Hu Tian, and Houtu held the Heavenly Court’s Six Sovereign positions alongside him.
• Hong Yun confirmed that three of his personal disciples and a Floating Island elder served in the Heavenly Court, then asked whether the Saints expected him to list the Three Xiāo sisters.
• Hongjun ruled that everyone would rely on their own destiny in the tribulation and handed the Investiture of the Gods List to Hong Yun for safekeeping.

Hongjun warned Hong Yun that Demon Ancestor Luohu might interfere in the approaching calamity, and Hong Yun gave Hongjun a Jade Disk of Creation Shard. Meanwhile, Laozi and Yuanshi failed to persuade Tongtian to sacrifice his Jie Sect disciples, and they decided to act against the sect themselves.

• After the Saints signed the Investiture of the Gods List, Hongjun kept Hong Yun behind and warned him that Luohu might secretly interfere in the calamity.
• Hong Yun praised Hongjun and received a Jade Disk of Creation Shard, which he gave to Hongjun before leaving the Purple Cloud Palace.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Laozi and Yuanshi urged Tongtian to put some Jie Sect disciples on the list, but Tongtian refused and left in anger.
• Laozi and Yuanshi resolved to join forces to clean up the Jie Sect.

Tongtian warned the Jie Sect disciples about the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and ordered them to stay in their sanctuaries. After the assembly, Yang Jian insisted on leaving the mountain, despite Duobao’s warning, and asked his master for permission.

• Tongtian explained the Investiture of the Gods List and told the Jie Sect disciples to recite the Yellow Court Scripture in their sanctuaries to avoid the tribulation.
• Duobao, Turtle Spirit Saint Mother, and Zhao Gongming voiced their concerns and ideas, but Tongtian forbade the disciples from joining the conflict.
• Tongtian ended the assembly and worried that his disciples would not heed his warning.
• Duobao relayed Tongtian’s order to Yang Jian and Fire Spirit Holy Mother, but Yang Jian said he had to leave the mountain.
• Duobao scolded Yang Jian for risking the tribulation, and Yang Jian knelt and begged his master to let him go.

Yang Jian left the mountain to rescue his imprisoned mother, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and Duobao gave him the Duobao Pagoda and promised the Jie Sect’s support. Meanwhile, the Hundred Flowers Fairy was happily drinking with Yao Ji, while Yang Jian encountered a formidable old acquaintance.

• Yang Jian told Duobao and Fire Spirit Holy Mother that he had left to fulfill his filial duty and free his mother from Peach Mountain.
• Duobao reassured Yang Jian that the Jie Sect would help him if he ran into trouble, then lent him the Duobao Pagoda.
• Yaoshi reported that Yang Tianbi had attempted suicide for the 3,613th time, and Zhunti ordered him restrained and gagged with Maitreya’s socks.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy drank and sang with Yao Ji, unconcerned about her family because she believed they were all well cared for.
• Yang Jian encountered a formidable old acquaintance shortly after leaving the mountain.

Yang Jian emerged from seclusion and set out to rescue his mother, but his poor sense of direction led him to the Three-headed Flood Dragon, who tricked him and attacked. Their battle left the Three-headed Flood Dragon and Yang Jian locked in a fierce clash, while nearby Yang Tianyou watched in alarm.

• Yang Jian misread the directions and traveled north for three months, believing he was approaching Peach Mountain.
• The Three-headed Flood Dragon posed as the warm-hearted Three-headed Daoist and led Yang Jian to a poisonous mountain, claiming it was Peach Mountain.
• The Duobao Pagoda warned Yang Jian of the deception, and the Three-headed Flood Dragon revealed himself and attacked.
• Yang Jian summoned his Three-pointed, double-edged halberd and fought the Three-headed Flood Dragon, with the two evenly matched despite their difference in cultivation.
• Yang Tianyou sensed the battle from a nearby cave, where he had become the Three-headed Flood Dragon's Dao Companion.

Yang Jian killed the Three-headed Flood Dragon and refined its soul into his halberd, then followed its false directions to a cave he believed held his imprisoned mother. He entered expecting to rescue her, but found Yang Tianyou and Ao Cunxin instead as the Flood Dragon and Yang Tianyou activated the cave’s defenses.

• Ao Cunxin, the Third Princess of the West Sea Dragon King, confronted Yang Tianyou after the Three-headed Flood Dragon abducted her, while Yang Tianyou claimed he was Zhunti’s disciple and resented his captivity.
• Yang Jian used the Duobao Pagoda to suppress the Three-headed Flood Dragon, then killed him after 967 strikes.
• Yang Jian refined the Flood Dragon’s soul into his Three-pointed, double-edged halberd and demanded directions to Peach Mountain.
• The Flood Dragon deceived Yang Jian into going to his cave by claiming it was Peach Mountain and that a goddess was imprisoned there.
• Yang Jian entered the cave calling for his mother, but saw Yang Tianyou and Ao Cunxin, while Yang Tianyou and the Flood Dragon activated the restrictions and released poisonous mist.

Yang Jian defeated the Three-headed Flood Dragon’s restriction but was affected by its Lust Poison, and he accidentally killed Yang Tianyou before spending the night with Ao Cunxin. The next morning, Ao Cunxin asked him to marry her, and Yang Jian learned she was the West Sea Dragon King’s Third Princess.

• Yang Jian broke the Three-headed Flood Dragon’s restriction and sealed its soul, but the dragon’s Lust Poison overcame his defenses.
• Yang Tianyou attacked Yang Jian under the poison’s influence, and Yang Jian stabbed him through the heart, killing him.
• Yang Jian and Ao Cunxin, both affected by the Lust Poison, spent the night together in the cave.
• The next morning, Yang Jian explained his plans to rescue his mother and his fear of implicating Ao Cunxin, who asked him to marry her.
• Ao Cunxin revealed she was the West Sea Dragon King’s Third Princess, surprising Yang Jian.

Yang Jian brought Ao Cunxin to Peach Mountain to rescue his mother, while Hong Yun sent Yang Jiao and Yang Chan there with a plan of his own. Yang Jian broke through the mountain’s restriction and found Yao Ji with the Hundred Flowers Fairy, leaving him stunned when he mistook the fairy for his mother.

• Yang Jian learned that Ao Cunxin was the West Sea Dragon King’s Third Princess and brought her with him toward Peach Mountain, letting her guide him after he admitted he was bad with directions.
• Hong Yun summoned Yang Jiao and Yang Chan, told them Yang Jian was heading to Peach Mountain, and explained his plan before the siblings set out for the mountain.
• Yang Jian arrived at Peach Mountain, declared that he would rescue his mother, and broke through the Heavenly Court’s weak restriction.
• Hao Tian sensed the restriction had been broken and ordered Tian Peng to investigate Peach Mountain.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy and Yao Ji heard Yang Jian calling, and Yang Jian rushed inside, believing the Hundred Flowers Fairy was his mother, before freezing in shock.

Yang Jian reunited with his mother, the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and was shocked to find that she had lived comfortably in Peach Mountain rather than suffering as he had imagined. She approved of Ao Cunxin as Yang Jian’s bride, while Aunt Yao offered them powerful spiritual fruits.

• The Hundred Flowers Fairy joyfully recognized Yang Jian, who was bewildered by her plump, cheerful appearance and wine cup.
• Ao Cunxin led Yang Jian into the cave, where he knelt and apologized for leaving his mother alone; the Hundred Flowers Fairy comforted him and said she had not suffered.
• Yang Jian introduced Ao Cunxin as his friend, but Ao Cunxin revealed that they had privately pledged themselves to each other and asked for the Hundred Flowers Fairy’s blessing.
• The Hundred Flowers Fairy approved of the marriage and warmly questioned Ao Cunxin before Yao Ji reminded her to introduce everyone.
• Yao Ji welcomed Yang Jian and Ao Cunxin and served them fruits whose spiritual aura filled the cave and caused their cultivation to advance.

Yang Jian reunited with Yang Jiao and Yang Chan, then insisted on rescuing their mother from Peach Mountain despite his siblings’ objections. When Yao Ji’s identity as the Heavenly Emperor’s younger sister was revealed, Yang Jian accused his family of siding with the Heavenly Court and moved to attack her, prompting Yang Jiao to intervene.

• Yang Jian and Ao Cunxin were astonished by the rare spiritual fruits Yao Ji served them.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Chan arrived, and the three siblings joyfully reunited with their mother and each other.
• Yang Jian announced that he intended to rescue their mother from Peach Mountain, but Yang Jiao and Yang Chan urged him to wait because her sentence had not ended.
• Yang Jian accused his siblings of abandoning their family and rejected their explanations that their mother had been living comfortably.
• Yao Ji explained that Hao Tian had acted to uphold the Heavenly Court’s authority, and Yang Jiao revealed that she was the Heavenly Emperor’s younger sister.
• Yang Jian threatened to capture Yao Ji, unleashing his Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal power, and Yang Jiao stepped forward to fight him.

Yang Jiao and Yang Jian fought after Yang Jian discovered his elder brother had reached the Middle-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Yang Jiao dominated the battle, and the brothers’ Spiritual Treasures fought on for three days and three nights, leaving Yang Jian badly beaten and questioning his life.

• Yang Jian challenged Yang Jiao to a fight outside Peach Mountain, while Yang Chan followed and Yao Ji took the Hundred Flowers Fairy to watch.
• Yang Jiao overwhelmed Yang Jian in hand-to-hand combat, despite Yang Jian’s martial training and growing aggression.
• Yang Jian used Law of Heaven and Earth, but Yang Jiao matched the transformation, threw him into a mountain, and continued beating him.
• Yang Jian summoned the Duobao Pagoda, and Yang Jiao countered with the Fan Tian Seal, which knocked the pagoda away.
• The Duobao Pagoda and Fan Tian Seal fought in the air for three days and three nights as Yang Jian was beaten until he questioned his life.

Yang Jian reunited with his family after learning the truth about their past, but Zhunti abducted them to the Western Lands. Kong Xuan sensed that Yao Ji was missing and rushed to tell Hong Yun.

• Yang Jian stopped fighting Yang Jiao, and Hundred Flowers Fairy explained the family's circumstances and Yang Tianbi's resurrection.
• Zhunti arrived and claimed he wanted to bring the family to see Yang Tianbi, but Yao Ji reminded them that Hundred Flowers Fairy was still under punishment.
• After the family refused to leave without Hundred Flowers Fairy, Zhunti seized them with golden light and carried them toward the Western Lands.
• Kong Xuan failed to divine Yao Ji's whereabouts, realized she had been taken, and told Hong Yun that his Dao Companion was gone.

Kong Xuan learned that Zhunti had taken Yao Ji and the Yang family to the Western Lands, while Hong Yun sent him to deliver a letter to Tongtian. After reading it, Tongtian learned that Zhunti’s actions involved Yang Jian and prepared to confront him.

• Hong Yun told Kong Xuan that Zhunti had taken Yao Ji because of the Yang family and assured him that they were safe.
• Hong Yun sent Kong Xuan with a letter to Golden Ao Island, while Zhunti brought Yao Ji and the Yang family to Mount Sumeru.
• Hundred Flowers Fairy and the Yang siblings reunited with Yang Tianbi but recoiled from the stench of Maitreya’s filthy socks.
• Kong Xuan met Duobao on Golden Ao Island and delivered Hong Yun’s letter to Tongtian, who asked whether Yang Jian was in danger.
• Tongtian read the letter, learned of Zhunti’s conduct, and angrily questioned whether his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was not sharp enough.

After Zhunti took Yang Jian and his siblings to the Western Lands, Tongtian ordered the Jie Sect to march on Mount Sumeru. Zhunti and Jieyin prepared to face him, while Hong Yun decided to watch; three months later, Tongtian led the gathered Jie Sect toward the Western Lands.

• Tongtian learned Zhunti had taken Yang Jian and his family and ordered Duobao to summon the Jie Sect to Mount Sumeru in three months.
• Zhunti told Jieyin he had not restricted Yang Jiao and Yang Chan, and argued that Tongtian would lack allies and be outmatched by the two Western Saints.
• Jieyin accepted Zhunti’s reasoning and agreed to confront Tongtian, hoping the Western Sect would gain renown and followers.
• Kong Xuan told Hong Yun of Tongtian’s decision, and Hong Yun resolved to go to the Western Lands to witness the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Three months later, Duobao reported that the Jie Sect’s disciples had gathered on Golden Ao Island, and Tongtian ordered them to march on Mount Sumeru and capture Zhunti and Jieyin.

Tongtian led Jie Sect’s Myriad Immortals west to Mount Sumeru and surrounded the Western Sect with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to demand Yang Jian’s return. Jieyin and Zhunti claimed Yang Jian had chosen to stay in the Western Lands, leaving Tongtian ready to attack.

• Yuanshi and Laozi watched Jie Sect’s massive procession depart and worried about Tongtian’s involvement in the coming tribulation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to use Tongtian’s arrival to display the Western Sect’s power and improve its reputation.
• Tongtian arrived at Mount Sumeru with tens of thousands of Jie Sect disciples and deployed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against the Bodhi Formation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti greeted Tongtian, while Zhunti pretended not to know why he had come.
• Tongtian demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti hand over Yang Jian or face the destruction of Mount Sumeru.
• Zhunti claimed Yang Jian had come to the Western Lands to settle near his father, Yang Tianbi, and Tongtian angrily rejected the excuse.

Tongtian trapped Zhunti and Jieyin in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and relentlessly wore them down, while Hong Yun entertained the gathered Saints outside. Zhunti and Jieyin struggled to find a way to break the formation, and Zhunti began to suspect Yuanshi and Tongtian had played him.

• Tongtian transformed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and challenged Zhunti and Jieyin to enter and break it.
• Zhunti and Jieyin entered the formation as Hong Yun, Houtu, and Nuwa watched from outside; other powerful figures gathered to observe.
• Hong Yun served tea and spiritual fruits to the assembled Saints, drawing System Reward notifications as they socialized.
• Tongtian concealed himself and bombarded Zhunti and Jieyin with endless sword qi, preventing them from replenishing their Mana.
• Zhunti and Jieyin tried to locate the four swords and remove them together, but Tongtian's formation protected them and left the brothers battered.
• Zhunti despaired at Tongtian's strength and wondered whether Yuanshi and Tongtian had been playing him.