Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun overwhelmed Rahu in the Chaos with the Axe of Creation, drawing on his Pangu bloodline to break through and drive the Demon Ancestor into retreat. Hong Yun pursued Rahu into the Outer Chaos, where a huge blue, scaled creature sensed Pangu’s aura.

• Hong Yun fought Rahu with the Axe of Creation, and his Pangu bloodline helped him glimpse the Great Dao of Power.
• Rahu used the Heavenly Devil Disintegration Technique, but Hong Yun broke through two small realms and continued to overpower him.
• Hong Yun’s axe strikes wounded Rahu and damaged the Heavenly Devil Tower, while Hongjun cheered and Heavenly Dao stayed back.
• Rahu fled toward the Outer Chaos, and Hong Yun chased him with the Axe of Creation.
• A colossal blue, scaled creature with a human head sensed Pangu’s aura as it inhaled and exhaled Chaos Qi.

Hong Yun drove Rahu into Chaos as the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation ended, and Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya began assigning divine positions. Shen Gongbao defended the lowly posts given to Western Sect disciples by invoking Di Xin’s supposed words, leaving Zhunti unable to protest.

• Houtu and the other women, along with the Five Saints, were stunned as Hong Yun chased Rahu into Chaos.
• Zhunti resolved to make Hong Yun his patron, while Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe separately suspected each other of plotting against them and promoted their claims to be Hong Yun’s best brother.
• Xiqi’s troops surrendered to Great Shang, and the destruction of the eight hundred vassals gave Di Xin confidence to abolish slavery.
• Hao Tian watched Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya confer the gods, while Shen Gongbao assigned Western Sect disciples Ananda and Kasyapa the lowly posts of Smallpox God and Broom Star.
• Zhunti challenged the Three Pure Ones over the Western Sect’s inferior divine posts, but Shen Gongbao defended the assignments and claimed that Di Xin had taught him every role served the Primordial Beings.

After the Investiture of the Gods concluded, Jiang Ziya learned that he would receive no divine position, while Hong Yun continued pursuing Rahu through Chaos. Rahu drew the Thunder Demon God Leiting into the chase with a promise of news about his brother Space, but fled when Hong Yun arrived, leaving Leiting to face the Axe of Creation.

• Shen Gongbao sent the Investiture of the Gods List to the Heavenly Court, and Yuanshi told Jiang Ziya that he had no divine position before departing with the other immortals.
• Jiang Ziya fainted after Yuanshi reminded him that his mission to replace Yin-Shang had failed, while Randeng exchanged a meaningful glance with Zhunti.
• Hong Yun chased Rahu through Chaos, split one of his demonic shadows with the Axe of Creation, and forced Rahu to escape using Blood Escape.
• Rahu encountered Leiting, the Thunder Demon God, and promised to reveal where his brother Space was if Leiting helped stop Hong Yun.
• When Hong Yun arrived, Rahu fled, and Leiting recognized the Axe of Creation as Hong Yun prepared to strike him.

Red Cloud confronted Leiting after the Thunder Demon God let Rahu escape, then fought him with the Axe of Creation and gained the upper hand. Rahu escaped safely while Leiting was left under Red Cloud’s relentless assault.

• Leiting recognized the Axe of Creation and tried to placate Red Cloud, but Red Cloud demanded compensation for Rahu’s escape.
• Leiting attacked Red Cloud with a pillar of Chaos lightning, and Red Cloud shattered it with the Axe of Creation.
• Leiting surrounded Red Cloud with thunderballs, but Red Cloud broke free and wounded him with an axe strike.
• Leiting drew the Demon Blade of Thunder and fought Red Cloud, who used his Pangu bloodline and battle markings to suppress him.
• Rahu confirmed that Red Cloud had not pursued him and credited Leiting’s interference with saving his incarnation.

Rahu withdrew to heal after his battle with Hong Yun, while Hong Yun and Leiting ended their fight on friendly terms. Leiting then invited Hong Yun to explore the World Beyond the Primordial with him.

• Rahu decided against returning to help Leiting, found a secluded place in Chaos, and began healing the wounds inflicted by the Axe of Creation.
• Hong Yun praised Leiting during their battle and received a Demon Blade of Thunder Fragment as a reward.
• Hong Yun stopped attacking and proposed a draw; Leiting accepted after realizing he could not withstand another round.
• Hong Yun prepared to leave, but Leiting called him back and invited him to explore the World Beyond the Primordial.

Hong Yun agreed to explore another Chaos world with Thunder Demon God Leiting, then returned to the Primordial Wilderness and reconciled with Hongjun over his dealings with Rahu. Hongjun approved Hong Yun’s plan to explore worlds beyond the Primordial Wilderness and reluctantly considered allowing Rahu into the Primordial Wilderness, before Saint Realm experts arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Leiting invited Hong Yun to explore a smaller world beyond the Primordial Wilderness, and Hong Yun agreed to join him once Leiting had recovered from his injuries.
• Leiting asked Hong Yun about his sworn elder brother, the Space Demon God, and Hong Yun suggested that the Primordial Wilderness’s Yang Mei might be him.
• Hongjun summoned Hong Yun and scolded him for calling Rahu his Martial Uncle, but Hong Yun’s praise won him over and earned him two Jade Disk of Creation Shards.
• Hong Yun told Hongjun about Leiting and proposed uniting the Primordial Wilderness’s experts to explore and plunder other Chaos worlds.
• Hong Yun argued that allowing Rahu to establish the Demonic Path in the Primordial Wilderness could delay the Tribulation of Calamity and give their future expedition a powerful ally, and Hongjun accepted his explanation with a warning to keep his distance from Rahu.
• Saint Realm experts gathered outside the Purple Cloud Palace, and Hongjun told Hong Yun to watch as he resumed his inscrutable demeanor.

After the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, Hongjun summoned the Saints and imposed a rule barring them from interfering in mortal affairs or attacking those below the Saint Realm without cause. Tongtian then tearfully accused Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti of joining forces against his Jie Sect and keeping his Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, leaving Hongjun to judge their dispute.

• Nuwa, Houtu, Xuan Ming, and the others entered Purple Cloud Palace and found Hong Yun safe before Hongjun addressed the assembled Saints.
• Hongjun declared the tribulation ended and ordered Saints to stay in their sanctuaries, avoid meddling in human affairs, and refrain from attacking lower-level cultivators without cause.
• Zhunti began to object to the rule, but Jieyin stopped him, and the Saints agreed to Hongjun's decree.
• Tongtian knelt before Hongjun and accused Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti of nearly wiping out Jie Sect and taking the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Hong Yun realized Tongtian had used Spirit Chili to produce his tears and suspected Zhurong had coached him in acting.
• Zhunti countered that the Four Sects had joined forces only because Jie Sect had so many disciples, and the other three Saints supported his defense.

Tongtian recovered the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, while Hongjun dismissed concerns about Rahu and the saints returned to their domains. A hundred thousand years later, Jieyin and Zhunti left the Xuanmen and established Buddhism, prompting Hong Yun to watch the West with a calculating smile and Yuanshi to boast that the Chan Sect would now dominate the Xuanmen.

• Zhunti blamed Laozi for keeping Tongtian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and Laozi returned them while Tongtian rejected him as an Elder Brother.
• Houtu asked how the Primordial Wilderness would guard against Rahu, and Hongjun said Rahu’s demonic path would help bring inner-demon tribulations.
• Hongjun dismissed the saints from Purple Cloud Palace, and Hong Yun returned to Floating Island with Nuwa and the three women.
• Over the next hundred thousand years, the Primordial Wilderness recovered, while Tongtian’s weakened Jie Sect held on through Jin Ling, Zhao Gongming, and Wu Dang.
• Jieyin and Zhunti left the Xuanmen and established Buddhism in the West, proclaiming themselves Amitabha Buddha and Mother Buddha Zhunti.
• Yuanshi mocked Jieyin and Zhunti’s departure and declared that his Chan Sect would become supreme within the Xuanmen.

After Buddhism was established in the West, Randeng and three Chan Sect disciples prepared to leave Kunlun Mountain and join it. Zhunti met them on the road and welcomed them into the Buddhist Sect.

• Hongjun observed Buddhism’s rise and considered his ties to Zhunti and Jieyin settled, while Hong Yun wondered who had been thinking of him.
• Zhunti and Jieyin celebrated Buddhism’s establishment and the conversion of three thousand Intercepting Sect disciples into Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats.
• Randeng met with Daoist Cihang, Manjushri, and Puxian and set out with them to join Zhunti and the Buddhist Sect.
• At Kunlun Mountain’s gate, the group encountered Huang Long, but Randeng decided not to invite him for fear he would alert Yuanshi.
• After traveling west for three days, Randeng and the three Chan Sect disciples met Zhunti, who welcomed them into Buddhism.

Hong Yun broke Jieyin’s spell and exposed the Western Sages’ attempt to recruit Yuanshi’s disciples, prompting Yuanshi to confront Zhunti and the defectors. Randeng and three other disciples openly joined Buddhism, and Randeng challenged Yuanshi over years of favoritism and neglect, leaving Yuanshi speechless.

• Zhunti welcomed Randeng, Cihang, Manjushri, and Puxian into the Western Buddhist Sect while Yuanshi sensed an unexplained disturbance in Jade Void Palace.
• Hong Yun sent a streak of crimson lightning to the Western Paradise, shattering Jieyin’s Buddhist spell and clearing the mist that had hidden events from Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi learned what had happened and pursued Zhunti and the disciples toward the west, while Zhunti promised to protect them.
• Yuanshi confronted Zhunti, and Randeng, Cihang, Manjushri, and Puxian changed into monk robes and declared themselves Buddhists.
• Yuanshi accused the four of betraying him, and Randeng challenged him over repeatedly favoring Guang Chengzi and denying Randeng opportunities despite his position as Deputy Sect Master.
• Randeng demanded an explanation from Yuanshi, who fell silent because he could not answer.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate confronted Randeng and Cihang, Puxian, and Manjushri over leaving the Chan Sect, then attacked when they refused to return. Zhunti rescued them and fought Yuanshi beyond the heavens, while Tongtian and other Primordial Beings mocked Yuanshi’s bias.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate blamed Randeng for inciting his disciples to leave, but Randeng argued that he had waited for Yuanshi’s promised compensation for countless years.
• Cihang explained that he, Puxian, and Manjushri had left to seek advancement through Randeng’s teachings, and Yuanshi offered to treat them equally if they returned.
• Cihang, Puxian, and Manjushri revealed that they had cultivated both Buddhist and Jade Purity arts and could no longer return to the Chan Sect.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate attacked Randeng and the three disciples with Jade Purity Divine Thunder, but Zhunti blocked the strike and sheltered them with Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Yuanshi and Zhunti fought, then flew beyond the heavens to avoid causing harm in the human world.
• Tongtian celebrated Yuanshi’s humiliation as Primordial Beings criticized Yuanshi’s favoritism and contrasted it with Tongtian’s fairness to his disciples.

Yuanshi fought Jieyin and Zhunti in Chaos over disciples who had left his sect, but the Two Sages of the West gradually gained the upper hand. When Yuanshi called for Laozi’s help, Tongtian blocked Laozi and pointed his Qingping Sword at him.

• Yuanshi attacked Zhunti with the Pangu Banner, and Jieyin arrived to help Zhunti defend against him.
• Jieyin invoked Tongtian’s loss of three thousand disciples to the Western Sect, provoking Yuanshi and intensifying the battle.
• Jieyin and Zhunti joined forces to suppress Yuanshi, and Jieyin struck him with the Imparting Divine Pestle, making him cough up Saint Blood.
• Yuanshi called for Laozi’s help, and Laozi rushed from Shouyang Mountain toward the battlefield.
• Tongtian appeared in Laozi’s path, raised his Qingping Sword, and declared that the road was blocked.

Tongtian helped Zhunti and Jieyin defeat Yuanshi while Laozi fought Tongtian, leaving Yuanshi to retreat in humiliation. At Mount Sumeru, Randeng and the former disciples of Heavenly Origin Sect joined Buddhism, where Randeng claimed authority as Buddha Randeng and began plotting its rise.

• Tongtian trapped Laozi in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation while Zhunti and Jieyin overwhelmed Yuanshi, broke his Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner's defense, and injured him.
• Yuanshi admitted defeat and returned to Kunlun Mountain, while Tongtian mocked him and returned to Golden Ao Island; Zhunti thanked Tongtian, and Laozi departed without a word.
• Randeng and the other disciples of Heavenly Origin Sect arrived at the Western Paradise, and Zhunti appointed Randeng to become Buddhism's Deputy Sect Master and entrusted its affairs to him while Saints stayed away.
• Randeng took on the title Buddha Randeng, and Cihang and two other former disciples became Bodhisattvas of Buddhism.
• After opening sanctuaries in the Western Paradise, Randeng stood atop Mount Sumeru and declared that Buddhism belonged to them, unaware that a Supreme Buddha was about to use him to rise to power.

Duobao merged the Taiqing and Yuqing immortal lights with Laozi’s help, then agreed to go west and lead Buddhism so he could protect the Jie Sect disciples taken by Zhunti and intercept Buddhist fortune. After Duobao secured Laozi’s promise that the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords had been returned to Tongtian, Laozi escorted him toward the West, where Randeng sensed an ominous chill.

• Duobao completed the fusion of the Taiqing and Yuqing immortal lights and thanked Laozi for helping him.
• Laozi asked whether Duobao would return to the Jie Sect, then told him that Zhunti had taken more than three thousand Jie Sect disciples to the West.
• Laozi proposed that Duobao become Buddhism’s Supreme Buddha to intercept its fortune and shelter the converted disciples, and Duobao agreed.
• Duobao made Laozi’s return of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to Tongtian his condition, and Laozi confirmed that they had already been returned.
• Laozi took Duobao westward and offered to explain the Dao along the way.
• In the Western Paradise, Randeng felt a chill down his back as he prepared to reform Buddhism.

Laozi traveled west with Duobao, crossed Hangu Pass, and carved the Dao De Jing into a bluestone before continuing toward the Buddhist Sect. Yin Xi claimed Hong Yun had once used its opening words to enlighten Laozi, leaving the Grand Pure Saint embarrassed as Duobao laughed.

• Laozi asked Duobao whether he was prepared to enter the Buddhist Sect and become its leader after crossing Hangu Pass, and Duobao said he was.
• Laozi entered Hangu Pass amid saintly phenomena, while Yin Xi corrected a garrison commander who mistook them for a demonic attack and led officials to welcome him.
• Yin Xi opened the pass for Laozi and Duobao, and Laozi rode the Green Ox west with Duobao leading it.
• Laozi carved the Five Thousand Words of the Dao De Jing into a bluestone outside the pass, and Human Race cultivators gathered to study it.
• Yin Xi told the defending generals that Hong Yun had used the Dao De Jing’s opening words to enlighten Laozi, and Duobao laughed as Laozi recalled the old discussion and grew embarrassed.

Laozi brought Duobao to the Western Paradise, where the Two Sages of the West discovered that Duobao was destined to become Buddhism’s master. Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to bring him into the Buddhist Sect, leaving Randeng to compete with him for power.

• Jieyin and Zhunti worried that Laozi’s journey west with Duobao threatened the Buddhist Sect’s coming great prosperity.
• Three years later, Laozi met the Two Sages of the West at the entrance to the Western Paradise and explained that Duobao wished to study Buddhist Dharma.
• Jieyin and Zhunti calculated that Duobao had affinity with Buddhism and the heavenly mandate to become its Supreme Buddha.
• Zhunti urged Jieyin to welcome Duobao and teach him Buddhism’s supreme Dao, despite Randeng’s promised position as Deputy Sect Master.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to let Duobao and Randeng contend for leadership, reasoning that either would need their support.

Duobao joined the Buddhist Sect and was appointed Tathagata Buddha, setting him against Randeng for control of the sect. A century later, Duobao had won over the former Intercepting Sect disciples and Randeng’s allies, leaving Randeng isolated and lamenting his fate.

• Zhunti and Jieyin accepted Duobao into the Buddhist Sect, and Duobao renounced his Daoist identity and became a novice monk.
• Laozi returned east while Zhunti and Jieyin led Duobao to Mount Sumeru and summoned the Buddhist Sect disciples.
• Zhunti appointed Duobao as Tathagata Buddha to share leadership with Randeng and Maitreya, despite Randeng’s objection.
• Duobao used his management skills to rally the three thousand former Intercepting Sect disciples and gain influence over Cihang, Puxian, and Manjushri.
• The Buddhist Sect established the Three Ages Buddhas, naming Randeng the Past Buddha, Maitreya the Future Buddha, and Tathagata the Present Buddha.
• Randeng lost the struggle for leadership and wept alone in his cave dwelling.

After Bi Xiao revealed that Hong Yun had agreed to marry Nuwa and the other women, the news spread across the Primordial Wilderness and allies began preparing the wedding. Hong Yun was left dumbfounded when Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others arrived with wedding clothes and supplies.

• Bi Xiao told Ao Guang and the others that Hong Yun had agreed to marry after Nuwa and the other women confronted him.
• Tongtian learned the news from Jin Ling and sent word to Dijiang in the Netherworld.
• Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, and Minghe argued over who was Hong Yun's closest friend before joining forces to spread the news and organize the wedding.
• The news of the Dao Venerable's wedding spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness, while killing intent came from West Kunlun and Taiyin Star.
• Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others arrived at Hong Yun's home with wedding supplies and dressed him in wedding robes, leaving him stunned.

Hong Yun’s friends and allies prepared his wedding, while Nuwa, Houtu, and Xuan Ming kept him exhausted in the days before the ceremony. On the wedding day, the brides arrived at Floating Island as guests presented lavish gifts, including twelve Tenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotuses from the Two Sages of the West.

• Dijiang, Fuxi, Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, Tai Yi, and Di Jun helped prepare Floating Island for Hong Yun’s wedding.
• Nuwa, Houtu, and Xuan Ming repeatedly suppressed Hong Yun during the three months of wedding preparations, while invitations went out to the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Powers.
• Candle Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix Feng Wu, and Mystic Jade Qilin Mo Xuan pulled Hong Yun’s wedding carriage to fetch Nuwa, Houtu, and Xuan Ming.
• The wedding carriage brought the three brides to Floating Island, where Dijiang read the guests’ congratulatory gifts aloud.
• Tongtian gave five High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Jieyin and Zhunti stunned the guests by presenting twelve Tenth-Grade Merit Golden Lotuses.

At Hong Yun’s wedding, Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe competed to prove who was his best brother by offering their treasured spiritual roots and spiritual treasures. Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrived to officiate the wedding, followed by the incarnations of the Earthly Dao and Human Dao, leaving the gathering with even more powerful witnesses.

• Zhunti explained that he had offered generous gifts to win Hong Yun’s goodwill and protect the West from future schemes.
• Zhen Yuanzi gave Hong Yun his Ginseng Fruit Tree, claiming that their brotherly bond made the gift fitting.
• Minghe countered with his Twelve-grade Karma Red Lotus, and he and Zhen Yuanzi glared at each other over who was Hong Yun’s best brother.
• Hongjun appeared in the great hall, greeted the guests, and announced that he would officiate Hong Yun’s wedding.
• Hongjun called out the hidden guests, and Empress Pingxin and Empress Feng Lixi appeared as witnesses for the wedding.