Chapter Summaries

Xuandu completed a Seven Revolutions Golden Pill and delivered Taishang’s pills to Venerable Yuanshi at Kunlun Mountain. After seeing Xuandu’s strength and failing to divine humanity’s future, Yuanshi ordered pills distributed to his disciples but excluded Chiting, while Randeng considered seeking another path.

• Xuandu refined three Seven Revolutions Golden Pills, and Taishang sent him to deliver a batch of pills to Venerable Yuanshi.
• Taishang told Xuandu that his nominal disciple in the Heavenly Court had caused trouble, but Xuandu said the disciple served only as an informant.
• Xuandu delivered the azure gourd to Venerable Yuanshi, who recognized that Xuandu had reached peak mid-stage Quasi-Saint and failed to divine humanity’s future.
• Venerable Yuanshi ordered Nanji to distribute the pills among the disciples and rejected Nanji’s question about giving any to Chiting.
• Randeng learned that he would receive no pills and privately resolved to seek another path, looking toward the west.

Chi You discovered a cave full of treasures, but a demonic spirit sealed in a black blade took over his body and corrupted his sworn brothers. The possessed Chi You named the blade Tiger Soul and vowed to revive the demonic path.

• Chi You left the Jiu Li tribe with Lie Shan and five brothers to investigate a ruin discovered by his younger brothers.
• Chi You found a trove of spiritual treasures and felt drawn to a powerful black blade.
• The blade flew into Chi You's hand and released Black Qi that trapped everyone in the cave.
• Chāturmahārājakāyika Bodhisattva revealed that it was a demon general whose spirit had been attached to the blade since the Dao-Devil War, then fought to possess Chi You.
• Chāturmahārājakāyika Bodhisattva overcame Chi You's resistance and took his body, while the brothers became demonic soldiers.
• The possessed Chi You named the blade Tiger Soul and declared that he would conquer the Primordial Wilderness and revive the demonic path.

After a thousand years of cultivation on the Three Immortal Islands, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan returned toward Human Emperor City and encountered the Jiu Li Tribe’s campaign against other humans. They learned that Chi You had changed after obtaining a demonic blade and headed to report what they had seen to the Human Emperor.

• Lin Tian praised Yang Jian for reaching the peak of the Martial Soul Realm and allowed the three siblings to return home, warning them that the human race faced a calamity.
• Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan left the island, while Lin Tian ordered the Six-eared Macaque to abstain from meat for ten thousand years and reflect on his Law of Battle.
• The siblings found the black-armored Jiu Li Tribe attacking the Qingmu Tribe and intervened to protect the villagers.
• Yang Jian defeated the Jiu Li leader’s attack and drove the black-armored soldiers away, while Yang Chan protected the Qingmu Tribe’s elders and weak members.
• The Qingmu elder told the siblings that Chi You had changed after obtaining a demonic blade and that the Human Emperor was gathering an army against the Jiu Li Tribe.
• Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan set out for Human Emperor City to inform the Human Emperor about the attack.

Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan joined the Human Emperor Di Xuan to prepare for a campaign against Chi You and the Jiu Li tribe. Before the expedition, they reunited with their parents, and Yang Jian received the Heavenly Eye from Yao Ji.

• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan met Sui Ren Shi in Human Emperor City and learned that Chi You's demonic rebellion threatened the human race.
• Di Xuan emerged from seclusion, heard Sui Ren Shi's report, and ordered an expedition against Jiu Li in three days.
• Yang Jian and his siblings returned to the Yang Residence and reunited with Yao Ji and Yang Tianyou.
• Yao Ji gave Yang Jian the Heavenly Eye, and he quickly learned its basic use.
• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan said farewell to their parents and flew back toward Human Emperor City for the expedition.

Di Xuan defeated the demonic general posing as Chi You and ended the demonic threat at Jiu Li, though the Human Race suffered heavy losses. After the battle, Yang Jian and his siblings found a fleeing man carrying a small black dog, and the man in black chasing them recognized Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye and asked what relation he had to Yao Ji.

• Chi You let the Human Race army enter Jiu Li, then confronted Di Xuan as the Human Race and Dragon Race forces fought the demonic troops.
• Yang Jian and his siblings fought the demonized tribesmen, and Yang Jian determined that the demonic qi had made them impossible to save.
• Di Xuan drew on Human Race destiny to crack the Tiger Soul Blade and killed the demon general, who revealed himself as Chāturmahārājakāyika Bodhisattva.
• Di Xuan purified the remaining demonic qi and ordered the wounded treated and the survivors resettled after the battle.
• Yang Jian and his siblings followed sounds of fighting and found a disheveled man fleeing with Little Black while a man in black pursued them.
• The man in black attacked Yang Jian and his siblings, then recognized Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye and asked what Yao Ji was to him.

Yang Jian and his siblings defeated the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, who transformed into a halberd and became Yang Jian’s weapon. After Xiao Yue died, Yang Jian adopted the puppy Little Black and named him Howling Celestial Dog.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon revealed his hatred for Yao Ji and attacked Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan.
• Yang Jian used his Heavenly Eye while his siblings helped him bring down the flood dragon’s true form.
• The defeated Three-Headed Flood Dragon begged for his life and transformed into a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd, which Yang Jian took under his control.
• Xiao Yue, chieftain of the Heavenly Dog Tribe, asked Yang Jian to care for Little Black before he died and dissolved into moon-white light.
• Yang Jian accepted Little Black as his spirit beast and named him Howling Celestial Dog.

Yang Jian returned home with his siblings, reassured Yao Ji that the Three-Headed Flood Dragon had become his weapon, and introduced her to the Howling Celestial Dog. Meanwhile, Xuandu tried to persuade the Lie Shan Tribe to abandon martial arts for the Golden Core Great Dao, fled when the people turned against him, and vowed revenge on Lin Tian.

• Yang Jian and his siblings returned safely to the Yang residence, where Yao Ji and Yang Tianyou welcomed them and asked about their battle.
• Yang Jian revealed that the Three-Headed Flood Dragon had become his weapon, and Yao Ji accepted his pledge of loyalty after hearing their shared history.
• Yang Jian showed his mother that the Three-Headed Flood Dragon could transform into different weapons and introduced the Howling Celestial Dog, who had swallowed a Dragon Pearl.
• Xuandu approached hunter Ah Hu in the Lie Shan Tribe and claimed the Golden Core Great Dao was superior to the martial path created by Father God Lin Tian.
• The Lie Shan crowd rejected Xuandu's teaching and surrounded him, so he fled before they could seize him.
• Xuandu returned to a distant mountain and vowed to make Dao Venerable Lin Tian regret how he had treated him.

After forty-seven thousand years of seclusion, Lu Ya emerged determined to avenge his mother and restore the Demon Race. He flew to the Three Immortal Islands to seek Dao Venerable Lin Tian’s guidance, unsure whether Lin Tian had killed his father and uncle but resolved to learn the truth.

• Lu Ya emerged from seclusion at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and told Bai Ze that he could not wait to become strong enough to face Kunpeng.
• Lu Ya explained that he planned to visit Dao Venerable Lin Tian, questioning whether Lin Tian had truly killed the Demon Emperor and the Eastern Emperor.
• Lu Ya told Bai Ze that he would accept help from an enemy if it could help him avenge his mother and restore the Demon Race.
• Bai Ze agreed to guard Myriad Demon Mountain as Lu Ya transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow and flew toward the East Sea.
• Lu Ya vowed to avenge his mother and get a clear answer from Lin Tian, even if the journey cost him his life.

Yang Mei thanked Lin Tian for restoring Zhen Yuanzi’s Ginseng Fruit tree, then entered seclusion after reaching the early Heavenly Dao Realm. Lu Ya sought Lin Tian’s guidance so he could avenge his mother and kill Kunpeng, while Jieyin and Zhunti sensed that the western region had lost some providence.

• Yang Mei gave Lin Tian three hundred Ginseng Fruits and left to cultivate in seclusion.
• Lin Tian learned that Six-Eared had been traveling for a thousand years and gave Ginseng Fruits to Little Deer and Wu Zhiqi.
• Lu Ya arrived at Three Immortal Islands and asked Lin Tian to teach him so he could avenge his mother and kill Kunpeng.
• Lin Tian questioned Lu Ya about Hongjun’s claim that he had killed Di Jun and Taiyi, then agreed to guide Lu Ya under three conditions.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed that the western region had lost some providence but could not determine why.

Lin Tian explained to Lu Ya why the path of Slaying Three Corpses could not lead to true unity and instructed him to cultivate the Solar Law. As Lin Tian taught Lu Ya how to understand the law, Wu Zhiqi tried to eavesdrop but fled when Little Deer challenged him to spar.

• Lu Ya asked Lin Tian how he should cultivate, and Lin Tian questioned him about Primordial Origin Golden Immortals and the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Lin Tian told Lu Ya that Slaying Three Corpses had a flaw, that Hongjun had not attained sainthood through that method, and that the path could not truly unite the Three Corpses.
• Lin Tian instructed Lu Ya to focus on the Solar Law, and Lu Ya accepted his guidance.
• Lin Tian taught Lu Ya the deeper principles of the Solar Law and how to cultivate laws toward Primordial Unity.
• Wu Zhiqi secretly listened to Lin Tian's lecture until Little Deer challenged him to spar, prompting him to flee.

After the Chan Sect disciples humiliated him, Haotian sought Hongjun and asked for the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, but Hongjun ordered him to return and rule the Heavenly Court. Hongjun then sent summons to the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti as the Heavenly Dao renewed its threat against Lin Tian.

• Haotian learned from Taibai Jinxing that Guangchengzi had called the Heavenly Court gatekeepers and Chijingzi had thrown away his imperial decree.
• Haotian left Yaochi and traveled to Purple Cloud Palace, where he asked Hongjun to let him become a Saint with the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi.
• Hongjun rebuked Haotian for questioning the Heavenly Dao's destiny, promised to handle the matter, and sent him back to rule the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Dao called Haotian a controllable chess piece and vowed to kill Lin Tian after its plan was completed.
• Hongjun sent six streams of golden light to summon the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti to Purple Cloud Palace.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the six Saints and announced that the Investiture of the Gods tribulation would require 365 Mystic Gate disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court. The Saints argued over who would supply the names, but Hongjun set a hundred-year deadline before they had to return with their choices.

• The Three Purities, Jieyin, and Zhunti gathered at the Purple Firmament Palace, where Dao Ancestor Hongjun confronted Yuanshi over his disciples' disrespect toward Haotian.
• Hongjun declared that the new killing tribulation would center on Mystic Gate disciples and require 365 candidates for vacant Heavenly Court positions.
• Hongjun presented the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip, explaining that listed disciples would be bound to serve the Heavenly Court and could never advance their cultivation.
• Yuanshi urged Tongtian to provide Interception Sect disciples for the positions, while Tongtian objected and Zhunti argued that the Western Teachings should be exempt.
• Hongjun ordered the Saints to return in a hundred years with their chosen names, then vanished as the Saints left the palace.

After learning that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity had begun, Yuanshi warned the Chan Sect disciples to stay on Kunlun Mountain and sought allies to force Tongtian’s Interception Sect to fill the divine roster. Taishang consented, and Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to help in exchange for first choice of Interception Sect disciples and a debt owed by the Chan Sect.

• Yuanshi told the Chan Sect that the calamity required 365 righteous gods and ordered his disciples to remain in their abodes to avoid being drawn into it.
• Randeng secretly warned Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang that Chan Sect disciples might also be forced onto the list and suggested seeking refuge with the Western Teachings.
• Yuanshi asked Taishang to help deal with Tongtian, and Taishang consented after Yuanshi raised the danger to Xuandu.
• Yuanshi persuaded Jieyin and Zhunti to join him and Taishang against Tongtian, agreeing that the Western Teachings could choose Interception Sect disciples first and that the Chan Sect would owe them a favor.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sealed their agreement with Yuanshi, then discussed the advantage it would bring the Western Teachings.

After learning that the Investiture of the Gods would require the Mystic Gate to supply 365 deities, Tongtian feared his Interception Sect would bear the burden alone. He sought Lin Tian’s help and left questioning whether any bond remained between the Three Pure Ones.

• Tongtian told Duobao about the Investiture of the Gods and his plan to ask Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Western Teachings to share the burden.
• Tongtian kept the news from his disciples for the time being, then went to the Three Immortal Islands to seek Lin Tian’s advice.
• Lin Tian introduced Tongtian to Lu Ya, who was serving as Lin Tian’s mount, and invited Tongtian to drink.
• Tongtian recounted the Purple Cloud Palace meeting and accused Yuanshi of trying to spare Chan Sect disciples while leaving the Interception Sect to fill the list.
• Lin Tian asked Tongtian about the bond between the Three Pure Ones, and Tongtian said he no longer believed that any bond remained.

Lin Tian revealed to Tongtian that Taishang had secretly stolen part of Tongtian and Yuanshi’s origins to strengthen himself and pursue Pangu’s Primordial Spirit. Shaken and furious, Tongtian left for Shouyang Mountain to confront Taishang.

• Lin Tian explained how the Three Pure Ones’ different Dao paths and someone’s interference had worsened their divisions.
• Lin Tian warned Tongtian that Taishang and Yuanshi might ally with the Western Teachings to force the Interception Sect to fill the list.
• Lin Tian helped Tongtian sense that a tiny portion of his origin was missing and told him Taishang had stolen it from him and Yuanshi.
• Lin Tian revealed Taishang had used their origins to cultivate One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and seek to restore Pangu’s Primordial Spirit.
• Tongtian thanked Lin Tian, then transformed into azure sword light and flew toward Shouyang Mountain.

Tongtian confronted Taishang at Shouyang Mountain after learning that Taishang had secretly absorbed part of his and Yuanshi’s origins. Tongtian prepared to sever their brotherly bond with the Four Swords of Execution, but Yuanshi arrived before Taishang could respond.

• Taishang stopped teaching Xuandu when he sensed Tongtian approaching Shouyang Mountain.
• Tongtian accused Taishang of secretly absorbing part of his and Yuanshi’s origins before they had fully taken form, and Taishang denied it.
• Tongtian revealed that Dao Venerable Lin Tian had told him his origin was incomplete and demanded to settle matters with Taishang.
• Tongtian summoned the Four Swords of Execution and declared that he would sever the bond between the Three Pure Ones.
• Yuanshi arrived and challenged Tongtian, who told him he was naive for still regarding Taishang as an elder brother.

Tongtian exposed Taishang’s theft of his and Yuanshi’s origins, shattering the Three Pure Ones’ trust. After Taishang revealed his three Saint-level incarnations and broke Tongtian’s sword formation, Yuanshi and Tongtian left him, while Taishang vowed to remember his grudge against Dao Venerable Lin Tian.

• Tongtian accused Taishang of secretly stealing half of his and Yuanshi’s origins, and Yuanshi discovered a flaw at the core of his own origin.
• Taishang admitted he had taken their origins for reasons he could not explain, while Tongtian accused him of deception and attacked with the Immortal Execution Sword Formation.
• Taishang summoned three Saint-level incarnations formed from the stolen origins and joined them to break Tongtian’s sword formation.
• Yuanshi severed his brotherly bond with Taishang and departed, then Tongtian declared the Three Pure Ones’ bond broken and left for the Eastern Sea.
• Taishang let Tongtian go, returned to Eight Sceneries Palace, and vowed to remember his grudge against Dao Venerable Lin Tian.

Tongtian recovered from his fight with Taishang and learned from Lin Tian that the Interception Sect had corrupt disciples and multiple traitors. He returned to seal the sect and began preparing to investigate, leaving his trusted disciples unaware of whether any traitors were among them.

• Lin Tian healed Tongtian and warned him that the Interception Sect’s lack of rules had allowed corrupt disciples and traitors to emerge.
• Tongtian followed Lin Tian’s advice, returned to the sect, and ordered Duobao to summon the disciples with the bell.
• Tongtian announced the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and sealed the mountain, forbidding disciples from leaving without permission.
• Tongtian dismissed most disciples and kept Duobao, Jin Ling, Wudang, Guiling, the Three Xiaos, and Zhao Gongming behind.
• Tongtian told the eight disciples about the calamity and his conflict with Taishang and Yuanshi, then wondered whether a traitor was among them.

Tongtian recognized that the Interception Sect faced internal corruption and ordered his disciples to secretly investigate and punish offenders. After discovering that killing karma was eroding the sect’s fortune, he sealed Golden Ao Island to begin a thorough purge.

• Tongtian warned his disciples that the Interception Sect might be isolated if rival sects united and revealed that traitors could be among them.
• Duobao admitted that some disciples had committed violence, plundered treasures, and abused the sect’s name, while he had kept these problems from Tongtian.
• Tongtian ordered eight disciples to secretly gather evidence against corrupt members and authorized them to cripple, expel, or suppress offenders.
• Tongtian examined the Interception Sect’s fortune and saw blood-red killing karma eroding its golden river and draining its strength.
• Tongtian sealed Golden Ao Island, preventing anyone from entering or sending messages out.

After Duobao and the others uncovered widespread crimes among Interception Sect disciples, Tongtian held a public purge on Golden Ao Island, executing the worst offenders and expelling others. He established strict new sect rules, then summoned Chang Er to enter the palace with him.

• Duobao reported that the investigation had identified 4,372 suspected offenders among the Interception Sect's 19,643 disciples, and Tongtian resolved to purge the sect.
• Tongtian showed the assembled disciples a Water Mirror replaying evidence of crimes, then read out the names of proven offenders and their punishments.
• Tongtian executed nearly a thousand disciples whose crimes merited death and abolished the cultivation of other guilty disciples before expelling them from Golden Ao Island.
• Tongtian announced strict new rules for the Interception Sect, and the remaining disciples pledged to obey them.
• Tongtian called Chang Er to accompany him into the palace, leaving Chang Er uneasy.