Chapter Summaries

Wangshu revealed her willingness to become Ling Xiao’s Dao companion, while Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao left Penglai in heartbreak. News of their humiliation inflamed tensions between the Sects of Interception and Enlightenment on Kunlun Mountain, where Lu Ya’s attack threatened to spark a clash.

• Wangshu suppressed Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao, then told Ling Xiao she would consider marriage as repayment for his saving her.
• Ling Xiao spoke seriously of a Heavenly Wedding Ceremony, and Wangshu went into his Jing Sheng Dao Palace while he summoned and began refining the Twelfth-Grade World-Ending Black Lotus.
• Ling Xiao rejected Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao and ordered them to leave his Dao field, so the two departed in tears.
• News of the sisters’ visit spread to Kunlun Mountain, where Sect of Interception disciples grew angry and Duobao forbade them from discussing the matter.
• Perfected Immortal Taiyi and Real Person Puxian insulted the Sect of Interception, while Ran Deng considered driving its disciples from Kunlun Mountain.
• Lu Ya attacked Perfected Immortal Taiyi and Real Person Puxian with Solar True Fire, igniting a confrontation.

Lu Ya’s attack on Perfected Immortal Taiyi and Real Person Puxian escalated into a bloody battle between the Sect of Enlightenment and the Sect of Interception, forcing the three Sages to intervene. At Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun condemned Tongtian’s disciples and demanded that he explain their conduct or leave Kunlun Mountain.

• Burning Lamp intercepted Lu Ya’s Immortal Slaying Flying Knife by letting it pierce his chest and imprisoning it with his treasures.
• Guangchengzi led the Sect of Enlightenment disciples against Lu Ya, and Zhao Gongming led the Sect of Interception disciples into the fight, turning the clash into a sect-wide melee.
• Burning Lamp used his Quasi-Sage aura to pull the Sect of Enlightenment disciples from the battle, while Duobao stopped the Sect of Interception from pursuing them.
• Grand Pure Laozi summoned both sects to Jade Void Palace, where Guangchengzi blamed Lu Ya and demanded his execution, while Zhao Gongming defended him and challenged the Sect of Enlightenment.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rebuked Tongtian’s disciples as unruly beasts and demanded an explanation, threatening to make Tongtian take them and leave Kunlun Mountain.

Ling Xiao chose not to intervene in the conflict between Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian, earning the God-Slaying Spear, then openly revealed it alongside the World-Ending Black Lotus and received Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval. Wangshu teased Ling Xiao about becoming Dao companions before leaving him to cultivate, while privately admitting that her heart had stirred.

• Ling Xiao considered the growing conflict between the Sect of Enlightenment and the Sect of Interception, then chose to do nothing and received the God-Slaying Spear from the system.
• Ling Xiao brought out the God-Slaying Spear, explained his use of it to Wangshu, and declared to the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun that he would wield it without slaughtering innocents.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun approved Ling Xiao’s possession of the God-Slaying Spear and World-Ending Black Lotus, allowing him to reveal both treasures openly.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu discussed the immortal and demonic Dao, and Wangshu teased him about becoming Dao companions before vanishing from his side.
• Ling Xiao resumed cultivating, while Wangshu privately resolved to avenge his teasing and admitted she would willingly become his Dao companion if he remained faithful.

Tongtian severed his brotherly ties with Grand Pure Laozi and Primal Lord of Heaven, then led the Sect of Interception from Kunlun Mountain to Golden Ao Island. Lu Ya and his allies set out to seize Penglai Immortal Island, while Tongtian chose to use their ambitions to strengthen the sect; Dao Ancestor Hongjun then turned his attention to Ling Xiao.

• Primal Lord of Heaven attacked Lu Ya with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, while Grand Pure Laozi refused to judge the dispute between Tongtian and Primal Lord of Heaven.
• Tongtian cut his Daoist robe with the Qingping Sword, renounced his brotherly ties with the other Two Pure Ones, and led the Sect of Interception out of Kunlun Mountain.
• Grand Pure Laozi departed, and Yuanshi Tianzun told the Sect of Enlightenment disciples to await the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Lu Ya, Dingguang Immortal, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Zhao Gongming persuaded nearly a thousand Sect of Interception disciples to march on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Tongtian decided not to stop Lu Ya from pursuing the Demon Clan's revival and entered seclusion to suppress the Sect of Interception's fortune.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun questioned Tongtian's defiance and wondered what secret Ling Xiao was hiding, offering to arrange Ling Xiao's marriage and allow Zhen Yuanzi to attain sainthood if Ling Xiao followed Heaven and upheld the Dao.

Ling Xiao defended Penglai Immortal Island from Lu Ya, Zhao Gongming, Dingguang Immortal, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and nearly a thousand Sect of Interception disciples. After killing Dingguang Immortal and capturing his spirit, Ling Xiao imprisoned the other three leaders and prepared to slaughter the disciples.

• Lu Ya led nearly a thousand Sect of Interception disciples to Penglai Immortal Island, where Zhao Gongming demanded Ling Xiao surrender the island and submit.
• Ling Xiao attacked the gathered disciples with the God-Slaying Spear, killing nearly a hundred and stripping the cultivation and origins from those who had not committed slaughterous sins.
• Dingguang Immortal used the Six Soul Banner against Ling Xiao, but the attack backfired; Ling Xiao then killed him with the God-Slaying Spear and captured his primordial spirit and True Spirit in the Investiture of the Gods List.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng and Lu Ya demanded Dingguang Immortal and Ling Xiao’s treasures, threatening war, but Ling Xiao refused to yield.
• Ling Xiao used Star Chain Imprisonment and the World-Destroying Black Lotus to trap Zhao Gongming, Lu Ya, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng, then turned toward the Sect of Interception disciples to carry out a massacre.

Ling Xiao fought the Sect of Interception disciples, defied Nuwa when she intervened to save Lu Ya, and invoked heavenly punishment against Zhao Gongming and the Golden-Winged Great Peng. After learning that he and Wangshu were destined to be Dao companions, he demanded the Qingping Sword from the Sect of Interception as compensation.

• Ling Xiao killed many Sect of Interception disciples until Lu Ya attacked him with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, which Wangshu blocked before Nuwa intervened to save Lu Ya and other Demon Clan disciples.
• Ling Xiao threatened Nuwa for repeatedly protecting Lu Ya, but Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun shielded him and drove Nuwa away.
• Zhen Yuanzi relayed Dao Ancestor Hongjun's revelation that Ling Xiao and Wangshu shared the fate of Dao companions, and Wangshu returned to the Pure Creation Dao Palace.
• Ling Xiao stopped Zhao Gongming, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and the remaining disciples from leaving, then used heavenly punishment to strike them and seized the Twelve Fixed Sea Pearls and Yin Yang Two Qi Bottle.
• Ling Xiao declared that the Sect of Interception should compensate him with the Qingping Sword, but his demand was cut off.

Tongtian and Nuwa plotted to establish a Demon Court and decided to trade the Qingping Sword to retrieve the disciples Ling Xiao had suppressed. Duobao accepted the sword and went to arrange the exchange, while Tongtian and Nuwa set out for Wuzhuang Temple to negotiate with Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun.

• At Biyou Palace, Kong Xuan, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, and Yun Xiao discussed the Sect of Interception’s losses and whether to compensate Ling Xiao with the Qingping Sword.
• Duobao went to the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and asked Tongtian how to deal with Ling Xiao and recover the Sect of Interception’s disciples.
• Nuwa proposed exchanging Tongtian’s Qingping Sword for the Golden-Winged Great Peng, Zhao Gongming, and Dingguang Immortal, while seeking Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun’s promise not to aid Ling Xiao.
• Tongtian and Nuwa discussed using the Phoenix Clan and the remnants of the Demon Clan to establish a Demon Court against the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian severed his connection with the Qingping Sword, gave it to Duobao, and sent him to retrieve the three disciples.
• Tongtian and Nuwa departed for Wuzhuang Temple to speak with Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun.

Ling Xiao traded the release of Dingguang Immortal, Zhao Gongming, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng for the Qingping Sword, accepting Tongtian’s conditions and swearing a Heavenly Dao oath. After the others left, Ling Xiao and Wangshu drew closer, and he kissed her.

• Daoist Duobao arrived on Penglai Immortal Island with Tongtian’s demands, offering the Qingping Sword in exchange for the prisoners, their treasures, and Ling Xiao’s oath not to seek Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun’s aid.
• Ling Xiao accepted the terms and swore a Heavenly Dao oath, then received the Qingping Sword from Daoist Duobao.
• Ling Xiao freed Dingguang Immortal, Zhao Gongming, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng, returning their spiritual treasures and settling their karma.
• Daoist Duobao mocked Ling Xiao and departed with the others, while Ling Xiao dismissed his taunts and considered how to obtain more treasures for the Heavenly Court.
• Ling Xiao checked the Qingping Sword for abnormalities and placed it on the table as Wangshu teased him for outmaneuvering Tongtian.
• Ling Xiao held Wangshu’s hand, leaned toward her, and kissed her.

Ling Xiao learned that the Demon Clan and the Sect of Interception planned to restore the Demon Court, while Wangshu promised to protect him. Lu Ya and the Golden-Winged Great Peng established the Demon Court at Phoenix Perch Mountain, provoking the Human Sovereigns and Three Ancestors to prepare to strip Tongtian and the Sect of Interception of their authority over humanity.

• Wangshu told Ling Xiao that the Demon Clan and the Sect of Interception were preparing to make Lu Ya the Demon Emperor, and Ling Xiao criticized their plan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng's involvement with the Phoenix Clan.
• Wangshu vowed to defend Ling Xiao from the Demon Clan's powerful cultivators, and Ling Xiao pulled her into his arms.
• At Phoenix Perch Mountain, Lu Ya and the Golden-Winged Great Peng swore to reestablish the Demon Court, but the Heavenly Dao did not respond until Tongtian and Nuwa appealed to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Tongtian and Nuwa bestowed their own Heavenly Dao Merit on the Demon Court, helping dozens of Phoenix Clan Golden Immortals of Grand Dao break through to the Quasi-Sage realm.
• At Fire Cloud Cave, Suiren angrily confronted Fuxi over Nuwa's role in restoring the Demon Court, and Fuxi withdrew into closed-door cultivation.
• Xuanyuan and the other Human Sovereigns and Three Ancestors blamed Tongtian and decided to remove Sect of Interception disciples from their positions as Human Emperor's Masters and challenge Tongtian's control of the Kongtong Seal.

Ling Xiao chose to stay out of the Human Clan’s conflict with Tongtian and received the Enlightenment Tea Tree, then watched as the Human Sovereigns and Three Human Ancestors confronted the Sect of Interception over the Kongtong Seal and its Human Emperor’s Master positions. Xuanyuan invoked Ling Xiao’s support for the Human Clan, leaving Ling Xiao exasperated that he had been drawn into the dispute.

• Ling Xiao chose the system’s third option and obtained the Enlightenment Tea Tree, then shared its tea with Wangshu on Penglai Immortal Island.
• The Human Sovereigns and Three Human Ancestors left Fire Cloud Cave for Golden Ao Island, prompting Haotian and Yaochi to go watch the confrontation.
• Ling Xiao, Wangshu, Hong Yun, Zhen Yuanzi, Haotian, and Yaochi gathered outside Golden Ao Island, where Ling Xiao promised his guests gifts and hinted that Haotian should visit Zixiao Palace.
• The Human Sovereigns and Three Human Ancestors arrived, and Xuanyuan demanded that Tongtian hand over the Kongtong Seal and have his disciples sever their ties to the Human Clan.
• Yun Xiao challenged Xuanyuan, but he insisted that the Sect of Interception owed its Human Emperor’s Master positions to Ling Xiao and should surrender them; Ling Xiao sighed at being dragged into the dispute.

The Human Sovereigns and three Human Progenitors severed the Sect of Interception’s ties with the Human Clan and reclaimed the Kongtong Seal from Tongtian. When Nuwa tried to seize the treasure, the Human Dao chose Ling Xiao as its new master.

• Kong Xuan condemned Xuanyuan and the other Human Sovereigns for stripping the Sect of Interception of its status as Human Emperor’s Masters.
• Shennong and the other Human Sovereigns and three Human Progenitors invoked Human Clan fortune, and Xuanyuan severed the Sect of Interception’s karmic ties with the Human Clan.
• The Human Clan’s fortune pulled the Kongtong Seal away from Tongtian, leaving the Human Dao Origin and will to grow stronger.
• Suiren prepared to take the Kongtong Seal, but Nuwa claimed that the Human Saint Mother should control it, and Xuanyuan blocked her.
• Zhen Yuanzi intervened with the Earth Book while Shennong lamented the conflict between loyalty to the Human Clan and filial piety toward Nuwa.
• The Fortune Golden Dragon entered the Kongtong Seal, which broke free and appeared in Ling Xiao’s arms as the Human Dao formed a connection with him.

Ling Xiao gained the Kongtong Seal after it chose him, then declared he would protect the human race without favoring it, angering Nuwa and humiliating Tongtian’s disciples. At Penglai Immortal Island, he shared Enlightenment Tea Leaves with his guests and sent a box to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• The Kongtong Seal chose Ling Xiao, and he refused Nuwa’s demand to hand it over.
• Suiren and the other Human Sovereigns urged Ling Xiao to keep the seal, and he pledged to punish unworthy rulers and defend humanity from slaughter.
• Our Lady of Golden Spirit demanded the seal, but Ling Xiao gave it to Wangshu, and Hong Yun knocked her back to Golden Ao Island.
• Tongtian discovered that the Sect of Interception’s providence had declined after losing its position as Human Emperor’s Master and the Kongtong Seal, and he bitterly regretted what had happened.
• Ling Xiao welcomed Haotian, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, and Yaochi at Penglai Immortal Island and gave them Enlightenment Tea Leaves.
• Ling Xiao asked Haotian to deliver a jade box of Enlightenment Tea Leaves to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Haotian and Yaochi welcomed Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun into the Heavenly Court after Ling Xiao interpreted Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s signal as support for Zhen Yuanzi’s path to Sagehood. When the Kongtong Seal revealed demons slaughtering humans at Lion Camel Ridge, Ling Xiao set out to intervene, while warning Wangshu to wait for a pretext to act.

• Ling Xiao suggested that Zhen Yuanzi was qualified to attain Sagehood, and Haotian asked him to oversee Jade Capital Mountain.
• Zhen Yuanzi accepted Hongjun’s recognition and agreed to guard the Heavenly Court alongside Hong Yun, strengthening Haotian and Yaochi’s position.
• Wangshu realized Ling Xiao had promised Hongjun a chance to transcend the Heavenly Dao by restoring the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos to their proper places.
• The Kongtong Seal showed Immortal Qiushou, Immortal Lingya, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and other demons slaughtering humans across Lion Camel Ridge.
• Ling Xiao told Wangshu that he would intervene under his Heavenly Dao authority and urged her to wait until his enemies gave her a reason to act; then he headed west on the World-Ending Black Lotus.

Ling Xiao visited Lion Camel Ridge, recognized the Western Sect’s role in the demons’ slaughter of humans, and chose to persuade Jieyin and Zhunti to intervene. At Mount Sumeru, he began debating Mahayana Buddhism with the two Saints, leaving his argument unfinished.

• Ling Xiao surveyed Lion Camel Ridge and learned that the Western Sect’s influence among western humans had grown while demons preyed on them.
• Ling Xiao chose the system’s third reward, receiving a Buddha Relic and deciding to appeal to the Two Sages of the West rather than confront them directly.
• Ling Xiao traveled to Mount Sumeru, where Bhaisajyaguru Buddha escorted him to meet Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin asked Ling Xiao about Lion Camel Ridge, and Ling Xiao said he had come to debate Buddhist teachings and the Buddhist Dao.
• Ling Xiao argued that Buddha and demon depended on a person’s thoughts, then announced that he wished to debate Mahayana Buddhism.

Ling Xiao expounded Mahayana Buddhism to the Western Sages, helping Zhunti dispel his obsessions and securing their agreement to deal with the demons at Lion Camel Ridge. He offered the Buddha Relic and his Heaven Dao Merit Halo in exchange for the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus, and Jieyin accepted the trade.

• Ling Xiao demonstrated that Buddhist laws and demonic power could coexist, astonishing Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and the Two Sages of the West.
• Zhunti expounded Lesser Vehicle Buddhism, and Ling Xiao responded by teaching Mahayana Buddhism about saving all living beings.
• Zhunti recognized that he had lost sight of his original intentions, resolved his Heart Demon, and bowed to Ling Xiao.
• Jieyin agreed that the Western Sect would send its disciples to deal with the wicked demons at Lion Camel Ridge, while Ling Xiao said he would handle Immortal Lingya and Immortal Qiushou himself.
• Ling Xiao offered the Buddha Relic and his Heaven Dao Merit Halo for the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus, promising to merge the Western Sect's providence into the relic.
• Jieyin accepted Ling Xiao's offer and asked him to merge the Heaven Dao Merit Halo into the Buddha Relic.

Ling Xiao cleansed the Western Sect’s Merit Golden Lotus of its karmic ties and gave the Two Sages of the West Enlightenment Tea Leaves, drawing promises of support and eager bargaining. He then led Western Sect disciples and believers to Lion Camel Ridge, where Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya confronted them, and a battle began.

• Ling Xiao purified the Western Sect’s Merit Golden Lotus and Buddha Relic, severed the lotus’s connection to the sect, and took possession of it.
• Ling Xiao gave Jieyin and Zhunti six Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and both sages offered support while asking for more leaves in return.
• Ling Xiao led Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, Dragon Subduing Arhat, other Western Sect disciples, and tens of thousands of believers to Lion Camel Ridge.
• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha’s Buddhist laws and Sanskrit chants surrounded Lion Camel Ridge, forcing Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya to appear.
• Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya claimed their strength as Golden Immortals of Grand Dao, and Ling Xiao condemned their slaughter of humans.
• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha asked to fight Immortal Qiushou, Ling Xiao agreed, and Immortal Lingya charged at Ling Xiao and Bhaisajyaguru Buddha.

Ling Xiao defeated Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya at Lion Camel Ridge, then killed them so completely that they could not be reincarnated. The Golden-Winged Great Peng arrived with Phoenix Clan and Sect of Interception forces and ordered a Quasi-Sage to suppress Ling Xiao.

• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and the Western Sect disciples fought Immortal Lingya and cleared Lion Camel Ridge of demons while rescuing humans.
• Ling Xiao shattered Immortal Qiushou's Blood Vigor Blade, pierced him with the God-Slaying Spear, and destroyed his body with five spiritual treasures.
• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha handed Immortal Lingya's bound Primordial Spirit and True Spirit to Ling Xiao, while Western Sect disciples sent the demons to Avici Hell.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng arrived with a Phoenix Clan Quasi-Sage and demon forces, and Our Lady of Wudang arrived with Sect of Interception disciples.
• Ling Xiao killed Immortal Qiushou and Immortal Lingya with the God-Slaying Spear, erasing their chance at reincarnation.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng ordered Grandmaster Yanchi to suppress Ling Xiao and vowed to avenge his brothers.

Ling Xiao used Yan Chi’s attack to invoke the Heavenly Dao’s punishment against the Phoenix Clan for defying its laws. Wangshu then confronted the Demon Court at Phoenix Perch Mountain, threatening to sink the Primordial Land, while Ling Xiao watched in anticipation.

• Holy Mother Wudang, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, and Holy Mother Golden Spirit condemned Ling Xiao, while the Golden-Winged Great Peng urged Yan Chi to suppress him.
• Yan Chi attacked Ling Xiao with Quasi-Sage pressure, and Ling Xiao deliberately appeared to be injured.
• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha called out that Yan Chi had committed a crime warranting the Phoenix Clan’s extermination, and the Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared to impose karmic sin and Heavenly Dao shackles on the clan.
• Ling Xiao explained that Yan Chi had violated the Heavenly Dao’s mercy toward the Phoenix Clan, leaving Yan Chi, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Kong Xuan furious.
• Wangshu declared that she would demand an explanation from the Demon Court at Phoenix Perch Mountain and threatened to sink the Primordial Land.

After Yan Chi’s death revived the Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Dao shackles, Wangshu attacked Phoenix Perch Mountain and slaughtered its early Quasi-Sage fighters. Ling Xiao arrived to stand beside her as the Demon Court and Sect of Interception confronted the aftermath, and Kong Xuan turned on Ling Xiao in grief and fury.

• Holy Mother Turtle Spirit declared that the Phoenix Clan had to be abandoned, and the Eye of Heavenly Punishment killed Yan Chi with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng and Our Lady of Wudang led others toward Phoenix Perch Mountain as Wangshu challenged the Demon Court there.
• Wangshu used the Primordial Chaos Measuring Ruler and Lunar Dao laws to kill dozens of early Quasi-Sage Phoenix Clan fighters and wreck Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Lu Ya threatened Wangshu, but Ling Xiao’s God-Slaying Spear struck toward him before Ancestor Kunpeng intervened.
• Ling Xiao took Wangshu’s hand, and she offered to destroy the Demon Court for him as the Sect of Interception’s female immortals watched.
• Kong Xuan recognized the fallen Phoenix Clan seniors and furiously challenged Ling Xiao to fight.

Ling Xiao defended his killing of the Sect of Interception disciples and condemned Tongtian and Nuwa for supporting Lu Ya’s Demon Court, earning Primal Lord of Heaven and the Two Sages of the West as allies. The chapter ended with the Saints sharing Enlightenment Tea as Zhunti revealed that Ling Xiao had traded for the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus and received help clearing the demons at Lion Camel Ridge.

• Bhaisajyaguru Buddha warned Kong Xuan not to interfere, while Wangshu agreed to leave Ling Xiao to face the Demon Court alone.
• Lu Ya demanded that Ling Xiao explain his actions and threatened to call on his master and Nuwa.
• Ling Xiao accused Tongtian and Nuwa of failing their duties, and Primal Lord of Heaven publicly supported him.
• Ling Xiao offered Enlightenment Tea and Three Lights Divine Water to Primal Lord of Heaven, Jieyin, and Zhunti, who prepared tea together.
• Jieyin revealed that the Western Sect had obtained thirteen Enlightenment Tea Leaves from Ling Xiao, and Zhunti said they had traded the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus and helped clear the demon horde at Lion Camel Ridge.