Chapter Summaries

Du'e Zhenren sacrificed himself with Nezha to kill Lu Yue and escape the out-of-control Ten Thousand Plagues Poisonous Lotus Formation. Both entered the Investiture of the Gods List, where Lu Yue accepted Ziwei's warning and Du'e Zhenren hinted at a plan involving the Howling Celestial Dog and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.

• Du'e Zhenren used the Taiqing Dao Art, the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, and his own life to pin Lu Yue down, giving Nezha an opening to kill him.
• Du'e Zhenren and Lu Yue both died, and Li Jing and Nezha fled the poison formation through the spatial gate opened by Vice Sect Leader Randeng.
• Lu Yue and Du'e Zhenren appeared before Ling Xiao and Ziwei after entering the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Ziwei warned Lu Yue to obey Heavenly Court laws, and Lu Yue promised to restrain his disciples before stepping into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Du'e Zhenren invited Ling Xiao and Ziwei to watch the Howling Celestial Dog and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon confront the formation, hinting that he had given them a chance for good fortune.

The Howling Celestial Dog and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon sacrificed their bodies to contain the Ten Thousand Plagues Poisonous Lotus Formation, creating a sealed mountain range of pestilence and poison. Ling Xiao rewarded the Three-Headed Flood Dragon with the promised title of Divine Lord Kuiyuan, then remarked that Shen Gongbao was in trouble.

• After Lu Yue's death left the Ten Thousand Plagues Poisonous Lotus Formation out of control, the Howling Celestial Dog swallowed it while the Three-Headed Flood Dragon carried him to a desolate abyss.
• The Howling Celestial Dog refined the formation's foundation and transformed into a mountain range, while the Three-Headed Flood Dragon used his sealing art and transformed his three heads into peaks to imprison its poison.
• Du'e Zhenren praised their sacrifice, and Ling Xiao declared their past karma settled and promised the Three-Headed Flood Dragon the title of Divine Lord Kuiyuan after the tribulation.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon thanked Ling Xiao and knelt before Ziwei and Du'e Zhenren, while Ziwei praised Ling Xiao's judgment and the new divine title.
• Ling Xiao said Jiang Ziya and the others had caught up with Shen Gongbao and lamented that Shen Gongbao was now in trouble.

Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, and Wen Jing Daoist cornered Shen Gongbao after Western Qi’s victory and overwhelmed him in battle. Shen Gongbao’s allies died, his Six Soul Banner failed, and Jiang Ziya demanded that he surrender.

• Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, and Wen Jing Daoist intercepted Shen Gongbao and his three companions as they neared Golden Chicken Ridge.
• Yang Jian revealed that Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao were unlikely to rescue Shen Gongbao, while Wen Jing Daoist ordered Jiang Ziya to seal the void and attack.
• Wen Jing Daoist and Yang Jian wounded Shen Gongbao, whose weakened strength left him unable to turn the fight around with the Six Soul Banner.
• Shen Gongbao wrote Yang Jian’s and Wen Jing Daoist’s names on the banner, but fewer than a thousand curse-killing runes appeared.
• Jiang Ziya killed Chen Geng, Zhou Xin, and Zhu Tianlin with the God-Slaying Whip, sending them to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Jiang Ziya told Shen Gongbao to kneel and surrender, claiming his crimes had already cost him his destined place in the Investiture of the Gods.

Jiang Ziya’s group captured Shen Gongbao while Kong Xuan struggled against Ran Deng and Maitreya Buddha’s protected treasures. After learning Shen Gongbao was in danger and sensing Lu Ya’s threat, Kong Xuan lost confidence in defending Golden Chicken Ridge.

• Shen Gongbao attacked Jiang Ziya with the Six Soul Banner, but Wen Jing Daoist, Yang Jian, and Jiang Ziya subdued and bound him.
• Jiang Ziya explained that Shen Gongbao’s fate and the Sect of Interception’s decline were connected, then agreed that Yang Jian could kill Shen Gongbao later.
• Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light failed to move Ran Deng and Maitreya Buddha’s treasures, which Jieyin had protected with talismans.
• Ran Deng told Kong Xuan that Shen Gongbao had been captured, prompting Kong Xuan to pursue them to Golden Chicken Ridge.
• Yun Xiao explained that Lu Ya’s threat had prevented her from rescuing Shen Gongbao, and Kong Xuan grew uncertain about defending Golden Chicken Ridge.

Ling Xiao and Ziwei arrived above the battlefield as Ji Fa prepared to execute the captured Shen Gongbao. Their cryptic remarks gave Shen Gongbao a possible way to save himself by implicating Kong Xuan, and he hesitated over whether to betray him.

• Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao led Great Shang's forces into a defensive formation at Golden Chicken Ridge as Western Qi prepared to attack.
• Ling Xiao and Ziwei appeared above the battlefield, and Ling Xiao ordered the Investiture of the Gods to proceed according to plan.
• Ji Fa ordered Nezha and Yang Jian to force Shen Gongbao onto the execution ground and accused him of killing his family and allies.
• Shen Gongbao realized that killing Tai Si had ruined his fortune and karmic blessings.
• Ziwei and Ling Xiao hinted that Shen Gongbao might escape punishment if he revealed another reason for his crimes, and Shen Gongbao considered setting up Kong Xuan.

Ling Xiao and Ziwei manipulated Shen Gongbao’s accusations to make Kong Xuan bear responsibility for the attacks on Western Qi, drawing the tribulation’s ill fortune onto him. As Kong Xuan fought the Western Qi forces, Ling Xiao predicted that the conflict would lead to his death and an early battle at Jiepai Pass.

• Kong Xuan accused Ling Xiao and Ziwei of framing him, but Shen Gongbao claimed Kong Xuan had authorized his crimes and the plague attacks on Western Qi.
• The tribulation’s ominous qi descended upon Kong Xuan, draining his Heavenly Dao Luck and fortune, while Jiang Ziya condemned him and prepared to attack.
• Kong Xuan charged at Western Qi with his soldiers, and Maitreya Buddha, Jin Chanzi, and Daoist Wen Jing joined the fight against him.
• Daoist Randeng challenged Yun Xiao as his power rose toward a breakthrough, while Ling Xiao told Ziwei that Randeng needed the twenty-four Sea Pacifying Pearls to reach the peak of Quasi-Sage.
• Ling Xiao predicted that Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao would fall, provoking Tongtian to bring the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to Jiepai Pass, and hinted that Kong Xuan would retain a karmic bond with the Western Sect.

Shen Gongbao asked Yang Jian to kill him, and Nezha used the resulting energy to empower the Cosmos Arrows before firing them at Kong Xuan. Zhunti then arrived at Golden Chicken Ridge and summoned Lu Ya, whose transformation into a Western Sect Buddha horrified Kong Xuan.

• Shen Gongbao asked Yang Jian to behead him, and Jiang Ziya granted his request.
• Nezha absorbed Shen Gongbao's energy into the Heaven-Shaking Bow and Cosmos Arrows, then asked Yang Jian to search the Five Elements Formation for a weakness.
• Yang Jian found no flaw, so Nezha fired the three Cosmos Arrows at Kong Xuan, who swept them aside while fighting Maitreya Buddha, Jin Chanzi, and Wen Jing.
• Zhunti arrived at Golden Chicken Ridge and ordered Lu Ya to help Randeng fight Yun Xiao.
• Lu Ya appeared as Mahavairocana Buddha and greeted the assembled great beings, leaving Kong Xuan alarmed by his transformation.

Zhunti confronted Kong Xuan while Lu Ya and Randeng attacked Yun Xiao, leaving her to rely on Tongtian for help. At Golden Ao Island, Primal Lord of Heaven and Jieyin distracted Tongtian with offers and challenges until he appeared ready to abandon Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao.

• Kong Xuan cursed Zhunti for breaking the agreement and threatened that Tongtian would avenge him.
• Zhunti dismissed Kong Xuan's defiance and said he would submit after Yun Xiao was killed.
• Lu Ya and Randeng attacked Yun Xiao, who used the Hun Yuan Golden Dou and several formations to resist them.
• Primal Lord of Heaven and Jieyin arrived at Golden Ao Island, where Jieyin tried to recruit Duobao into the Western Sect.
• Primal Lord of Heaven proposed a future battle at Jiepai Pass, promising that the four Sages would not seek outside help.
• Tongtian resisted the proposal, but Duobao feared that he had decided to abandon Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao.

Tongtian launched the decisive battle of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, confronting Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin while sending Duobao to lead the Sect of Interception in forming the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation at Golden Chicken Ridge. As the rival sects prepared for war, Ling Xiao watched Tongtian gain the upper hand Outside the Chaos and anticipated the coming bloodshed.

• Duobao and the Sect of Interception disciples pleaded with Tongtian to save Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao, and Tongtian resolved to fight Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin.
• Tongtian took the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner to battle Outside the Chaos, while ordering Duobao to set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation at Golden Chicken Ridge.
• Duobao gathered the Sect of Interception disciples at Golden Ao Island, armed nearly a thousand powerful disciples, and led them toward Golden Chicken Ridge aboard rising immortal islands.
• Ling Xiao noted that Tongtian's intervention and Duobao's deployment had changed the course of events, and observed Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin falling behind in their battle against Tongtian.
• Ziwei anticipated that the Western Sect, Human Sect, and Sect of Enlightenment would answer the Sect of Interception's advance, bringing widespread deaths from which the Heavenly Court could benefit.

Tongtian ordered Daoist Duobao and the Sect of Interception disciples to gather at Golden Chicken Ridge for a final battle, prompting the opposing factions to prepare for war. Ling Xiao chose to stay out of the conflict, received the Primordial Chaos Pearl, and realized it could help him reach the Grand Dao Primordial Realm.

• Jin Chanzi, Kong Xuan, and Zhunti reacted to Tongtian's order as the fighting at Golden Chicken Ridge paused, and both sides withdrew to prepare for the coming battle.
• Daoist Randeng summoned the Sect of Enlightenment disciples, while Zhunti left Maitreya Buddha in command of the Western Sect and departed to aid Yuanshi and Jieyin Outside the Chaos.
• Ling Xiao received three Divine Choice options and chose to watch the final battle rather than intervene for either side.
• The system awarded Ling Xiao the Chaos Treasure, Primordial Chaos Pearl, which contained a chaos world.
• Ling Xiao concluded that opening heaven and earth within the Primordial Chaos Pearl could let him break the Great Dao's shackles and reach the Grand Dao Primordial Realm.

Golden Turtle Island and the Sect of Interception’s disciples appeared at Golden Rooster Ridge as the allied sects prepared to face them. Duobao rejected Lu Ya’s offer to join the Western Sect, while the opposing side mocked the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation and argued over who would kill Holy Mother Turtle Spirit.

• Golden Turtle Island and its affiliated islands appeared above Golden Rooster Ridge, and Duobao arrived to lead the Sect of Interception’s forces.
• Lu Ya invited Duobao to join the Western Sect, but Duobao refused and declared that he would avenge his humiliation.
• Antarctic Immortal and the Sect of Enlightenment’s disciples arrived, and Perfected Lord Jade Tripod mocked the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation.
• Jiang Ziya asked to kill Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, and Wen Jing Daoist proposed draining her strength before letting him finish her.
• Holy Mother Turtle Spirit erupted in anger as Jiang Ziya and Wen Jing Daoist discussed her death in front of everyone.

The Sect of Interception formed the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation at Golden Chicken Ridge, while Jiang Ziya ordered Li Jing to attack the defenders. The Western Sect summoned the Western Paradise and shook the formation, just as Xuandu announced the Human Sect’s arrival.

• Daoist Duobao ordered the Sect of Interception disciples to form the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation, with Kong Xuan and Yun Xiao helping anchor it.
• Ziwei analyzed the formation’s power, and Ling Xiao said it would still lose if it relied only on Duobao, Kong Xuan, and Yun Xiao.
• Jiang Ziya ordered Li Jing to lead Western Qi’s soldiers against Golden Chicken Ridge while the great beings fought.
• Yun Xiao brought the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation and a weakened Immortal Slaying Sword Formation into the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation.
• Maitreya Buddha led the Western Sect in summoning the Western Paradise, whose power shook the formation and nearly converted some Sect of Interception disciples.
• Xuandu announced that the Human Sect had arrived.

The Du Xian School arrived at Golden Chicken Ridge, where Ziwei advanced Li Chang Geng’s cultivation and recruited him. The final battle erupted as the Great Qin army joined the fight, and the opposing forces attacked the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation.

• Xuandu brought the Du Xian School to the battlefield, and Ling Xiao exposed Li Chang Geng’s hidden cultivation.
• Ziwei used Stellar Origin to advance Li Chang Geng to the early Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm and asked him to serve beneath him after the tribulation.
• Daoist Duobao attacked the Du Xian School, while defenders at Golden Chicken Ridge clashed with Li Jing’s Western Qi soldiers.
• Ying Zheng arrived with five hundred thousand Great Qin Elite Soldiers, and Daoist Duobao ordered the Sect of Interception to fight without restraint.
• Ying Zheng charged into the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation, while Ran Deng attacked the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation and Li Chang Geng led the Du Xian School in forming the Two Elements Microdust Formation.
• Maitreya Buddha brought the Ultimate Bliss World to bear on the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Formation as the battle intensified.

At Golden Chicken Ridge, Xuandu and Lu Ya agreed to suppress Duobao while Burning Lamp sought his Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls. Ying Long joined Burning Lamp and the Sect of Enlightenment to break Yun Xiao’s Nine Bend Yellow River Formation, leaving Yun Xiao injured and looking toward Ling Xiao.

• Xuandu and Lu Ya agreed to join forces against Duobao, while Xuandu intended to keep him from being converted to the Western Sect for the time being.
• Burning Lamp asked Xuandu and Lu Ya for the Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls and then led the Sect of Enlightenment against Yun Xiao’s Nine Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Yun Xiao linked the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation with other formations and repelled Burning Lamp and the Sect of Enlightenment’s initial attack.
• Yellow Dragon summoned Ying Long, who seized control of the formation’s Water Spirits and weakened the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Burning Lamp, Perfected Lord Jade Tripod, and the others destroyed the formation, injuring Yun Xiao, who then looked toward Ling Xiao.

Ying Zheng defeated Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, who was drained by Wen Jing Daoist and killed by Jiang Ziya before her spirit entered the Investiture of the Gods List. The Sect of Interception’s remaining disciples continued to lose ground as Kong Xuan was overwhelmed by Ksitigarbha’s Earthly Dao power and Duobao struggled against Xuandu and Lu Ya.

• Ran Deng mocked Yun Xiao’s regret as they fought on Golden Turtle Island.
• Holy Mother Turtle Spirit attacked Ying Zheng, but he struck her down with the Human Emperor Jade Seal.
• Wen Jing Daoist drained Holy Mother Turtle Spirit while Jiang Ziya struck her with the God-Slaying Whip, killing her and sending her spirit into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Kong Xuan failed to break free from Maitreya Buddha and the others, while Duobao struggled to withstand Xuandu and Lu Ya.
• Ksitigarbha invoked the Earthly Dao and unleashed the Eighteen Levels of Asura Hell against Kong Xuan, who could barely defend himself.

Kong Xuan killed Ksitigarbha with a strike powered by the Five Elements Absolute Array, then Maitreya Buddha and the Western Sect subdued him and destroyed his self-corpse and evil corpse. Zhunti stopped Maitreya from stripping away Kong Xuan’s remaining cultivation, leaving Maitreya poised to kill him.

• Kong Xuan used the Five Elements Death Strike to fatally wound Ksitigarbha, whose Primordial Spirit and True Spirit departed for Ling Xiao.
• Maitreya Buddha, Jin Chanzi, Wen Jing Daoren, and the Western Sect joined forces to suppress Kong Xuan with the power of salvation.
• Maitreya Buddha severed Kong Xuan’s connection to the Golden Bowl, destroyed his self-corpse, and reduced his realm to the middle stage of Quasi-Sage.
• Maitreya Buddha restrained Kong Xuan’s Fish Drum and destroyed his evil corpse as well.
• Zhunti appeared and warned Maitreya Buddha not to strip Kong Xuan of all his cultivation, citing his destined place among the Five Directional Buddhas.
• Maitreya Buddha accepted Zhunti’s command, then turned toward the weakened Kong Xuan with the Blessed Pestle in hand.

Kong Xuan was killed by Maitreya Buddha during the Investiture of the Gods battle and arrived at the Investiture of the Gods List, where Ling Xiao appointed him as the Peacock Wisdom King, one of the Five Directional Buddhas. Kong Xuan accepted the appointment with disbelief and regret, while Ziwei warned him to fulfill his duties.

• Maitreya Buddha struck Kong Xuan down, and his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit drifted toward the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Ksitigarbha greeted Kong Xuan, who then paid respects to Ling Xiao and Ziwei.
• Ling Xiao announced the appointments of the Five Directional Buddhas, including Kong Xuan as the Southern Saint King of Burning All Sins.
• Kong Xuan asked whether he could truly accept the position, and Ziwei told him he would be punished if he failed to perform its duties.

Kong Xuan accepted his appointment as the Peacock Great Bright King and joined the Heavenly Court, while the Sect of Interception’s forces continued to collapse at Golden Chicken Ridge. As Jiang Ziya trapped Hanzhixian with his treasures, she faced death after calling out his hypocrisy.

• Ling Xiao and Ziwei appointed Kong Xuan the Peacock Great Bright King, and Kong Xuan entered the Investiture of the Gods List to take up his role.
• Ling Xiao observed that the Sect of Interception’s disciples were being overwhelmed by the allied forces at Golden Chicken Ridge.
• Ao Moang, Duanshi, and Nine Nether Hound attacked Yu Yi Xian, with Duanshi striking him with the Qilin Seal, Ao Moang piercing his chest, and Nine Nether Hound tearing off his wings.
• Jiang Ziya trapped Hanzhixian with the Apricot Yellow Flag of Wu and Yi and the Wordless Heavenly Art, then accused her of failing to speak up for Ling Xiao.
• Hanzhixian called Jiang Ziya high-minded and amazing, put away her Wind Pouch, and braced herself for death.

Jiang Ziya killed Hanzhixian with the Wordless Heavenly Art, while Ling Xiao and Ziwei watched the Sect of Interception’s forces near defeat. As Yun Xiao’s Five Elements Formation faltered, Xuandu took Duobao’s Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls and Maitreya Buddha began severing their connection to him.

• Jiang Ziya praised Hanzhixian’s acceptance of her fate, then used the Wordless Heavenly Art to kill her and the Apricot Yellow Flag of Wu and Yi to return her remains to the world.
• Ling Xiao and Ziwei observed that the Sect of Interception had fewer than ten thousand fighters left and predicted Yun Xiao would soon fall.
• Randeng battered Yun Xiao’s Five Elements Formation with the Burial Sky Dao Coffin, the Cosmos Ruler, and the Spirit Coffin Lamp, worsening her backlash.
• Xuandu seized Duobao’s Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls under the Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth’s suppression and handed them to Randeng.
• Maitreya Buddha enveloped Randeng and the pearls in the Western Paradise and began eroding their connection to Duobao, leaving him desperate to recover them.

Ran Deng seized the Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls and broke through to the Peak Quasi-Sage realm, while Xuandu and Lu Ya suppressed Daoist Duobao and the allied sects routed the Sect of Interception. After Fairy Caiyun was slain and Yun Xiao’s Five Elements Formation was destroyed, Yun Xiao merged with her formations to make a final stand.

• Ran Deng took control of the Twenty-Four Sea Pacifying Pearls, causing Daoist Duobao’s cultivation to fall from Peak Quasi-Sage to late-stage Quasi-Sage, then used the pearls to reach Peak Quasi-Sage himself.
• Xuandu and Lu Ya attacked Daoist Duobao, and Lu Ya’s Immortal Slaying Flying Knife struck him as Xuandu’s Pill Dao divine ability weakened him.
• Xuandu trapped Daoist Duobao inside the Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, while the allied sects began slaughtering the defeated Sect of Interception disciples.
• Ling Jing and Nezha killed Fairy Caiyun, leaving Yun Xiao grieving as Jiang Ziya taunted her.
• Ran Deng destroyed Yun Xiao’s Five Elements Formation, and Yun Xiao rebuilt her formations and merged into them to make her final stand.