Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao and the Heavenly Court decided to win over Demon Lord Jidu by freeing him from his restraints and offering him the God-Slaying Spear. As Demon Ancestor Rahu approached the Primordial Wilderness, Sect Master Tongtian questioned the Heavenly Court’s inaction and Rahu wondered why Jidu had not come to greet him.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Kunpeng argued that Demon Lord Jidu could be persuaded to join the Heavenly Court, and Haotian welcomed the plan.
• Ling Xiao agreed to offer Demon Lord Jidu the God-Slaying Spear and asked Zhunti to bring him from the Demon Break Mountain Range.
• At Mount Cangwu, Sect Master Tongtian compared his prospects for rebuilding the Sect of Interception with his former disciple’s and resolved to pursue the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm on his own.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw Demon Ancestor Rahu approaching and rode toward Nine Heavens Clouds to investigate why the Heavenly Court had not acted.
• Outside the Chaos, Demon Ancestor Rahu questioned why Hongjun’s Zixiao Palace could not be sensed, why the Heavenly Court had shown no hostility, and why Demon Lord Jidu had not appeared.

Ling Xiao and the Sages tried to persuade Demon Lord Jidu to join the Mystic Sect by offering him authority over the Demonic Sect and a path to Sagehood. Jidu grew tempted by the God-Slaying Spear but remained hesitant as Grand Pure Laozi urged him to separate himself from Demon Ancestor Rahu.

• Pingxin reflected on creating a Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk of her own and resolved not to covet Ling Xiao's borrowed treasure.
• Zhunti brought Demon Lord Jidu to Lingxiao Palace, where Jidu demanded to know why he had been captured.
• Yuanshi Tianzun's smile frightened Jidu, and Zhen Yuanzi calmed him by asking whether he wanted freedom and Sagehood.
• Ancestor Kunpeng offered Jidu leadership of the Demonic Sect and a chance to become a Heavenly Dao Sage if he joined the Mystic Sect.
• Ling Xiao revealed the God-Slaying Spear and proposed that Jidu wield authority over the Demonic Dao on Heaven's behalf.
• Grand Pure Laozi urged Jidu to claim the title of true Demon Ancestor and suggested Ling Xiao could separate him from Rahu.

Ling Xiao persuaded Demon Lord Jidu to join the Heavenly Court by granting him the God-Slaying Spear and severed his karmic connection to Demon Ancestor Rahu. Haotian then dispatched Jidu, Yang Jian, Jin Chanzi, and Pingxin to block Rahu outside the Chaos.

• Ling Xiao offered Demon Lord Jidu the God-Slaying Spear and a future role in the Demonic Sect in exchange for accepting the Heavenly Court's leadership.
• Demon Lord Jidu accepted the spear and declared himself the sole master of the Demonic Dao.
• Ling Xiao used his powers and treasures to sever Jidu's karmic connection to Demon Ancestor Rahu while concealing the change from Rahu.
• Newly freed, Jidu pledged loyalty to the Heavenly Court and volunteered to fight Demon Lord Chonglou.
• Haotian ordered Jidu, Yang Jian, and Jin Chanzi to join Pingxin and 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers in blocking Demon Ancestor Rahu outside the Chaos.

Pingxin led the Heavenly Court’s forces to confront Demon Ancestor Rahu Outside the Chaos, where Rahu tried to punish Demon Lord Jidu for betraying the Demonic Sect. Jidu revealed that the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance had freed him and gave him the God-Slaying Spear, leaving Rahu and his allies stunned.

• Yang Jian refused the Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s offer to become his weapon and brought out the Mountain-Splitting Axe instead.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu ordered Demon Venerable Chonglou to kill Demon Lord Jidu for betraying him.
• Pingxin arrived Outside the Chaos with the Heavenly Court’s forces as Jidu declared that he had never been Rahu’s avatar or chess piece.
• Rahu tried to seize control of Jidu with Demonic Dao Law, but Pingxin’s Six Paths Reincarnation Disc blocked the attack and Rahu discovered their karmic connection had been severed.
• Jidu credited the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance with freeing him and revealed the God-Slaying Spear in his hand, dumbfounding Rahu and the other Demonic Sect great beings.

Demon Lord Jidu revealed that he had joined the Heavenly Court and challenged Demon Ancestor Rahu, while battles broke out between their allies. Pingxin faced Rahu with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc and prepared to unleash her full strength as he urged her to fight without restraint.

• Gusu concluded that Demon Lord Jidu had betrayed the Demonic Sect to obtain the God-Slaying Spear with Ling Xiao's help.
• Pingxin challenged Demon Ancestor Rahu, and Demon Lord Jidu taunted him while claiming he would eventually rule the Demonic Path.
• Demon Lord Chonglou attacked Demon Lord Jidu, Yang Jian challenged Gusu, and Jin Chanzi confronted Wutian.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu struck Pingxin, who blocked him with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc.
• Rahu urged Pingxin to use her full power, and she invoked the Six Paths and Earthly Dao while he refused to use the Town Heaven Demon Coffin.

Pingxin battled Demon Ancestor Rahu with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc and praised Ling Xiao’s strength, prompting Rahu to notice Tongtian watching from the sidelines. Rahu humiliated Tongtian and struck him away before resuming the fight, while the wider battle continued.

• Pingxin used the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc and the Earthly Dao’s power to clash with Demon Ancestor Rahu, who blocked her without the Town Heaven Demon Coffin despite his damaged origin.
• Pingxin told Demon Ancestor Rahu that Ling Xiao was stronger than she was and described his powerful treasures and abilities.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu spotted Tongtian watching the battle and pulled him into the center of the battlefield.
• Tongtian saluted Demon Ancestor Rahu, then angrily defended his fight against Ling Xiao after Rahu mocked his defeat.
• Pingxin confirmed that Tongtian had used every means available, so Demon Ancestor Rahu slapped him away and resumed fighting Pingxin.
• Demon Lord Chonglou and Demon Lord Jidu continued battling as 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers fought the demons emerging from the Demon Realm.

Gusu trapped Yang Jian in the Illusion Heaven Demon Mirror and used his memories of his family’s deaths to weaken his will and plant the Dao Heart Demon Seed. When she ordered him to slaughter the Western World, the devastation sparked a change in him as the Great Love Dao began to take shape.

• Perfected Immortal Taiyi feigned sympathy for Tongtian, while Wen Zhong lamented that he could not defend his patriarchal master.
• Nuwa and Grand Pure Laozi discussed Demon Ancestor Rahu’s advance and watched Yang Jian and the others battle the demons.
• Yang Jian rejected Gusu’s seduction and blocked her Dao Heart Demon Seed, so she activated the Illusion Heaven Demon Mirror.
• The mirror showed Yang Jian a past in which his family died and he failed to save Yaoji, leaving him anguished as Gusu implanted the seed in his Dao Heart.
• Within the illusion, Yang Jian obeyed Gusu and began slaughtering the Western World until the sight of the dead stirred insight and the Great Love Dao began to form.

Yang Jian broke free of Gusu’s illusion by using the Great Love Dao to suppress the Dao Heart Demon Seed, then destroyed her emotional avatar. Demon Ancestor Rahu defeated Pingxin, who accepted his victory and agreed that the Demonic Sect could return to the Primordial World if its great beings came to Lingxiao Palace.

• Yang Jian awakened his memories and shattered Gusu’s illusion, while Demon Lord Jidu drove Demon Lord Chonglou back.
• Yang Jian broke Gusu’s Illusion Heaven Demon Mirror and destroyed her avatar, but a hazy figure blocked his axe from striking her Primordial Spirit and True Spirit.
• Yang Jian revealed that the ordeal had helped him comprehend the Great Love Dao and agreed to give the Dao Heart Demon Seed to Demon Lord Wutian for cleansing.
• The heavenly forces led by the Golden-Winged Great Peng, the Howling Celestial Dog, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, and the Six Oddities of Meishan overwhelmed the Demon race creatures.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu used the Town Heaven Demon Coffin and Annihilative Demonic Dao to defeat Pingxin despite her Pangu Shrine and Six Paths protections.
• Pingxin accepted Rahu’s victory and said the Demonic Sect could return to the Primordial World if its great beings accompanied him to Lingxiao Palace.

Pingxin secured a truce with Demon Ancestor Rahu and invited him to Lingxiao Palace, while Rahu forced Sect Master Tongtian to accompany him. In Lingxiao Palace, Primal Lord of Heaven began forging Yang Jian a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade from Nuwa’s Qiankun Cauldron as Rahu prepared to descend on the Heavenly Court.

• Pingxin led Demon Lord Jidu, Jin Chanzi, and the heavenly forces away after Demon Ancestor Rahu agreed to visit Lingxiao Palace.
• Rahu ordered Sect Master Tongtian to accompany him, and Demon Venerable Chonglou threatened Tongtian with the Flame Wave Blood Blade until he submitted.
• Demonic Buddha Wutian mocked Tongtian’s predicament, prompting Tongtian to snap at him as the others laughed.
• Rahu ordered his followers to merge the Demon Realm into the Primordial Wilderness so he could confront the Heavenly Court.
• In Lingxiao Palace, Shiva praised Yang Jian’s mastery of the Great Love Dao, and Nuwa offered her Qiankun Cauldron and accumulated creation power to help him advance.
• Primal Lord of Heaven began forging Yang Jian’s Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade in the Qiankun Cauldron, transforming it into a Top-Grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure.

Demon Ancestor Rahu arrived at the Heavenly Court and grew furious when its residents offered him little respect. After he smashed Lingxiao Palace’s entrance and demanded to see Hongjun, the assembled great beings mocked him and his followers, leaving Demon Venerable Chonglou wounded and disgraced.

• Tongtian and Demon Ancestor Rahu’s group passed through the Heavenly Court, where the Deities and immortal officials showed Rahu little reverence.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu smashed Lingxiao Palace’s entrance with the Town Heaven Demon Coffin and entered with Demon Lord Chonglou and the others.
• Haotian received Rahu calmly while Primal Lord of Heaven prompted the gathering to greet him.
• Rahu demanded that Hongjun come speak with him, and Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Yuanshi Tianzun mocked his standing before Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Demon Venerable Chonglou attacked in anger, but the great beings’ auras overwhelmed him, and Tai Xuan and Perfected Immortal Taiyi berated him.

Demon Ancestor Rahu demanded Mount Sumeru and the Western World, but Ling Xiao rejected his claim and warned him that returning to the Primordial World might bring regret. Haotian revealed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had reached the middle stage of Great Dao Sage and was about to arrive at Lingxiao Palace, leaving Rahu facing a sudden reversal.

• Demon Ancestor Rahu threatened Azure Dragon and the others, but Ling Xiao dispelled his aura and urged him to negotiate calmly.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu asked to rule Mount Sumeru and the Western World, while Ling Xiao proposed merging the Demon Realm into the Primordial World and letting the Demonic Sect settle elsewhere.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu insisted on taking the Western World, and Ling Xiao said they would have to follow Dao Ancestor Hongjun's will or fight.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu dismissed Ling Xiao's warning about regretting his return, while Tongtian recognized the irony of Yuanshi Tianzun using the Qiankun Cauldron to forge Yang Jian's weapon.
• Haotian announced that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had attained the middle stage of Great Dao Sage and would arrive at Lingxiao Palace within moments.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared at Lingxiao Palace after breaking through to the mid-stage Great Dao Sage Realm, crushing Demon Ancestor Rahu’s hopes of resisting him. Ling Xiao proposed that the Demon Realm merge into the Primordial Three Realms while Rahu retained command of its lands, and the chapter ended with Rahu considering the Heavenly Court his opponent instead of Hongjun.

• Demon Ancestor Rahu mocked Haotian’s claim that Hongjun could reach the mid-stage Great Dao Sage Realm, but froze when Hongjun appeared at Lingxiao Palace.
• Ling Xiao and the others saluted Hongjun, who credited the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and Ling Xiao for helping him complete his breakthrough.
• Rahu broke down in disbelief, and Hongjun declared that the Demon Realm would merge into the Primordial World under his governance.
• Ling Xiao repeated the offer for Rahu to keep commanding the Demon Realm and asked him to negotiate calmly.
• Tongtian regretted betraying the Mystic Sect and severing his bond with Hongjun for the Pangu Banner, while Zhunti and Primal Lord of Heaven commented on his downfall.
• Rahu accepted that he could not resist Hongjun and asked whether he could instead contend with the Heavenly Court, which Ling Xiao agreed to include as his opponent.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Ling Xiao negotiated Demon Ancestor Rahu’s return and the merger of the Demon Realm into the Primordial World, with the Demonic Sect receiving most of the Nanli Continent. Tongtian learned that Mount Cangwu would be next to Rahu’s territory, was mocked and struck by Rahu, and watched as the merger was ordered to begin.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun pressed Demon Ancestor Rahu to accept a fair duel or settle the dispute through the Heavenly Court, and Rahu rejected the duel.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu agreed that the Demon Realm could merge into the Primordial World and asked for a Demonic Sect domain, while Ling Xiao offered most of the Nanli Continent instead.
• Tongtian realized Mount Cangwu was on the Nanli Continent, and Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin mocked him about becoming Rahu’s neighbor and accepting demon disciples.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed the Creation Jade Disc, and Demon Ancestor Rahu reluctantly accepted Ling Xiao’s arrangement.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu blasted Tongtian for looking displeased, while Ling Xiao urged Rahu to merge the Demon Realm immediately.

Ling Xiao oversaw the Demon Realm’s merger into the Primordial World, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun forced Rahu to accept defeat and had Demon Lord Chonglou repair Lingxiao Palace’s gates. Primal Lord of Heaven revealed a newly forged Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade for Yang Jian, and Rahu recognized the treasure’s quality.

• Rahu transferred the Demon Realm into the Primordial World, and Pingxin and Zhen Yuanzi reshaped and stabilized the Nanli Continent.
• The Nanli Continent became divided into demonic lands centered on Burial Heaven Peak, Tongtian’s Mount Cangwu, and territories shared by other races and the Human Clan.
• Hongjun told Rahu that the Heavenly Court could defeat him and ordered him to have a subordinate repair Lingxiao Palace’s gates.
• Rahu sent Demon Lord Chonglou to repair the gates, and Primal Lord of Heaven revealed the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade he had forged for Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian thanked Primal Lord of Heaven and Nuwa, while Rahu examined the blade and praised it.

After Demon Ancestor Rahu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun settled the fate of the Demon Break Mountain Range’s soldiers, Rahu accepted an invitation to Ling Xiao and the Lunar Goddess’s Heavenly Wedding. Demonic Buddha Wutian sought alms from the assembled great beings, while Tongtian was mocked over his treasures; the chapter ended with everyone awaiting Ling Xiao’s appointment for Demon Lord Jidu.

• Demon Ancestor Rahu received the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade for Yang Jian, while Demon Venerable Chonglou finished repairing Lingxiao Palace’s gates.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu asked for the Demon Break Mountain Range’s soldiers and generals, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun let them choose whether to join the Demonic Sect or remain under Demon Lord Jidu, and Rahu agreed.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun invited Demon Ancestor Rahu to Ling Xiao and the Lunar Goddess’s Heavenly Wedding, and Rahu accepted.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu signaled Demonic Buddha Wutian, who went around Lingxiao Palace seeking alms and took spiritual fruits, Nine-Turn Golden Pills, and dozens of Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• Hong Yun mocked Tongtian about seeking alms and his treasures, drawing Demonic Buddha Wutian’s interest in Tongtian’s resources.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu departed, and the gathered great beings waited to see what official title Ling Xiao would give Demon Lord Jidu.

Ling Xiao appointed Demon Lord Jidu to lead the future Demonic Sect and promised him an opportunity to advance after the Heavenly Court defeated Demon Ancestor Rahu. The chapter ended with the assembled officials teasing one another as Ling Xiao prepared to invest Jidu as a Deity.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi discussed Demon Lord Jidu's potential and the high position he should hold in the Demonic Sect.
• Guangchengzi promised to shoulder the Heavenly Court's duties if Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Great Emperor Zhenwu attained the Grand Dao.
• Ling Xiao declared that Demon Lord Jidu would become the master of the Demonic Sect and promised him a chance to break through after Rahu and his allies were defeated.
• Demon Lord Jidu excitedly proclaimed that he dreamed of becoming the Demonic Sect's master, prompting Zhang Kui and Lei Zhenzi to tease Yin Jiao and Yin Hong about their past.
• Du'e Zhenren called for quiet as Ling Xiao prepared to invest Demon Lord Jidu.

Ling Xiao appointed Demon Lord Jidu the Nine Netherworlds Pacifying Guardian Demon Lord, granting him authority over the Demonic Dao and its growing fortune. After Hongjun offered Jidu and several other great beings a chance to become his disciples upon reaching the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao, Haotian and Zhen Yuanzi traded teasing remarks about the Jade Emperor’s position at the Heavenly Court.

• Ling Xiao conferred the title of Nine Netherworlds Pacifying Guardian Demon Lord on Demon Lord Jidu and assigned him authority to suppress ancient threats, command demons, and oversee Demonic Dao fortune.
• Demon Lord Jidu swore to honor his duties, then paid respects to Hongjun, Haotian, Yaochi, and the other gathered great beings.
• Hongjun told Demon Lord Jidu, Hong Yun, Styx, and Kunpeng that they could enter his tutelage if they attained the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao.
• Haotian lamented that he and Yaochi could not become Hongjun’s disciples, and Zhen Yuanzi teased him about the privileges of serving as Hongjun’s attendant.
• Haotian complained about the burdens of ruling the Heavenly Court, prompting Laozi to warn him jokingly and leaving Tongtian visibly displeased.

Tongtian left Lingxiao Palace after Ran Deng and Old Ancestor Styx mocked him, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun departed after warning Ling Xiao to be wary of Demon Ancestor Rahu. Ling Xiao then outlined a plan to connect the coming Journey to the West Tribulation with the Great Qin Empire’s Hundred Schools of Thought.

• Ran Deng mocked Tongtian for still being in Lingxiao Palace, and Old Ancestor Styx joined in before Tongtian flew away in humiliation.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Ling Xiao to beware of Demon Ancestor Rahu and promised to preside over Ling Xiao and Wangshu’s Heavenly Wedding Ceremony.
• Demon Lord Jidu removed Gusu’s will from Yang Jian’s Dao Heart Demon Seed and gave the purified seed to Nezha, who began refining it.
• Ling Xiao said Tongtian’s fate could only be escaped by reaching the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm and proposed sending a remnant soul through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Ling Xiao proposed reshaping the Journey to the West so its destined traveler would journey through the Eastern World and Nanli Continent, with the Hundred Schools of Thought traveling alongside.

Ling Xiao proposed reshaping the Journey to the West Tribulation so the Heavenly Court and Western Sect would draw the Demonic Sect into its conflicts, spreading Buddhist and other teachings while fulfilling the Primordial Trend. The great beings agreed to oversee the plan and identified several people entangled in the tribulation’s karma, while Ling Xiao turned his attention to Demon Ancestor Rahu and Tongtian’s next moves.

• Zhunti worried that Ling Xiao’s plan to alter the Journey to the West Tribulation would face difficulties in the Demonic Sect’s Nanli Continent.
• Jieyin supported the plan, arguing that the Heavenly Court and Western Sect could use the tribulation to contain the Demonic Sect and spread their teachings.
• Yuanshi Tianzun concluded that Ling Xiao had long planned the tribulation and urged the group to involve Tongtian and determine the destined people within a few hundred years.
• Hong Yun volunteered to oversee the tribulation, and Haotian agreed that the Western Sect’s two saints and Hong Yun would direct it with the others’ cooperation.
• Grand Pure Laozi identified two Heavenly Court Deities, Jin Chanzi, and two people to be enlightened by the First Emperor and Nuwa as those destined to face the tribulation.
• Nuwa sensed something toward the East Sea, while Ling Xiao left her curiosity unanswered and focused on the coming moves of Demon Ancestor Rahu and Tongtian.

Tongtian brooded over his losses on Mount Cangwu, then built a new Palace of Green Essence and prepared a home for the Sect of Interception’s future disciples. At Burial Heaven Peak, Demon Ancestor Rahu vowed to reclaim what he had lost, while Demon Lord Chonglou asked him to set the Demonic Sect’s next course.

• Tongtian regretted destroying the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, the Palace of Green Essence, and Golden Ao Island, and lamented how far he had fallen.
• Tongtian refined his heavenly treasures into a mid-grade Postnatal Spiritual Treasure Palace of Green Essence and created low-grade cultivation grounds for future disciples.
• Tongtian entered the new palace to cultivate and hoped to attain the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm soon.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu vowed to defeat his enemies and reclaim his losses despite fearing Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s power.
• Demon Lord Chonglou urged Demon Ancestor Rahu to explain what the Demonic Sect should do next.