Chapter Summaries

Old Ancestor Styx gave Hong Yun the Twelve-Petaled Karma Fire Red Lotus to settle their past grievance, then offered Wen Jing Daoist as a disciple to Jieyin and Zhunti in exchange for Enlightenment Tea Leaves. After Wen Jing Daoist joined the Western Sect, Ling Xiao arrived at Lingxiao Palace to discuss Wushan Goddess Yaoji with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.

• Jieyin and Zhunti urged Old Ancestor Styx to give Hong Yun the Twelve-Petaled Karma Fire Red Lotus, and revealed that the awakening of the Human Dao might create new opportunities to attain the Great Dao.
• Old Ancestor Styx handed the Twelve-Petaled Karma Fire Red Lotus to Hong Yun, ending their karmic debt.
• Old Ancestor Styx offered Wen Jing Daoist as a disciple, and Zhunti recognized her as the primordial ferocious beast Blood Winged Black Mosquito.
• Jieyin and Zhunti prepared Enlightenment Tea for Old Ancestor Styx, who took two extra leaves before agreeing to let Wen Jing Daoist join the Western Sect.
• Wen Jing Daoist knelt before Jieyin and Zhunti and became their disciple, while Old Ancestor Styx refused to be drawn into a tribulation.
• Ling Xiao arrived at Lingxiao Palace to discuss Wushan Goddess Yaoji with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother.

Ling Xiao persuaded Haotian to allow Yaoji’s fated descent, while the Demon Court and Sect of Interception prepared to exploit her ordeal. As Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian entered Lingxiao Palace, Ling Xiao watched their scheme unfold from Penglai, where Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hong Yun arrived.

• Ling Xiao told Haotian and Yaochi that Yaoji’s mortal marriage was part of Heaven’s plan and that her child could rival Grand Master Xuandu in talent; Haotian agreed to let events proceed.
• Haotian and Yaochi left the Heavenly Court with Ling Xiao for Penglai, prompting Lu Ya and his allies to see an opening to scheme against Yaoji.
• Holy Mother Turtle Spirit sent Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian to the Heavenly Court, where Wuyun Xian declared that Yaoji’s ordeal was only the beginning.
• Ling Xiao and Haotian watched Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian approach Lingxiao Palace through the Haotian Mirror, while Ling Xiao explained that their actions would draw them deeper into the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Hong Yun arrived at Penglai with Jieyin, Zhunti, and Wen Jing; Jieyin noticed Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian in the mirror and asked Ling Xiao and Haotian what was happening.

Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian manipulated the Three-Headed Flood Dragon into breaking free and fighting Yaoji, hoping to implicate the Dragon Clan in a conflict with the Heavenly Court. Yaoji was gravely injured, and Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian left for Phoenix Perch Mountain as Haotian watched helplessly, knowing her tribulation had to unfold.

• Ji Meng injected lustful desire into the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, who lost control, swallowed the Dragon Pearl, and escaped Lingxiao Palace.
• Yaoji confronted the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, but he refined the Dragon Pearl and fled through the South Heaven Gate toward the Primordial Continent.
• Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and urged him to let her dispel his desires, but he refused and attacked her.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon damaged Yaoji's heart meridians and fled into a great river, while Ji Meng regretted that he had not defiled her and implicated the Dragon Clan.
• Wuyun Xian and Ji Meng left for Phoenix Perch Mountain, and Haotian erupted in anger as he watched Yaoji's tribulation unfold through the Haotian Mirror.

Ling Xiao watched Yaoji’s tribulation unfold as she recovered from her injuries with Yang Tianyou’s help. When Yang Tianyou offered his heart to repair her damaged heart meridians, Yaoji faced the choice of accepting his sacrifice.

• Hong Yun gave Ling Xiao the twelve-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus, and Ling Xiao accepted it.
• Yaoji, badly injured and unable to use mana, met the mortal Yang Tianyou, who mistook her for a demon and fled.
• Ling Xiao advanced the fated romance between Yaoji and Yang Tianyou while Haotian angrily watched his sister’s tribulation.
• Yang Tianyou apologized to Yaoji and helped her use an Eight Trigrams Formation to stabilize her primordial spirit, though her heart meridians remained ruined.
• Yang Tianyou suggested replacing Yaoji’s heart with someone else’s, and then offered his own so she could recover and hunt the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.

Yaoji and Yang Tianyou shared a heart and chose to live together, while Ling Xiao watched their fate unfold and then traveled to Kunlun Mountain to meet Primal Lord of Heaven. After flattering the Heavenly Venerable in Jade Void Palace, Ling Xiao was asked what had brought him there.

• Yaoji merged Yang Tianyou's heart into her body, linking their hearts and fates, and the two chose to spend their lives together in the mortal world.
• Haotian acknowledged Yang Tianyou's character, while Ling Xiao agreed to enforce the heavenly laws against Yaoji and Yang Tianyou's marriage.
• Ling Xiao told Wangshu that Yaoji and Yang Tianyou would have two sons and a daughter, then said he would go to Kunlun Mountain after they married and had children.
• Nearly ten years later, news of Yaoji and Yang Tianyou's relationship spread through the Three Realms, and Ling Xiao headed to Kunlun Mountain.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod welcomed Ling Xiao to Jade Void Palace, where Ling Xiao greeted Primal Lord of Heaven and Daoist Randeng.
• Ling Xiao praised Primal Lord of Heaven, who beamed at the flattery and asked why Ling Xiao had come.

Ling Xiao arranged for Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Jiao to enter the Sect of Enlightenment and the Human Sect, trading master-disciple karma for the Three Treasures Jade Scepter and accepting the Taiyi Whisk. With their masters chosen, he led the others to bring Yaoji’s tribulation down upon her family.

• Ling Xiao exchanged Yang Jian’s master-disciple karma for the Three Treasures Jade Scepter, which Yuanshi Tianzun gave him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun assigned Yang Jian to Perfected Lord Jade Tripod and Yang Chan to Daoist Cihang, gifting her the Jade Void Glazed Lamp.
• Grand Master Xuandu arrived with the Taiyi Whisk, which Ling Xiao accepted, and announced that Yang Jiao would become his personal disciple.
• Ling Xiao sensed the heavenly secrets stirring and led the others to Yaoji and Yang Tianyou’s residence as a great tribulation descended upon their family.

Ling Xiao staged Yaoji’s arrest and the deaths of Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao to make Yang Jian and Yang Chan hate him, while secretly advancing his plan for the Heavenly Court. Yaoji was imprisoned beneath Peach Mountain, and rumors portraying Ling Xiao as a ruthless usurper spread through the Three Realms.

• Ling Xiao arrived at the Yang Residence and accused Yaoji of violating heavenly law, while Yaoji pleaded for her family to be spared.
• Yang Tianyou took the blame for Yaoji, but Ling Xiao ordered a heavenly general to kill him, then had Yaoji bound and taken away for imprisonment beneath Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jiao cursed Ling Xiao and was killed by a heavenly general; the Heavenly Eye transported Yang Jian and Yang Chan far away and separated them.
• Ling Xiao suppressed Yaoji beneath Peach Mountain as accusations and rumors about his cruelty and ambition spread throughout the Three Realms.
• Our Lady of Wudang, Our Lady of Golden Spirit, and the others on Golden Ao Island grew enraged when they heard the news.

Holy Mother Golden Spirit and Holy Mother Wudang blamed Ling Xiao for Yaoji’s suffering, but Yun Xiao revealed that Demon Saint Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian had secretly caused the crisis. After learning the truth, Yaoji’s family reconciled with Ling Xiao, and Yang Jiao became Xuandu’s disciple as the family’s children were entrusted to new mentors.

• Holy Mother Golden Spirit, Holy Mother Wudang, and Fairy Caiyun condemned Ling Xiao and considered confronting the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, but Yun Xiao revealed that Ji Meng and Wuyun Xian were behind the events involving Yaoji.
• Holy Mother Wudang left angrily, while Fairy Caiyun abandoned the plan to storm Lingxiao Palace and Yun Xiao lamented that she could not restore her bond with Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao freed Yaoji and revived Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao beneath Peach Mountain, and Daoist Cihang explained what had happened to them.
• Yaoji and Yang Tianyou learned the truth and bowed to Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao prompted Yang Jiao to accept him as his master.
• Xuandu accepted Yang Jiao into the Human Sect and promised to take him to Shouyang Mountain, while Perfected Lord Jade Tripod and Daoist Cihang offered to guide Yang Jian and Yang Chan.
• Ling Xiao entrusted the family to Xuandu, Perfected Lord Jade Tripod, and Daoist Cihang, then prepared to return to Penglai Immortal Island for cultivation.

Ling Xiao began reforging his foundation beneath the Ren Water Flat Peach Tree while Hongjun suppressed the Heavenly Dao’s attempt to interfere. At Taiqing Palace, Bian Zhuang proposed that the Human Sect support Ling Xiao by joining the Heavenly Court, and Grand Pure Laozi considered raising the idea with the other Sages.

• Wangshu guarded Ling Xiao as he refined the Qingping Sword, Taiyi Whisk, Three Treasures Jade Scepter, and Karma Fire Red Lotus into his foundation.
• Hongjun suppressed the Heavenly Dao order to keep it from obstructing Ling Xiao’s cultivation.
• Grand Pure Laozi told Xuandu to follow Ling Xiao during the coming Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and Xuandu asked whether the Human Sect should clear Ling Xiao’s name.
• Bian Zhuang argued that the Human Sect should seek divine positions in the increasingly powerful Heavenly Court and proposed that the entire sect join it together.
• Xuandu chased Bian Zhuang through Taiqing Palace, but Grand Pure Laozi acknowledged the proposal’s merits and said he would discuss it with the other Sages and Hongjun at the right time.

Ling Xiao completed his Thirty-Sixth Grade Pure World White Lotus Foundation, advanced to the early Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm, and consummated his union with Wangshu. As Tongtian defended his choices, Duobao and other Sect of Interception disciples plotted to undermine Ling Xiao by stirring trouble through the Three-Headed Flood Dragon.

• Ling Xiao transformed his Foundation, reached the early Golden Immortal of Grand Dao realm, and drew his laws and treasures into his Great Dao.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu entered the Pure Creation Dao Palace and consummated their union.
• Tongtian considered whether he had wronged Ling Xiao, then insisted he could not admit fault and prepared the Sect of Interception for the approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Duobao condemned Ling Xiao and asked the Sect of Interception disciples how they could plot against him.
• Golden Light Holy Mother proposed using the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to cause trouble in the mortal realm and damage the Heavenly Court's prestige, and Golden Hoop Immortal agreed.

Perfected Lord Jade Tripod accepted Yang Jian as his disciple and began teaching him powerful Dao arts, while Ling Xiao strengthened Wangshu’s cultivation and prepared to attend Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s meeting in Zixiao Palace. The chapter ended with Ling Xiao leaving for the meeting as the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation approached.

• Yang Jian lamented his family’s fate and blamed Ling Xiao for his father and eldest brother’s deaths and his mother’s imprisonment beneath Peach Mountain.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod appeared before Yang Jian, challenged his accusations, and warned him to set aside his hatred until he learned the full story.
• Yang Jian became Perfected Lord Jade Tripod’s disciple and began cultivating the Eight Nine Arcane Art and the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, quickly advancing through two realms.
• Ling Xiao helped Wangshu strengthen her foundation to the peak of the Golden Immortal of Hunyuan realm, and the two agreed to hold their Heavenly Wedding Ceremony in a thousand years.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and Ling Xiao to Zixiao Palace to discuss the Investiture of the Gods.
• Ling Xiao left Wangshu on Penglai Immortal Island and departed on the Red Dust Sword Embryo for Zixiao Palace.

Ling Xiao attended a gathering at Zixiao Palace, where the Sages’ tea-drinking left Tongtian and Nuwa isolated before Dao Ancestor Hongjun addressed the approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. Hongjun placed the Investiture of the Gods in Ling Xiao’s hands and declared that Ling Xiao, the Jade Emperor, and the Queen Mother would decide the appointments, leaving the gathered powers to consider whether the tribulation would begin.

• Ling Xiao arrived at Zixiao Palace and took a seat between Grand Pure Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, thanking them for the treasures that helped him reshape his Foundation.
• Zhunti served Enlightenment Tea, and Zhen Yuanzi and Grand Pure Laozi joined in as Tongtian and Nuwa were excluded from the gathering.
• Grand Pure Laozi introduced Bian Zhuang, and Ling Xiao offered him support and an invitation to seek help at the Great Firmament Primordial Beginning Dao Palace.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, accepted tea from Haotian, and summoned Ling Xiao to present the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Hongjun declared that Ling Xiao, the Jade Emperor, and the Queen Mother would decide the appointments, including the orthodox deities, auxiliary deities, and heavenly soldiers and generals.

At the Investiture of the Gods discussion in Zixiao Palace, Tongtian refused to sign while Grand Pure Laozi volunteered Lord Lao and Bian Zhuang for the list. After Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed that multiple people marked by a flying-bear sign would invest the gods, Ling Xiao departed, knowing the tribulation was about to begin.

• Jieyin urged Tongtian to sign the Investiture of the Gods List, but Tongtian rejected the demand and swore no Sect of Interception disciple would enter it.
• Yuanshi Tianzun defended his disciples and warned he would fight to protect them, provoking Tongtian until Grand Pure Laozi silenced them.
• Grand Pure Laozi sent Lord Lao and Bian Zhuang into the list, and Ling Xiao appointed Bian Zhuang Marshal Tianpeng, commander of the Military-Breaking Star and one hundred thousand Heavenly River naval troops.
• Pingxin offered to cooperate with the Heavenly Court in selecting members of the Witch Clan remnants, the Asura Clan, and the Netherworld's Hell Guards as deities and troops.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun said the people who would invest the gods bore a flying-bear sign, then vanished from Zixiao Palace.
• Ling Xiao identified Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao as the likely investiture officials and left Zixiao Palace as the tribulation approached.

Ling Xiao chose to let the Sect of Interception’s plan involving the Three-Headed Flood Dragon proceed, trusting Ao Guang to respond if the Yellow River was endangered. The Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother pressured the Three-Headed Flood Dragon into agreeing to cause a catastrophic flood, leaving him terrified and searching for a way out.

• Ling Xiao received a system mission about the Sect of Interception’s plan to incite the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and chose to do nothing, earning three drops of Pangu Jade Marrow.
• Ling Xiao and Wangshu refined the Pangu Jade Marrow together while cultivating in the Pure Creation Dao Palace.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon reached the peak of the Golden Immortal of Grand Dao after devouring the Dragon Pearl and believed he had gained freedom.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother found the Three-Headed Flood Dragon and tempted him with positions in the Sect of Interception and Demon Court.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng demanded that the Three-Headed Flood Dragon trigger a Yellow River flood, and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon reluctantly agreed under threat.

Three-Headed Flood Dragon secretly exposed the Dragon Pearl’s location to attract help, then publicly accused Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother of plotting to unleash a flood. With Ao Guang and Xuandu arriving at the Yellow River, Yang Jian also came to subdue Three-Headed Flood Dragon and claim the Dragon Pearl.

• Three-Headed Flood Dragon linked the Dragon Pearl to his aura and secretly signaled the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court for help.
• Yaoji sensed the Dragon Pearl and alerted Xuandu, Perfected Lord Jade Tripod, Cihang Daoist, and Venus Tai Bai.
• Primal Lord of Heaven ordered Perfected Lord Jade Tripod to take Yang Jian to the Yellow River to subdue Three-Headed Flood Dragon and make him Yang Jian’s natal treasure.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod told Yang Jian that Three-Headed Flood Dragon had injured his mother and that Howling Celestial Dog could awaken its potential by refining the Dragon Pearl.
• Xuandu forced Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother out of hiding as Ao Guang arrived at the Yellow River.
• Three-Headed Flood Dragon knelt before Ao Guang and accused Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother of coercing him to flood the Yellow River and slaughter its inhabitants.

After the Yellow River scheme was exposed, Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother left in disgrace, while Perfected Lord Jade Tripod took custody of Three-Headed Flood Dragon. Three-Headed Flood Dragon became Yang Jian’s natal weapon, and the three culprits returned to Golden Ao Island to face Tongtian Cult Master’s fury.

• Three-Headed Flood Dragon offered to expose his primordial spirit, but Ao Guang ended the confrontation without demanding a full investigation.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother denied the accusations, then departed after Ao Guang warned them not to repeat their actions.
• Perfected Lord Jade Tripod took Three-Headed Flood Dragon into his custody and ordered him to hand over the Dragon Pearl to Yang Jian.
• Howling Celestial Dog swallowed the Dragon Pearl, while Three-Headed Flood Dragon agreed to serve Yang Jian for ten thousand years as his natal weapon.
• Three-Headed Flood Dragon transformed into the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, which Yang Jian claimed as his new treasure.
• Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother returned to Golden Ao Island and sensed Tongtian Cult Master’s fury in the Palace of Green Essence.

Tongtian reprimanded Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother for their failed flood scheme, then ordered his disciples to find the one for the Investiture of the Gods. Bi Xiao rejected her sisters and pursued the Emotionless Sword Dao, while Ling Xiao and Wangshu discussed waiting for Human Path Awakening as the search for the chosen person began to yield clues.

• Tongtian made Golden-Winged Great Peng, Golden Hoop Immortal, and Golden Light Holy Mother take responsibility for the Yellow River flood plot and ordered the disciples to find the one for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Qiong Xiao invited Bi Xiao to join her and Yun Xiao in the search, but Bi Xiao refused and explained that she wanted to test her Emotionless Sword Dao against Ling Xiao's Red Dust Sword Dao.
• Yun Xiao worried that Bi Xiao was cutting off her emotions and considered visiting Ling Xiao, but Qiong Xiao persuaded her to join the search.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, Wangshu told Ling Xiao that she expected to reach the Primordial Grand Golden Immortal realm after Human Path Awakening, and Ling Xiao said it would occur during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• The disciples of the Sect of Interception, the Sect of Enlightenment, and other groups found clues to the whereabouts of the one for the Investiture of the Gods.

After attaining True Immortal, Shen Gongbao set out to seek a Saint’s tutelage, but Wuyun Xian and Dingguang Immortal persuaded him to join the Sect of Interception as a personal disciple. They left for Golden Ao Island with Shen Gongbao, while Jiang Ziya arrived at Kunlun Mountain seeking a Saint’s favor.

• Shen Gongbao attained True Immortal and decided to try entering Yuanshi Tianzun’s tutelage at Kunlun Mountain before considering the Sect of Interception.
• While searching near Kunlun Mountain for the person destined for the Investiture of the Gods, Wuyun Xian and Dingguang Immortal recognized Shen Gongbao as the one they sought.
• Dingguang Immortal invited Shen Gongbao to Golden Ao Island, and Wuyun Xian pressed him to accept the Sect of Interception’s offer.
• Shen Gongbao greeted Wuyun Xian and Dingguang Immortal as his senior brothers and agreed to join Tongtian’s tutelage.
• Dingguang Immortal, Wuyun Xian, and the others departed for Golden Ao Island with Shen Gongbao.
• Several hours later, Jiang Ziya arrived at Kunlun Mountain, hoping to earn a Saint’s favor.

Tongtian accepted Shen Gongbao as his personal disciple and promised him the Six Soul Banner, while the Three Xiao Sisters traveled to Penglai to confront Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao chose to meet them as strangers and received the Qiankun Law.

• Tongtian welcomed Shen Gongbao into the Sect of Interception, granted him treasures and Shangqing Dao Arts, and promised him the Six Soul Banner for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng offered Shen Gongbao a White-Browed Tiger mount from Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao worried that Bi Xiao's Emotionless Sword Dao was consuming her nature, so they decided to take her to Penglai Immortal Island to meet Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao discussed the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation with Wangshu and said he had a plan to awaken the Human Path.
• After the system presented three choices, Ling Xiao chose to meet the Three Xiao Sisters as strangers and received the Qiankun Law.

Ling Xiao refined Qiankun Law and rejected Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao when they came to Penglai Immortal Island. Yun Xiao’s Dao Heart shattered, while Bi Xiao challenged Ling Xiao to a duel; he accepted, intending to temper his Red Dust Sword Dao against her Emotionless Sword Dao.

• Ling Xiao refined Qiankun Law into his World-Cleansing Creation Dao without advancing his cultivation realm.
• Wangshu told Ling Xiao that the Three Xiao Sisters had been waiting outside Penglai Immortal Island, and he went to meet them.
• Ling Xiao demanded that Yun Xiao address him as the Great Emperor of the Azure Radiance and said he feared Wangshu would misunderstand their visit.
• Yun Xiao lost her conviction, spat blood, and collapsed as her Dao Heart shattered; Qiong Xiao condemned Ling Xiao, and Bi Xiao vowed to fight him.
• Bi Xiao requested guidance through a duel, and Ling Xiao accepted, warning her not to return to Penglai Immortal Island afterward.