Chapter Summaries

Qin Hong and Sect Master Tongtian confronted Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning at Jade Void Palace over his attacks on the Interception Sect. Qin Hong offered him a way out in exchange for a treasure, but the chapter left their bargaining unresolved as Qin Hong proposed the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud after Yuanshi refused to give up the Pangu Banner.

• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to bring Qin Hong along to confront Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning at Jade Void Palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian called Yuanshi out, and Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning emerged from a side hall, fearing the father and son had come to kill him.
• Sect Master Tongtian rejected Yuanshi's claim that his brother's self-destruction should end the conflict and demanded he answer for targeting the Interception Sect.
• Qin Hong blamed Laozi for the campaign, called Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning kindhearted, and asked him for a gift in exchange for letting the matter go.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning asked what Qin Hong wanted, but refused to give him the Pangu Banner.
• Qin Hong then proposed taking the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud instead.

Qin Hong forced Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning to surrender the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud and Immortal Chang'er Dingguang, then returned to Jiebei Pass after visiting Golden Ao Island. There, Di Xin mourned the heavy losses and vowed to attack Sishui Pass to keep foreign races off Great Shang's land.

• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning gave Qin Hong the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud and handed over Immortal Chang'er Dingguang.
• Immortal Chang'er Dingguang begged Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, Sect Master Tongtian, and Qin Hong for mercy, but Qin Hong sealed him and took him away.
• Qin Hong returned to Golden Ao Island, spent time with Houtu, and then left for Jiebei Pass.
• Qin Hong arrived as Di Xin oversaw relief efforts for the Human Race and Dragon Race after their costly victory.
• Di Xin told Qin Hong that he planned to attack Sishui Pass and would not allow foreign races to trample Great Shang's land.

Qin Hong urged Di Xin to reconcile with Nuwa and establish shrines to the Three Sovereigns so they could gather fortune and escape Huoyun Cave. Di Xin ordered shrines built across human lands, while Nuwa aided the effort and publicly recognized his legitimacy, leaving him privately wondering whether Qin Hong had become his father.

• Qin Hong supported Di Xin's plans to avenge the people harmed at Sishui Pass and asked what he thought of the Three Sovereigns.
• Di Xin praised the Three Sovereigns, and Qin Hong explained that he had reached an understanding with Nuwa and hoped Di Xin would ease his relationship with her.
• Qin Hong proposed building shrines to the Three Sovereigns so human worship could gather the fortune needed to free them from Huoyun Cave.
• Di Xin issued a Human Emperor Token ordering shrines to be built throughout human lands, and people willingly contributed to the effort.
• Nuwa watched the shrines spread, sent incarnations to recount the Three Sovereigns' achievements, and issued a decree affirming Di Xin's legitimacy.
• Di Xin welcomed Nuwa's public recognition but privately wondered whether Qin Hong had become his father.

After Great Shang advanced toward Sishui Pass, Bo Yikao gathered the saints and other factions to defend Xiqi. In the Heavenly Dao Space, Laozi claimed he had destroyed Qin Hong with a saint’s self-destruction and the collapse of Shouyang Mountain’s spiritual vein, leaving the others confident they could defeat Tongtian and the Interception Sect.

• Three months after preparing his forces, Di Xin led Great Shang’s army from Jiebei Pass toward Sishui Pass.
• Bo Yikao begged the saints for help, and Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning reorganized the alliance to defend Xiqi.
• Haotian left the Heavenly Court and joined the forces at Sishui Pass to help Bo Yikao hold back Di Xin.
• After reviving, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe argued over their defeat until Laozi said he had dealt the Interception Sect a devastating blow.
• Laozi claimed he had lured Tongtian and Qin Hong to Shouyang Mountain, then triggered a saint’s self-destruction and the collapse of its spiritual vein, killing Qin Hong.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe praised Laozi and agreed that they could now defeat Tongtian, the Interception Sect, and Di Xin.

Hongjun summoned Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe to Zixiao Palace to discuss how to restrain Tongtian and the Interception Sect. Laozi learned that Tongtian and Qin Hong had survived his self-destruction, and Hongjun promised to help the saints grow stronger before they faced them again.

• Jieyin wondered why Tongtian had not been resurrected, and Hongjun summoned the four saints to Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun warned that the Interception Sect and Human Race had become too powerful for the saints to oppose and called them to plan their next move.
• Laozi claimed his self-destruction had killed Qin Hong, but Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning revealed that Tongtian and Qin Hong had survived because Tongtian possessed the Thirty-six-petal Creation Green Lotus.
• Laozi grieved that his final trump card had failed, and Hongjun calmed him before urging the saints to focus on countering Tongtian, his son, the Interception Sect, Di Xin, and the Human Race.
• Hongjun said the saints could no longer contend with their enemies at their current strength and vowed to help them increase their cultivation in Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun arranged for the Saints to strengthen themselves against Tongtian by granting Yuanshi a defensive treasure and training, while directing Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin to improve their cultivation. Zhunti and Jieyin received two seemingly blank scriptures that revealed their power through golden light.

• Hongjun gave Yuanshi the Chaos Dao Robe and ordered him to stay in Zixiao Palace until he mastered the Nine Forms of Sky Splitting.
• Hongjun told Laozi to remain in Zixiao Palace and perfect the Way of Non-Action.
• Zhunti and Jieyin begged Hongjun for treasures, but he instead gave them scriptures to help raise their cultivation.
• Zhunti and Jieyin opened the blank scriptures again, and golden light burst from them before fading.

Hongjun gave Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe cultivation opportunities before sending them into seclusion, while Qin Hong received powerful system rewards and tested the Time Reversal Brush. After cultivating for a hundred thousand years in altered time, Qin Hong judged his mastery of time to be poor and thought Tongtian could use the brush more effectively.

• Hongjun gave Zhunti and Jieyin two books, then handed Minghe a black bone containing the origin law of the Way of Slaughter to perfect his Asura Path.
• Hongjun sent the gathered cultivators into Chaos Space to begin seclusion.
• Qin Hong returned to Golden Ao Island and received the Universe Brush, the Time Reversal Brush, a Sword Dao Origin Law Fragment, and the Pangu Axe Dao Embryo from the system.
• Qin Hong learned that the brushes controlled space and time, then used the Time Reversal Brush to slow time around himself.
• Qin Hong cultivated for a hundred thousand years while only two years passed in reality, then lamented his weak control over the Law of Time and considered that Tongtian might use the brush better.

Qin Hong gave Sect Master Tongtian a Sword Dao Origin Law Fragment and the Time Reversal Brush, claiming the brush came from Daoist Shichen. Sect Master Tongtian used it to gather the Interception Sect disciples on Golden Ao Island and began a million-year cultivation session, while only one year passed in reality.

• Qin Hong told Sect Master Tongtian that Houtu had found treasures in the Witch Clan Treasure Vault and given them to him.
• Qin Hong presented Sect Master Tongtian with a Sword Dao Origin Law Fragment, which delighted him.
• Qin Hong showed Sect Master Tongtian the Time Reversal Brush and said Houtu had traced it to Daoist Shichen through Zhujiuyin.
• Sect Master Tongtian summoned the Interception Sect disciples back to Golden Ao Island and used the brush to extend their cultivation time.
• Sect Master Tongtian expounded the Dao and let the disciples cultivate for a million years on Golden Ao Island while only a year passed in reality.

Qin Hong refined the last trace of Pangu's Heart Blood, attained Physical Sainthood, and decided to seek the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner so he could reassemble the Pangu Axe. Meanwhile, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe emerged from seclusion in Zixiao Palace, confident their strengthened powers could challenge Tongtian and the Interception Sect.

• Qin Hong used the Primordial Chaos Technique to refine the final trace of Pangu's Heart Blood and attained Physical Sainthood as the million years neared their end.
• Qin Hong discovered that he had grown into a youth and that his immense strength let him shatter space with a clenched fist, though he sensed only the Law of Strength.
• Qin Hong planned to obtain the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner and combine them with the Chaos Bell to reassemble the Pangu Axe.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Minghe ended their cultivation in Zixiao Palace's Chaos Space with their powers greatly improved.
• Jieyin and Zhunti praised the Chaos Space, while Minghe declared that they could now fight the Interception Sect.

The saints emerged from seclusion and gathered at Laozi’s new cultivation ground, where Haotian told them that Di Xin and the Human Race had attacked Sishui Pass. Haotian was pleased by Laozi’s overwhelming power but worried that he could not reach the same strength.

• The saints emerged from Chaos Space and were shocked to find that Laozi’s aura had become almost impossible to detect.
• Laozi brought the saints to Penglai Island, transformed it into his new cultivation ground, and established Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Laozi summoned Haotian and asked him to explain what had happened while the saints were in seclusion.
• Haotian reported that Di Xin had led ten million Human Race soldiers against Sishui Pass and that the Heavenly Court had held them back with the Star Dou Formation.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning grew furious at Di Xin, but Laozi silenced him with a display of overwhelming pressure.
• Haotian felt both joy at Laozi’s power and worry about when he himself might become so strong.

Laozi advised Haotian and the other saints to use Ji Fa and Xiqi to strike at Di Xin, the Human Race, and the Interception Sect, while the armies at Sishui Pass remained locked in a stalemate. Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning empowered his disciples with insights from Chaos Space, and True Man Puxian became a Quasi-Saint; the chapter ends as Guangchengzi questioned whom his master meant to recruit for the Sect of Enlightenment.

• Laozi praised Haotian for holding Sishui Pass and urged the saints to use Ji Fa and Xiqi to defeat Di Xin and the Interception Sect.
• Di Xin’s army repeatedly attacked Sishui Pass without success, while the disciples of the opposing sects fought several battles without major casualties.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning shared Essence of Profound Meaning from Chaos Space with his disciples, who entered seclusion to improve their cultivation.
• After two and a half years, True Man Puxian reached the Quasi-Saint realm, bringing the Sect of Enlightenment’s total to five Quasi-Saints.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning told his disciples to wait for an opportunity and announced that he would open the mountain gates to recruit more disciples.
• Guangchengzi asked Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning whom he intended to recruit.

Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning tried to recruit Queen Mother of the West into the Sect of Enlightenment for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, but forced her to comply after she refused. At Sishui Pass, Haotian challenged Great Shang, and Di Xin’s forces learned that the resurrected saints had emboldened Xiqi.

• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning visited Queen Mother of the West and urged her to join the Sect of Enlightenment, but she declined and said she wanted no part in the calamity.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning claimed that joining his sect was the Dao Ancestor’s decree and threatened Queen Mother of the West until she could only sigh in resignation.
• Haotian returned to Sishui Pass with new confidence, broke the Star Dou Formation, and sent Heavenly Soldiers and a Heavenly General to provoke Great Shang.
• Di Xin’s forces investigated Haotian’s sudden challenge and discovered that Xiqi’s saintly backers had been resurrected.
• Zhang Guifang, Huang Feihu, and Wen Zhong discussed the war, while Di Xin said Great Shang would defeat Xiqi and trusted Qin Hong’s certainty of victory.

Di Xin ordered Huang Feihu to confront Xiqi, whose real plan was to draw out and kill the Interception Sect disciples. As Great Shang began to gain the upper hand, the Sect of Enlightenment attacked its soldiers, but San Xiao arrived to challenge the Golden Immortals.

• Di Xin accepted Huang Feihu's proposal to fight Xiqi, and Huang Feihu led Great Shang's army out the next day.
• Huang Feihu's army clashed with Xiqi's forces, while Minghe's hidden Asura attacked the Human Race from the flank.
• Great Shang's soldiers resisted the Asura and began to turn the tide of battle as Xiqi's morale faltered.
• Several Golden Immortals of the Sect of Enlightenment appeared and unleashed attacks on Great Shang's army, prompting Di Xin to vow to destroy Jade Void Palace.
• San Xiao arrived and sent treasures at the Golden Immortals, who recognized them and angrily accused them of courting death.

Tu Xingsun reported that Interception Sect disciples were hiding in a nearby mountain, prompting Guangchengzi and the Sect of Enlightenment to launch a nighttime attack. They found the cave empty except for the trapped Shen Gongbao, whom Guangchengzi freed.

• San Xiao and the Interception Sect disciples fought the Sect of Enlightenment during the battle at Sishui Pass, then returned to the Great Shang camp without pursuing them.
• Tu Xingsun reported to Julius Sun and the other Sect of Enlightenment disciples that Interception Sect disciples were staying in a nearby mountain.
• Guangchengzi and the others decided to attack the hiding disciples and traveled with Tu Xingsun to the cave that night.
• The Sect of Enlightenment disciples found the cave empty and suspected they had been lured into a trap.
• Daoist Cihang sensed someone inside, and Guangchengzi led the group deeper into the cave, where they found Shen Gongbao trapped in a restriction.
• Guangchengzi removed the restriction, freeing Shen Gongbao.

Shen Gongbao led Guangchengzi and the Sect of Enlightenment disciples toward a cave where he claimed San Xiao and other Interception Sect disciples were hiding. The group prepared to attack after Shen Gongbao reported that several dozen enemies, including Jinling, Guiling, and San Xiao, were inside.

• Guangchengzi and the others freed Shen Gongbao, who claimed the Interception Sect had imprisoned him to lure them into a trap.
• Shen Gongbao offered to guide Guangchengzi and the group to San Xiao, and they followed him to a nearby mountain.
• Shen Gongbao pointed out a cave and volunteered to scout it while Guangchengzi waited with the others.
• Shen Gongbao returned and reported that several dozen Interception Sect disciples, including Jinling, Guiling, and San Xiao, were inside the cave.

Shen Gongbao lured Guangchengzi and the Sect of Enlightenment forces into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, revealing that he had betrayed them. The chapter ended with the trapped disciples realizing his deception as he mocked them.

• Julius Sun convinced Guangchengzi to summon Daoist Burning Lamp, Daoist Lu Ya, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, Queen Mother of the West, and True Man Du'e before attacking Jinling and the other Interception Sect disciples.
• Daoist Burning Lamp agreed to lead the assembled Sect of Enlightenment forces against the Interception Sect, and Shen Gongbao volunteered to scout ahead.
• Shen Gongbao descended to the cave dwelling, reported that the coast was clear, and led Guangchengzi and the others toward it.
• The Sect of Enlightenment forces entered the mountainside and were trapped when the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation activated around them.
• Shen Gongbao appeared in a confident new manner, revealed his betrayal by mocking Guangchengzi, and prompted the trapped disciples to denounce him.

Shen Gongbao revealed his resentment toward the Sect of Enlightenment and acknowledged that he had helped Qin Hong lure its core members into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. The formation stripped many disciples of their cultivation and killed Julius Sun, but seven Quasi-Saints forced their way out, leaving the San Xiao furious that most of their enemies had escaped.

• Shen Gongbao rejected Guangchengzi's accusation of betrayal and denounced the Sect of Enlightenment for using him as a scapegoat.
• Guangchengzi and the others tried to attack Shen Gongbao, but the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation intervened and trapped them.
• The San Xiao and hidden Interception Sect disciples attacked, severing the Three Flowers Atop the Head of disciples who were not Quasi-Saints.
• Julius Sun lost his cultivation, was decapitated by the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, and sent his primordial spirit fleeing toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Daoist Lu Ya used the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, allowing seven Quasi-Saints from the Sect of Enlightenment to break out of the formation.
• The San Xiao lamented that they had only managed to kill Julius Sun despite their elaborate plan.

After the Interception Sect broke the Sect of Enlightenment’s formation, a coalition led by Maitreya, Grand Master Xuandu, the Asura, and Heavenly Court attacked them, only for Qin Hong to arrive as a physical-body Saint. Qin Hong overwhelmed Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning and pierced his chest, while the wider battle continued.

• Daoist Burning Lamp and the Sect of Enlightenment survivors escaped the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, but most had lost their cultivation and they retreated toward Sishui Pass.
• Duobao and Interception Sect disciples blocked their way, and the two sides clashed until Maitreya, Grand Master Xuandu, the Asura, and Haotian and Yaochi’s forces arrived to surround the Interception Sect.
• The Interception Sect held its ground with formations, Three Lights Divine Water, and Qin Hong’s female rabbit medical and cheerleading teams, gradually gaining the advantage.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning entered the battle and attacked Duobao’s forces with the Pangu Banner, but Qin Hong arrived and blocked the strike with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Qin Hong revealed that he had become a Saint through his physical body and fought Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, resisting the Ninth Form, Establish the World without injury.
• Qin Hong pierced Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning’s chest with the God-Slaying Spear, while Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning roared and attacked him again.

Qin Hong easily withstood Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning’s attacks until Yuanshi summoned Laozi to help. Laozi declared that he would suppress Qin Hong for the Interception Sect’s own good, and Qin Hong called on his rabbit cheerleaders to reveal a gift for him.

• Qin Hong let Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning attack his unharmed body and taunted him to hit harder.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning called Laozi for help, and Laozi arrived with an overwhelming aura.
• Laozi praised Qin Hong’s physical-body sainthood, then said he would suppress Qin Hong to enforce heaven’s will during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Qin Hong mocked Laozi’s claim that he was acting for their own good and asked him for the Taiji Diagram and Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Hong told the mother rabbit cheerleading squad to reveal his gift, and they chanted, “Taishang, Taishang, self-destructing saint!”

Qin Hong taunted Laozi and the Two Sages of the West as they confronted the Interception Sect, until Sect Master Tongtian arrived and rejected Heaven’s decree. Laozi unleashed the Way of Non-Action against Tongtian’s Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and their clash threatened to further shatter the prehistoric world.

• Qin Hong mocked Laozi and provoked him to attack, then taunted Jieyin and Zhunti about having killed them twice before.
• Laozi attacked Qin Hong with yin-yang divine light, but Tongtian appeared and shattered it with a strike.
• Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning denounced Tongtian, while Laozi urged him to submit the Interception Sect’s disciples to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Tongtian rejected Heaven’s will and declared he would sever it and pierce the Heavenly Dao, so Laozi resolved to suppress him.
• Laozi invoked the Way of Non-Action, and Tongtian countered with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, causing a catastrophic clash that shattered space.