Chapter Summaries

After the Buddhist Sect's defeat at the Netherworld Blood Sea, Ancestor Minghe and Kunpeng Demon Master prepared to recover and planned to visit Changsheng Heavenly Venerate. Taibai Jinxing tried to persuade Queen Mother to attack the weakened demon race, but she refused, and he stopped the other immortal officials from defying her decree.

• Kong Xuan left the Blood Sea, while Ancestor Minghe and Kunpeng Demon Master agreed to visit Changsheng Heavenly Venerate and avoid making an enemy of him.
• Kunpeng Demon Master returned with the demons to the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru and ordered them to cultivate; Ancestor Minghe entered seclusion and ordered the Four Great Demon Generals to guard the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Taibai Jinxing urged Queen Mother to send troops against the weakened demon race, but she refused and said the Heavenly Court should first restore the 108 Star Gods to their positions.
• Taibai Jinxing reported Queen Mother's refusal to the immortal officials, who urged him to keep pressing for an attack.
• When an immortal official suggested a sneak attack, Taibai Jinxing rebuked him and ordered everyone to withdraw.

Taibai Jinxing sent immortals to slaughter demons and seize their Demon Cores, while the Buddhist Sect prepared Zhang Daoxian for a scheme against the Heavenly Court. After learning about Zhang Daoxian, Gu Changsheng anticipated the coming conflict; Buddha Mother Bodhi arrived to offer Zhang Daoxian a great gift.

• Taibai Jinxing ordered immortals to continue slaughtering the demon race in Northern Continent of Uttarakuru and seize their Demon Cores.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi and Ancient Buddha Randeng went to help Zhang Daoxian advance his cultivation for the Buddhist Sect's plans.
• Kong Xuan reported to Gu Changsheng, who rewarded him by imparting his understanding of the Five Elements Law.
• Gu Changsheng used the Primordial System to learn about Zhang Daoxian and recognized the Buddhist Sect's scheme against the Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Daoxian reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm with Buddhist immortal pills and declared his intention to enter the Hall of the Exalted.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi arrived with Ancient Buddha Randeng and told Zhang Daoxian that she had come to give him a great gift.

Zhang Daoxian received an immortal pill from Old Ancestor Bodhi and began cultivating toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. In the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru, demon god Zhu Yan slaughtered a group of Heavenly Court immortals before Zhang Daoxian arrived to challenge him.

• Old Ancestor Bodhi gave Zhang Daoxian an immortal pill to help him reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Zhang Daoxian swallowed it to begin cultivating.
• Several Heavenly Court immortals invaded demon god Zhu Yan’s mountain, hoping to seize his Demon Core.
• Demon god Zhu Yan killed the invading immortals and devoured one of their primordial spirits as the survivors tried to flee.
• Zhu Yan killed the remaining immortals, but Zhang Daoxian descended and challenged him.

Zhang Daoxian encountered the injured Demon God Zhu Yan and claimed credit after a Buddhist phantom killed him. Taibai Jinxing rewarded Zhang Daoxian with immortal pills and a jade token granting access to the Hall of the Exalted, while promising to seek him an official position.

• Zhang Daoxian came across Zhu Yan after the Demon God had slaughtered several immortal officials sent to capture him.
• Zhang Daoxian fought Zhu Yan, whose injuries worsened during the battle.
• A Buddhist phantom appeared, killed Zhu Yan with the Demon Subduing Pestle, and burned his primordial spirit to ashes.
• Taibai Jinxing arrived, and Zhang Daoxian falsely claimed that he had killed Zhu Yan and offered him the Demon Core.
• Taibai Jinxing took the Demon Core, rewarded Zhang Daoxian with immortal pills and a Hall of the Exalted access token, and promised to secure him an official position.

Gu Changsheng foresaw a human calamity caused by the 108 Star Gods, while Old Ancestor Bodhi urged Zhang Daoxian to volunteer to subdue them. Zhang Daoxian headed toward the Hall of the Exalted, and a military general stumbled into a mysterious cave and approached a terrifying archway.

• Gu Changsheng recognized that the 108 Star Gods would bring disaster to humanity and foresaw a general's star descending after the calamity.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi told Zhang Daoxian to volunteer to defeat the 108 Star Gods, promising that success could restore him to an important position in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Daoxian accepted Old Ancestor Bodhi's plan and began plotting how to use the assignment to advance his rebellion against the Heavenly Court.
• A military general fleeing a white-browed tiger fell into a cave and found a towering archway he suspected led to the Celestial Master's residence.
• The general walked deeper into the cave, grew uneasy, and called out to ask whether the Celestial Master was there.

A military officer broke the seal on a cavern and released the 108 Star Gods, who later reincarnated as humanity’s great calamity. As Yue Pengju was born, the Queen Mother and the Heavenly Court’s officials debated whether to intervene, but no one volunteered to subdue the Star Gods.

• A military officer lifted the rune-covered stone slab, releasing black mist and the 108 Star Gods, then fled after a Daoist boy warned him he had caused a calamity.
• Kong Xuan sent an immortal soul into a household on the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, where a child was born amid a crimson glow and named Pengju.
• Taibai Jinxing asked the Queen Mother to dispatch someone to apprehend the reincarnated 108 Fierce Gods as Tribulation Clouds gathered over humanity.
• The immortal officials argued over whether the Star Gods’ descent was Heaven’s Will or a danger to humanity, and Zhao Tianjun suggested sending someone to subdue them.
• The Queen Mother asked who would go, but the immortal officials avoided volunteering and Taibai Jinxing lowered his head, fearing she would choose him.

Zhang Daoxian was appointed Grand Marshal of Demon Subjugation to subdue the 108 Fierce Gods, while Old Ancestor Bodhi urged him to follow their plan. In the Netherworld Underworld, Great Emperor Fengdu summoned Zhong Kui and ordered him to go to the mortal world as a human calamity approached.

• Zhang Daoxian volunteered to subdue the 108 Fierce Gods, and Queen Mother decided to appoint him Grand Marshal of Demon Subjugation.
• Taibai Jinxing delivered Queen Mother's decree to Zhang Daoxian and encouraged him to earn recognition through his mission.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi appeared to Zhang Daoxian, approved his appointment, and told him to proceed according to the plan.
• Great Emperor Fengdu summoned Zhong Kui and ordered him to go to the mortal world because a great calamity of the human race was approaching.
• Great Emperor Fengdu recounted how Zhong Kui had died after the Human Co-Lord rejected his Top Scholar title because of his appearance.

Zhong Kui joined Zhang Daoxian to help him subdue demons, and the two confronted the 108 Fierce Gods at Shui Po Liang Shan. Zhang Daoxian captured all 108 in a treasure pagoda and departed for an immortal mountain with his War Souls.

• Zhong Kui left the Netherworld Underworld and pledged to follow Zhang Daoxian in subduing demons and vanquishing evil.
• Zhang Daoxian and Zhong Kui traveled through the human lands, where the reincarnated 108 Fierce Gods caused chaos and many deaths.
• Zhang Daoxian led Zhong Kui and his War Souls to Shui Po Liang Shan and ordered the Fierce Gods to surrender.
• Zhang Daoxian defeated the Fierce Gods in battle and used a treasure pagoda to capture all 108.
• Zhang Daoxian dismissed the soldiers and headed toward an immortal mountain with the War Souls following him.

Zhang Daoxian freed the 108 Star Gods after persuading them to help him seize the Heavenly Court and restore the Jie Sect. He placed them in cultivation and withdrew into seclusion, while the Human Co-Lord’s fortune continued to decline.

• Zhang Daoxian confronted the imprisoned Star Gods and explained why they had never truly submitted to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Daoxian promised to return the Star Gods to the Jie Sect if they helped him take control of the Heavenly Court.
• The Star Gods agreed to follow Zhang Daoxian, and he opened their prison and told them to cultivate.
• Zhang Daoxian released the War Souls he had collected and ordered Zhong Kui to command them.
• Zhang Daoxian entered seclusion again as the Human Co-Lord’s fortune declined.

As Northern Fan conquered the capital, loyal ministers installed the Human Co-Lord’s son and Human Race Destiny began to rise again. In the Heavenly Court, Zhang Daoxian freed the 108 Star Gods rather than execute them, triggering a rebellion that left the Hall of the Exalted in battle.

• Northern Fan breached the capital, captured the Human Co-Lord, and burned the city, but loyal ministers made his son the new Human Co-Lord.
• Lu Dongbin returned from Penglai Immortal Island with a valiant young man after the Human Race's war drew the Eight Immortals' attention.
• Taibai Jinxing told the Queen Mother that Zhang Daoxian had subdued the 108 Star Gods, and Zhang Daoxian presented them inside his precious pagoda.
• The Queen Mother ordered Zhang Daoxian to execute the Star Gods, but Zhang Daoxian released them and denounced the Heavenly Court for its corruption.
• The Star Gods and Zhang Daoxian fought the Heavenly Court's officials and soldiers, and Zhang Daoxian crushed an immortal official with his pagoda.

Zhang Daoxian and allied Star Gods, Fierce Gods, and Interception Sect immortals launched a rebellion in the Heavenly Court, while several powerful factions waited to see how the fighting unfolded. The Heavenly Court's Hall of the Exalted was left in ruins, and Taishang Laojun sealed Doushuai Palace behind a great formation.

• Zhang Daoxian urged the Star Gods to rebel, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions attacked Taibai Jinxing as immortal officials and Star Gods clashed.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li told Nezha the Third Crown Prince that the Buddhist Sect might be behind the revolt and ordered Yunlou Palace's forces to stay out of the fight.
• Duobao Tathagata also chose to wait until the Heavenly Court's forces had weakened, while Gu Changsheng noted that events were unfolding as he had planned.
• The Eight Immortals declined to intervene and returned to seclusion as Zhang Daoxian unleashed war souls in the Hall of the Exalted.
• Queen Mother used her golden hairpin to swallow many war souls into a void, while Zhang Daoxian and the rebels killed and routed Heavenly Court officials.
• Taishang Laojun ignored the battle, sealed Doushuai Palace with an Innate Great Formation, and blocked an official seeking refuge there.

Taibai Jinxing fought Zhang Daoxian and the rebel Star Gods as they attacked the Heavenly Court, while Zhang Daoxian revealed his intent to establish a new court. The Star Gods accused Taibai Jinxing of persecuting them, causing the immortal officials to doubt him.

• Taibai Jinxing used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to repel the Four Wood Bird Star Lords and attack Zhang Daoxian.
• Taibai Jinxing recognized Buddhist light from Zhang Daoxian’s pagoda and accused him of exploiting Haotian’s seclusion to attack the Heavenly Court.
• The 108 Star Gods blamed Taibai Jinxing for their rebellion and warned the immortal officials not to interfere.
• The Star Gods said Taibai Jinxing had forced them to kill demons and gather Demon Cores, then blamed them when the demon race of North Julu Continent confronted them.
• The immortal officials’ spell battle stalled, and they turned to look at Taibai Jinxing as doubts spread.

Zhang Daoxian and the Star Gods rebelled against the Heavenly Court, accusing Taibai Jinxing of killing demons and refining their cores. Haotian emerged from seclusion and crushed the uprising, leaving Zhang Daoxian and the Star Gods kneeling as a Buddhist chant sounded.

• The Star Gods accused Taibai Jinxing of slaughtering demons and refining their cores, then attacked him as Zhang Daoxian joined the fight.
• Queen Mother struck down a Star God, while You Jiao Mu Jiao called on the Jie Sect disciples to seize the Heavenly Court and revive the Interception Sect.
• Zhang Daoxian urged the rebels to capture Taibai Jinxing and Queen Mother, but Haotian emerged from seclusion and destroyed several Star Gods and Zhang Daoxian's pagoda.
• Haotian wounded Zhang Daoxian, ordered the rebels destroyed body and soul, and summoned a formation as Heavenly Soldiers and Generals obeyed.
• Haotian's Imperial Might forced Zhang Daoxian and the Star Gods to their knees, and a Buddhist chant suddenly rang out.

Haotian annihilated Zhang Daoxian and accused Duobao Tathagata of plotting to seize the Heavenly Court, then trapped him and the Buddhist delegation inside an Innate Great Formation. On Purple Mansion Continent, Gu Changsheng and Chang Xi discussed the conflict before Ziwei arrived to greet them.

• Duobao Tathagata arrived at the Hall of the Exalted and asked Haotian to spare Zhang Daoxian and let him join the Buddhist Sect.
• Haotian destroyed Zhang Daoxian, leaving no trace of his body or primordial spirit.
• Haotian accused Duobao Tathagata of using Zhang Daoxian to take the Heavenly Court, and Duobao denied it before trying to leave.
• Haotian activated an Innate Great Formation to trap Duobao Tathagata and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Hall of the Exalted.
• Chang Xi told Gu Changsheng that the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Sect were at odds, and Gu Changsheng asked her to bet on who would win.
• Ziwei arrived beneath the tea tree, bowed to Gu Changsheng and Chang Xi, and acknowledged that his cultivation had improved.

Gu Changsheng promised Ziwei merit after his return from Jade Void Palace, while Haotian and Duobao Tathagata fought in the Chaos as their forces clashed across the Heavenly Court. The battle escalated when Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Nezha joined the fighting and killed several Buddhas.

• Gu Changsheng told Ziwei he would bestow merit on her after returning from Jade Void Palace, then whispered his plan to Chang Xi.
• Haotian challenged Duobao Tathagata to fight in the Chaos, where their battle ended in a standstill after tens of thousands of clashes.
• Duobao Tathagata admitted he had wanted Zhang Daoxian to take control of the Heavenly Court because Haotian’s court had failed to value him.
• The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas attacked the Hall of the Exalted, and the Queen Mother ordered the immortal officials to stop them.
• Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li sent Giant Spirit God, Yaksa General, and Yudu General ahead, then went to battle with Nezha the Third Crown Prince.
• Nezha killed a Buddha with his Fire-Tipped Spear and Samadhi True Fire, while Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li’s pagoda destroyed other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao broke into the Hall of the Exalted as the Buddhist faction clashed with Heavenly Court forces, while Haotian fought Duobao Tathagata in the chaos. Old Ancestor Hongjun restrained Old Ancestor Bodhi and declared that the battle would be between Haotian and Duobao alone, leaving Duobao fighting under the pressure of Haotian’s growing advantage.

• Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao breached the Heavenly Court’s defenses and entered the Hall of the Exalted, where Randeng repelled Nezha and Wu Chao fought him with True Sun Fire.
• Haotian and Duobao Tathagata fought in the chaos, and Duobao claimed that Buddhism would ultimately stand above Haotian.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi arrived, admitted that Zhang Daoxian was a Buddhist pawn, and urged Haotian to end hostilities, but Haotian refused.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi and Duobao Tathagata prepared to attack Haotian, but Old Ancestor Hongjun restrained Bodhi and declared that only Haotian and Duobao would fight.
• Haotian resumed the battle with Duobao Tathagata, shattering the Buddha images of Duobao’s Dharma form and forcing him to retreat.

The Buddhist Sect’s assault on the Heavenly Court intensified as Great Immortal Zhenyuan arrived to help its defenders. With Haotian battling Duobao Tathagata in the chaos, the chapter left Nezha facing Maitreya’s attack in the Hall of the Exalted.

• Haotian gained the advantage over Duobao Tathagata in the chaos while Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao pressed the Heavenly Court’s defenders.
• Great Immortal Zhenyuan left Wuzhuang Temple and arrived at the Heavenly Court to intervene.
• Zhenyuan used the Book of Earth to drive back Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao, while Nezha joined the fight against Wu Chao.
• Maitreya attacked the Heavenly Court with the Human Seed Bag, but Zhenyuan’s earth energy weakened it and Nezha pierced it with the Fire-Tipped Spear.
• Maitreya unleashed a Buddhist attack at Nezha, and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li warned Nezha to retreat.

Taishang Laojun arrived at the Hall of the Exalted and stopped the battle between Buddhism and the Heavenly Court. Duobao Tathagata and Haotian remained locked in combat in Chaos as the Buddhist forces withdrew.

• Nezha, Taibai Jinxing, Ancient Buddha Randeng, Great Immortal Zhenyuan, Chan Master Wu Chao, and others fought across the Hall of the Exalted.
• Haotian struck Duobao Tathagata with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, tearing his Brocade Kasaya and making him vomit blood.
• Duobao Tathagata summoned Buddha phantoms and his Heaven and Earth Manifestation body, then continued fighting Haotian in Chaos.
• Taishang Laojun arrived at the Hall of the Exalted and ordered the Heavenly Court and Buddhist forces to cease fighting.
• Ancient Buddha Randeng and Chan Master Wu Chao agreed to return to Great Thunderclap Temple while Duobao Tathagata remained in Chaos.

Haotian and Duobao Tathagata ended their battle after Taishang Laojun intervened, and the Buddhist Sect retreated from the Heavenly Court. With the crisis resolved, Haotian pardoned the Star Gods at Laojun’s request, then turned his attention to Taibai Jinxing, who feared he was about to be punished.

• Taishang Laojun stopped Haotian and Duobao Tathagata from fighting further, warning that continued conflict would harm both sides.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi and Duobao Tathagata withdrew with the Buddhist Sect’s survivors to the Great Thunderclap Monastery.
• Taishang Laojun ordered the Jie Sect disciples to defend the Heavenly Court and asked Haotian to forgive the Star Gods, which Haotian agreed to do.
• Taishang Laojun and Great Immortal Zhenyuan departed, while the Heavenly Court’s Immortal Officials began restoring the damaged palaces.
• Haotian praised Taibai Jinxing for his accomplishments, then spoke coldly, leaving Taibai Jinxing trembling and fearing punishment.

Haotian exposed Taibai Jinxing for hoarding powerful immortal pills made from Demon Cores and sentenced him to undergo tribulations among the human race. In the Netherworld, the judges saw Taibai Jinxing’s soul arrive and discussed the approaching calamity for humanity and Haotian’s reasons for sending him down.

• Haotian confronted Taibai Jinxing over the weak pills he distributed and the Demon God's Demon Core he had kept for himself.
• Haotian sentenced Taibai Jinxing to descend into the human world for tribulations despite Queen Mother and the immortal officials pleading for mercy.
• Taibai Jinxing accepted Haotian's decree, left the Heavenly Court, and sent his soul toward the Netherworld Underworld.
• Zhong Kui reported Zhang Daoxian's execution to Great Emperor Fengdu, who rewarded him with merit.
• The Four Great Judges saw Taibai Jinxing's soul heading toward reincarnation and discussed the coming human calamity and Haotian's possible motive.