Chapter Summaries

Tongtian used his Saint's Edict and a profound technique to stabilize the cultivation levels of the Primordial World's living beings and free Old Ancestor Bodhi's group from the Nameless Great Formation. Afterward, Tongtian warned that another dispute would follow, while Bodhi departed with his disciples.

• Tongtian made a Great Vow to save all living beings and used a Magic Incantation that caused the Primordial World's countless living beings to shine, increasing the pressure on Old Ancestor Bodhi and the others.
• As Bodhi's followers began doubting Tongtian, Bodhi issued a Saint's Edict ordering them to trust Tongtian, and they fell silent before vomiting blood under the strain.
• Tongtian made the lit-up living beings go dark, releasing Bodhi and the others from the formation's pressure and entanglement.
• Tongtian sent light from his Wisdom Eye into the miniature Primordial World, reigniting the living beings and stabilizing their brightness as their cultivation levels were suppressed.
• Tongtian told Bodhi that the Primordial World had gained a longer lifespan but that another dispute would follow, and Bodhi left with his disciples.

Tongtian met with Demon Ancestor Luohu, who revealed that King Zhou Zhao had once been Golden Cicada and asked Tongtian to help build a formation that could reach across time and space. Tongtian agreed to cooperate with Luohu for a share of their gains, while Sun Wukong’s soul remained unexplained and Luohu remarked on the stone monkey’s extraordinary fate.

• Tongtian discovered that the Nameless Great Formation was still operating and deduced that Demon Ancestor Luohu had appeared.
• Luohu told Tongtian that King Zhou Zhao’s soul was with him and was preparing to reincarnate in the Human Realm several hundred years later.
• Luohu revealed that King Zhou Zhao had been Golden Cicada, a named disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha, and said he had unfinished past-life Karma with him.
• Luohu asked Tongtian to help create a formation that could communicate with the past and future across time and space, proposing that they cooperate on a great undertaking.
• Tongtian accepted Luohu’s offer in exchange for half the benefits, and the two swore an oath to seal their agreement.
• When Tongtian asked about Sun Wukong’s soul, Luohu denied knowing him, then remarked that the stone monkey was destined to be extraordinary.

Tongtian learned from Demon Ancestor Luohu about the Eye of All Things, Heartless Dao Lord, and the stone monkey’s stolen primordial spirit before returning to Golden Ao Island. He found that the Nameless Great Formation had drastically suppressed his and his disciples’ cultivation, just as an enemy attacked the island’s protective formation.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu revealed that his Eye of All Things let him see the past, future, origins, and laws, and said he would join Tongtian when Tongtian’s father appeared.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu told Tongtian that Heartless Dao Lord of the Heartless Sect had seized the stone monkey’s primordial spirit, advised him to investigate the Southern Wilderness, and warned him to flee if they met.
• Tongtian returned from the Infinite World and found the East Sea and Golden Ao Island’s aura greatly diminished.
• Tongtian used his Insightful Eye to discover that the disciples’ cultivation had fallen sharply, with only him remaining a Dao Lord and about a dozen Saints left.
• Tongtian’s own cultivation settled at the thirteenth layer of the Slaughter Dao, and Golden Ao Island’s protective formation came under attack.

Golden Ao Island’s protective formation was breached, and Tianhai led the Interception Sect’s disciples into battle against an arrogant intruder. As the enemy’s subordinate attacked, Tianhai unleashed the Myriad Immortals Great Formation’s first strike directly at the golden-robed young master.

• Golden Ao Island’s warning alarm sounded, and Tianhai gathered the disciples into the Myriad Immortals Great Formation as Kong Xuan, Duobao, and Shi Ji appeared.
• Tianhai asked who was attacking after the island’s protective formation turned blood-red and shattered.
• A golden chariot appeared outside the island, carrying a young master who mocked the Myriad Immortals Great Formation.
• Kong Xuan taunted the young master, and his tall subordinate retaliated by creating a black-hole vortex that the formation resisted.
• Tianhai cast a spell through the formation and fired a dazzling beam at the young master on the golden chariot.

The Young Master of Southern Wilderness attacked Golden Ao Island, but Tianhai killed his tall subordinate by redirecting a blood-colored beam through a black hole. The Young Master then struck the Interception Sect’s formation, and after Niangniang Shi Ji’s Dharma Manifestation became a black torrent, twelve more streaks of black light emerged to attack Daoist Kong Xuan and Duobao Daoist.

• The tall man opened a black hole over Golden Ao Island, but Tianhai pierced his spiritual abode with a blood-colored beam and destroyed him along with the black hole.
• The Young Master of Southern Wilderness declared Golden Ao Island part of the wilderness people’s pasture and sent black radiance crashing toward the Interception Sect disciples.
• Tianhai, Daoist Kong Xuan, Duobao Daoist, and Niangniang Shi Ji joined forces to block the black radiance, which turned into a beast and attacked Shi Ji.
• Shi Ji manifested her Dharma Manifestation and struck at the beast, but it entered her form and turned it into a black torrent flowing toward the Eastern Sea.
• A second black beast rose from the torrent and lunged at Daoist Kong Xuan and Duobao Daoist as twelve streaks of black light shot from the Young Master’s crowd.

The Young Master of Southern Wilderness overwhelmed the Interception Sect on Golden Ao Island, defeating the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and its defenders with strange, devastating powers. As he moved to devour the exposed primordial spirits, the Interception Sect’s greatest fighters had been reduced to ice crystals or stone.

• The Young Master of Southern Wilderness used a gentle hand seal to stop Tianhai’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation and freeze the Interception Sect disciples from within.
• Tianhai called upon the Heavenly Dao and fired golden arrows at the Young Master of Southern Wilderness, but his rings of light shattered them and broke the frozen disciples into ice crystals.
• The Young Master of Southern Wilderness sent dark light through the formation to devour the disciples’ primordial spirits, while Tianhai’s Qingping Sword attack failed and a streak of white light turned him to stone.
• Daoist Kong Xuan and Duobao Daoist struggled against the Young Master of Southern Wilderness, then froze and burst into ice crystals as their primordial spirits remained exposed.
• The Young Master of Southern Wilderness mocked the defeated Interception Sect and sent another streak of dark light toward Daoist Kong Xuan and Duobao Daoist’s primordial spirits.

The Primordial World’s factions debated Interception Sect’s defeat at the hands of the Southern Wilderness and whether Tongtian could reverse it. The Western Teachings resolved to set aside their grudges against Tongtian while the Wilderness remained a threat, while Xuandu and Du'e disagreed about what would happen if Tongtian appeared.

• Observers argued over Interception Sect’s losses and the strength of the Young Master of Southern Wilderness, noting that Tongtian had yet to appear.
• At Spirit Mountain, Amitabha Buddha and the bodhisattvas discussed the Wilderness people’s power and Juliusun blamed Tongtian and Old Ancestor Bodhi for lowering cultivation levels across the Primordial World.
• Amitabha Buddha reminded Juliusun that the Wilderness people threatened all natives of the Primordial World, and Juliusun agreed to postpone his revenge against Tongtian.
• At Eight Views Palace, True Person Xuandu and True Person Du'e debated whether Tongtian’s appearance would turn the battle against the Southern side.

Tongtian appeared on Golden Ao Island and effortlessly defeated the Young Master of Southern Wilderness, revealing the overwhelming strength of his King Zhou Mu Ji Man clone. The Young Master’s subordinates were frozen, while the defeated leader called on his master, Heartless Dao Venerable, for help.

• At Yuxu Palace, Yun Zhongzi, Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Huanglong Zhenren discussed the Young Master of Southern Wilderness and wondered why Tongtian had not appeared.
• Tongtian suddenly appeared before the Young Master of Southern Wilderness, struck him across the brow, seized him, and repeatedly slammed him to the ground.
• The Young Master’s subordinates attacked Tongtian with black light, but it vanished into him and seemed to strengthen him instead.
• Tongtian froze the Young Master’s subordinates into immobile statues and left the Young Master helpless in his grasp.
• Observers at Spirit Mountain, Shouyang Mountain, and Yuxu Palace were astonished by Tongtian’s power, while the Young Master threatened that his master, Heartless Dao Venerable, would arrive.

Tongtian learned that Nanhuang Jiu served Heartless Venerable, a top-ranked expert, and received a system choice to cooperate with or kill Nanhuang Jiu. After Nanhuang Jiu restored the Interception Sect disciples and promised to contact Tongtian in a hundred years, they sealed a pact and Nanhuang Jiu left with his subordinates.

• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi explained Heartless Dao Venerable's fearsome reputation, and Tongtian recognized him as the master of Nanhuang Jiu.
• Tongtian received a system quest offering rewards for either partnering with or killing Nanhuang Jiu, and chose to consider cooperation.
• Nanhuang Jiu privately proposed joining him to explore a mysterious place in the Unknowable Land and promised to restore the Interception Sect disciples.
• Tongtian released Nanhuang Jiu after placing a talisman on him, and Nanhuang Jiu restored the disciples, including Tianhai, Daoist Kong Xuan, Duobao Daoist, and Niangniang Shi Ji.
• Tongtian and Nanhuang Jiu sealed a pact to meet again in a hundred years, after which Nanhuang Jiu departed with his subordinates.

Tongtian established the Infinite Tower to confront the Infinite World's continuing infiltration of the Primordial World and appointed Kong Xuan, Duobao, and Shi Ji to lead its work. He encouraged Tianhai to remain sect leader and urged him to look beyond the Infinite World toward the wider Great Dao Domain.

• Tongtian explained that the Nameless Great Formation had bought the Primordial World at least a hundred million years, though the spread of races like Aran could still drain its primordial aura.
• Tongtian established the Infinite Tower, putting Kong Xuan in charge, Duobao as his assistant, and Shi Ji in charge of intelligence.
• The Southern Wilderness's attack on Golden Ao Island alarmed the Primordial World, and the Human Sect, Chan Sect, Western Teachings, and other forces created organizations to counter Aran and the Infinite World.
• Tianhai offered to resign as leader of the Interception Sect, but Tongtian praised him and urged him to keep going.
• Tongtian told Tianhai that the Infinite World was only a small part of the Great Dao Domain and encouraged him to broaden the Interception Sect's reach beyond it.

Tongtian continued developing the Vast Land as a refuge for ten billion living beings and taught his seventy-two disciples two powerful arts. Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin arrived, and Tongtian asked about Jiang Yuque and Ji Su, who had been away in Infinite World for a hundred years.

• Tongtian returned to the Vast Land and saw how its inhabitants had developed and protected their home.
• Tongtian taught his seventy-two disciples Supreme Art of Creation and Great Art of Soul Shifting, then sent them into secluded cultivation.
• Tongtian inspected the Vast Land’s development plans, which aimed to make it a refuge capable of fleeing the Primordial World during a catastrophe.
• Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin arrived at the Vast Land, and Tongtian teased them for triggering the protective formation despite having keys.
• Tongtian asked Jiang Ziya where Jiang Yuque and Ji Su had gone, and Jiang Ziya said the two were together in Infinite World.

Tongtian agreed to an alliance with Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin against the Desolate Ones and the Infinite World, then returned to the Moon Palace to stay with his pregnant wives. His peaceful stay was interrupted when a White-clothed Woman attacked the palace’s protective formation, and her companions challenged Tongtian.

• Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin met Tongtian to propose a unified alliance against the Desolate Ones and the Infinite World, and Tongtian agreed.
• After seven days of talks, Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin left Vast Land, and Tongtian returned to the Moon Palace to spend a hundred years with Sheng Ji and Chang'e.
• Tongtian got the Queen Mother of the West and Tianqiong pregnant again, with their due dates less than a year apart from those of Sheng Ji and Chang'e.
• A White-clothed Woman and her dragon-headed birds attacked the Moon Palace’s protective formation while Tongtian’s four pregnant wives slept.
• Tongtian’s Wordless Dao Canon failed to harm the White-clothed Woman, and a red-clothed woman demanded to know why he had ambushed their Saintess; Tongtian threatened the intruders in response.

Tongtian confronted the Fire God Palace’s Saintess and her guard commander when they demanded that the Moon Palace be surrendered. He captured both women and their followers, then dismissed their threat of reinforcements by noting the Great Dao’s restrictions on how many powerful figures could enter.

• The Fire God Palace’s red-clad envoy demanded that Fairy Yunluo vacate the Moon Palace for Fire Cloud Saintess, but Tongtian refused because it was Fairy Chang'e’s daoist temple.
• The envoy attacked Tongtian, whose saintly body turned gaseous and absorbed the fiery strike; Fire Cloud Saintess then ordered the Moon Palace’s occupants to leave.
• Fire Cloud Saintess attacked Fairy Yunluo and the others, but Tongtian appeared behind her, restrained her, and used her as a shield against the red-clad envoy’s charge.
• The red-clad envoy swallowed her own attack to avoid harming Fire Cloud Saintess, while a dark light killed the pink-robed women and Tongtian restrained the envoy as well.
• Blood Flame Dao Venerable warned Tongtian that the Fire God Palace could destroy the Moon Palace and Golden Ao Island, but Tongtian pointed out that the Great Dao’s laws restricted the number of powerful reinforcements who could arrive.

Tongtian subdued Blood Flame Dao Venerable and Fire Cloud Saintess, then threatened to use his connection to Savage Nine against them. The two captives were left helpless and alarmed as Tongtian revealed he knew the young master of the Southern Desolation.

• Tongtian taunted Blood Flame Dao Venerable and stopped her from self-destructing.
• Fire Cloud Saintess urged Blood Flame Dao Venerable to destroy them both, but Blood Flame Dao Venerable found she could not activate self-destruction.
• Tongtian sent a pink aura into both women and said Blood Flame Dao Venerable's constitution could serve as a cultivation cauldron.
• Tongtian brought up the feud between the Fire God Palace and the Desolate Humans, making both women uneasy.
• Tongtian claimed he was familiar with Savage Nine, and Blood Flame Dao Venerable hysterically called him a liar.

Tongtian chose to keep Fire Cloud Saintess and Blood Flame Dao Venerable as furnace cauldrons, helping them overcome their cultivation bottlenecks while advancing his own. Later, Ji Feng confronted Three-Eyed Master and Western Wasteland’s forces at the Jade Pool, where the battle remained unresolved.

• Tongtian chose to take Fire Cloud Saintess and Blood Flame Dao Venerable as furnace cauldrons, receiving the Fire Demon Blade and Fire Phoenix Egg.
• Tongtian used the Emperor's True Scripture with the two women for forty-nine days, reaching the peak of the Dao Lord realm and helping them break through their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Fire Cloud Saintess and Blood Flame Dao Venerable asked to remain with Tongtian for further cultivation, then left for Infinite World after another forty-nine days.
• Ji Feng faced Three-Eyed Master and Western Wasteland's main force beside the Jade Pool after their surprise attack on Western Kunlun failed.
• Ji Feng launched Western Kunlun's battle formation attack, but Three-Eyed Master formed a countering formation that made the beam vanish without a trace.

Ji Feng’s Western Kunlun forces were overwhelmed by the Three-Eyed Master, but Tongtian arrived, killed the master, and restored Ji Feng’s fallen brothers. Tongtian sent the surviving Western Desolation members away and gave Ji Feng the black beast’s power as a pill.

• The Three-Eyed Master’s black mist killed more than a hundred of Ji Feng’s Western Kunlun brothers, leaving only their bones and primordial spirits.
• Ji Feng offered to surrender Western Kunlun and asked for three hours to leave, but the Three-Eyed Master refused and immobilized him.
• Tongtian appeared behind the Three-Eyed Master, gouged out his Omniscient Eye, and killed him after he transformed into a black beast.
• Tongtian used the Supreme Art of Creation to restore Ji Feng’s fallen brothers and sent the remaining Western Desolation members away with a hand seal.
• Tongtian turned the black beast into a pill and gave it to Ji Feng, whose body filled with immense power.

After meditating for seven years on the Arctic Peak, Ji Feng learned from Sect Master Tongtian that the Fire God Palace and the Desolate People had expanded their war across the Infinite World. The Infinite World’s Great Dao had changed the rules in response, leaving the consequences unclear.

• Ji Feng awoke on the Arctic Peak, where Tongtian explained that he had meditated for seven years while his body assimilated powerful energy.
• Tongtian told Ji Feng that the Fire God Palace had established the Fire God Temple in the Primordial World, upsetting the balance between the Desolate People and the Primordial forces.
• The Desolate People and the Fire God Temple fought in the Primordial World until Tongtian and Dao Ancestor Hongjun formed the Primordial Alliance and forced them to sign a ceasefire agreement.
• After the ceasefire, the Fire God Palace and the Desolate People moved their conflict into the Infinite World, spreading the war beyond the Southern and Northern Continents.
• Tongtian explained that the war had depleted the Infinite World’s resources, enraging its Great Dao, which changed the rules to make them harsher than ever.

Tongtian discovered a frozen Chaoge City beneath the Arctic Peak and restored its million soulless residents by implanting copied souls in them. After Ji Feng left following seven years of cultivation, Tongtian stayed behind and waited as a group led by Hongjun arrived.

• Tongtian told Ji Feng that the Infinite World and the Primordial World would eventually merge into the Infinite Primordial World, then taught him cultivation techniques and protected him as he cultivated at the Arctic Peak.
• While investigating the Arctic Peak, Tongtian found Chaoge City frozen beneath a canyon, with its residents still alive but missing their primordial spirits.
• Tongtian used the Supreme Art of Creation and the Great Art of Soul Shifting to give copied souls to Chaoge's million residents, turning them into his incarnations.
• Tongtian concealed himself in the revived city and waited for someone to come, but no one arrived for seven years.
• Ji Feng finished cultivating and left the Arctic Peak, while Tongtian stayed for two more days after sensing something.
• That night, a group arrived, and a man in white asked Hongjun why Chaoge's residents were full of vitality if they had lost their primordial spirits.

Tongtian watched a group of powerful figures discuss the unexpectedly living citizens of Chaoge and their plan to separate the city through time. He chose to protect Chaoge, then secretly copied Old Ancestor Bodhi’s primordial spirit to investigate the Masked Man’s identity.

• Ancestor Hongjun identified Heartless Dao Lord as the one who had extracted the primordial spirits of Chaoge’s citizens, while the group discussed how their plan had gone wrong.
• Taiyi Saint Venerable tried to strike Chaoge City, but the Masked Man stopped his attack and argued that its citizens should be allowed to live.
• Tongtian accepted the system mission to uncover the Masked Man’s identity and protect Chaoge, then decided to leave the city untouched.
• Tongtian visited Old Ancestor Bodhi at the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, claiming he wanted to check on the monkey.
• Tongtian used Soul-Bewitching Tea and the Great Soul-Separation Technique to copy Old Ancestor Bodhi’s primordial spirit without his knowledge.

Tongtian searched Old Ancestor Bodhi’s memories for the masked man’s identity, learned about a secret alliance and its plan, then went to Buzhou Mountain to investigate Old Ancestor Luohu. At the gate, he subdued a disrespectful guard while the other guard welcomed him inside.

• Tongtian checked on the four pregnant women in the Moon Palace, then spent seven days and nights reading Old Ancestor Bodhi’s memories.
• Tongtian learned that Venerable Taiyi and the masked man led a thirteen-person alliance planning to extract Chaoge City and seize its citizens’ primordial spirits, but the plan’s ultimate goal remained unknown.
• Tongtian decided to investigate Old Ancestor Luohu’s memories and traveled to Buzhou Mountain.
• A middle-aged Daoist guard dismissed Tongtian and refused to treat him with respect, so Tongtian slapped him and locked him in place.
• Wutian welcomed Tongtian into Buzhou Mountain, and Tongtian gave him a bottle of Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs.
• The middle-aged Daoist called Wutian by name and angrily challenged him for admitting an outsider without permission.