Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian killed a demon cultivator who had been controlled by a hidden figure and learned that the woman’s music and actions had been orchestrated. He left the palace and encountered a masked man who said he had been waiting for him.

• Sect Master Tongtian recognized Laughing at the Red Dust and questioned the White-clothed Woman about her identity.
• Sect Master Tongtian slashed the White-clothed Woman, who transformed into a blue-scaled monster and taunted him about guarding his secret.
• Sect Master Tongtian mocked the monster until it exploded, then devoured its fleeing primordial spirit and examined its memories.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that the woman was a Demon Race cultivator whose music and behavior had been controlled by a powerful figure he could not identify.
• Sect Master Tongtian left the palace and found a masked figure waiting in the courtyard.

Sect Master Tongtian killed the Masked Man, then recreated him and discovered that he looked exactly like Tongtian despite having a jumble of memories. Tongtian left him alive and entered an ancient formation beneath a well in Chaoge City, where he found the sealed beast Ling and learned that spiritual energy came from Ling’s farts.

• The Masked Man said he had waited a hundred thousand years for Sect Master Tongtian, and Tongtian killed him with a heart-striking attack and Formless Fire.
• Tongtian burned the Masked Man’s soul essence, used two arts to replicate him, and discovered that the replica looked exactly like Tongtian but had disordered memories.
• Tongtian let the replica leave as a puppet, intending to keep his actions hidden from anyone behind the Masked Man.
• Tongtian entered the ancient well in Chaoge City and passed through its formations to reach a hidden Cave-heaven Blessed Land.
• Tongtian found the sealed ancient beast Ling and realized that spiritual energy came from Ling’s farts.

Sect Master Tongtian visited the rare Spiritual Beast in the Spiritual Qi Pool and offered to help it become a saint. After discovering that the supposedly male beast was pregnant, he warned that the child could prevent it from surviving its tribulation and presented one choice: eliminate the child.

• Sect Master Tongtian visited the Spiritual Beast, whose pool held vast stores of spiritual energy, and explained that he had secretly maintained its balance.
• Sect Master Tongtian told the grateful Spiritual Beast that he intended to help it become a saint and take human form.
• Sect Master Tongtian examined the Spiritual Beast and discovered through its pulse and his Insightful Eye that it was pregnant.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned that the child would drain the Spiritual Beast's strength during its tribulation and said it would face Divine Travel Annihilation if it could not survive.
• Sect Master Tongtian offered the Spiritual Beast two choices and began by advising it to eliminate the child so the child would aid rather than obstruct its ascension.

Sect Master Tongtian chose to let the Spiritual Beast keep its child, then fled after encountering King Mu in the past. He soon met his masked true self, who had fallen into the Demonic Dao, and their fight began amid deadly black smoke.

• The Spiritual Beast chose to give birth to his child rather than undergo tribulation immediately, and Sect Master Tongtian gave him elixirs and taught him techniques.
• Sect Master Tongtian hid when King Mu appeared, then escaped through the passage beneath the Spiritual Qi Pool.
• Sect Master Tongtian emerged in a desert and encountered his masked true self, who had been waiting for him.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the black Solar Disc as a sign that his true self had fallen into the Demonic Dao.
• The masked true self attacked Sect Master Tongtian with a black gourd that released deadly smoke across a thousand li.

Sect Master Tongtian fought the masked man while trying to discover the secret behind his identity and abilities. As the masked man absorbed the Wordless Dao Canon, Sect Master Tongtian revealed that the light he had planted earlier was beginning to take effect.

• Sect Master Tongtian endured the black smoke that disintegrated his body, revived himself, and restored the masked man's body with a ray of light.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose the system mission to investigate the masked man's secret and received a Supreme Sacred Canon and Infinite Power.
• The masked man trapped Sect Master Tongtian in a swamp and sealed his cultivation, but Sect Master Tongtian used body-cultivation techniques to escape.
• Sect Master Tongtian unsealed his cultivation and attacked with the Qingping Sword and the upgraded Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Array.
• The masked man summoned a black lotus, which blue light destroyed, then absorbed Sect Master Tongtian's Wordless Dao Canon.
• Sect Master Tongtian smiled as the ray of light he had planted in the masked man's body began to take effect.

Sect Master Tongtian and King Zhou Mu discovered that the unconscious true body of Tongtian contained memories from a counterpart in the Dark World, a parallel realm whose inhabitants could replace their Bright World counterparts. After they dealt with the immediate danger, Sect Master Tongtian received the Grand Ceremony of Light and Darkness and suspected his future would involve the Dark World.

• Sect Master Tongtian subdued the masked man and, when King Zhou Mu confronted him, explained that he was King Zhou Mu’s future self.
• King Zhou Mu verified Sect Master Tongtian’s account, and the two examined the unconscious true body’s memories, discovering the Dark World and its threat to Bright World inhabitants.
• Sect Master Tongtian and King Zhou Mu agreed to focus on the current calamity, secretly tampered with the true body, and erased King Zhou Mu’s memories before releasing him.
• Sect Master Tongtian wandered through the Gobi and sensed something extraordinary in a river.
• The system announced that Sect Master Tongtian had completed his mission and rewarded him with the Grand Ceremony of Light and Darkness.

Sect Master Tongtian studied the Grand Ceremony of Light and Darkness and discovered that the strange river was made of indestructible Weak Water, then secretly filled his system space with nearly all of it. He entered a nameless city that appeared to replicate a moment from Chaoge’s history and found the identical Hibiscus Pavilion, Big Teapot, and Heartless Dao Lord, leaving him wondering who had separated the city from history.

• Sect Master Tongtian consulted the Grand Ceremony of Light and Darkness and learned that the river consisted of strange, indestructible Dark World creatures called Weak Water.
• Sect Master Tongtian decided not to take any Weak Water, but secretly transferred nearly the entire river into his system space.
• Sect Master Tongtian entered a prosperous nameless city and found a Hibiscus Pavilion and Big Teapot identical to those in Chaoge City.
• Sect Master Tongtian rented a room and saw Heartless Dao Lord still unconscious across from him, ruling him out as the person who had extracted the city from history.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Heartless Dao Lord was a severed moment in history and overheard false versions of Nuwa and Houtu discussing their failed extraction and plans for an opportunity three months later. He disguised himself as a maid and entered their room, where his poison-laced fragrance left their intentions unclear.

• Sect Master Tongtian chose to investigate the Nameless City and received the Shield of Light and Darkness and Boundless Spear.
• Sect Master Tongtian found that Heartless Dao Lord was an extracted moment in history, and Heartless Dao Lord collapsed when he tried to merge with his true self.
• Sect Master Tongtian overheard Nuwa and Houtu say that another extraction had caused their plan to fail and that they would try again in three months.
• Sect Master Tongtian realized the women were not the real Nuwa and Houtu, then disguised himself as a maid and entered their room with a poison-laced fragrance.
• Houtu lifted Tongtian's chin and Nuwa joked that the maid must be called Sweetheart.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the Niangniang Nuwa and Houtu before him were powerful beings from the Dark World. After they revealed that the Dark World’s version of him was their plaything, his confrontation with them took a dangerous turn.

• Sect Master Tongtian disguised himself as a maid named Su Daji, but the fake Niangniang Nuwa recognized the name and challenged his identity.
• Niangniang Nuwa’s pressure shattered Sect Master Tongtian’s disguise, revealing his true form and shocking both women.
• Sect Master Tongtian demanded to know who the women were, while their auras formed a tense standoff.
• Niangniang Nuwa struck through Sect Master Tongtian’s defenses, pierced his Saintly body, and taunted him as Houtu watched.
• Niangniang Nuwa and Houtu said they came from the Dark World and told Sect Master Tongtian that their world’s version of him was their plaything.

Sect Master Tongtian was trapped by Niangniang Houtu and Niangniang Nuwa, then taken by Chang'e, as the three women used him to strengthen their cultivation. With the opportunity for Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun approaching, Tongtian began recovering his power and awaited a chance to escape.

• Niangniang Houtu and Niangniang Nuwa revealed that they used Drunken Immortal Grass as incense and kept Sect Master Tongtian trapped after sealing his cultivation.
• Chang'e appeared, subdued Niangniang Houtu and Niangniang Nuwa, and took Tongtian to the Moon Palace as her own.
• Chang'e used Tongtian to break through her cultivation bottleneck twice, while he remained nearly drained and unable to control his fate.
• Niangniang Houtu and Niangniang Nuwa arrived at the Moon Palace, and Chang'e urged them to strengthen themselves for the coming opportunity to control the Bright World through Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun.
• After nine more days, Tongtian had regained some vitality with the help of Spiritual Elixirs, and seven days remained until the optimal opportunity.

Sect Master Tongtian broke free from Chang'e, Nuwa, and Houtu and advanced to the Saint Venerable Realm, then prepared with Heartless Dao Lord for the Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun scheme. As the Lantern Festival opportunity approached, powerful figures appeared around them.

• Sect Master Tongtian shattered his restraints, revealed his Solar Disc, and rose from the Dao Lord Realm to the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian overpowered Chang'e, Nuwa, and Houtu, erased their memories of what happened, and left them to continue the Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun scheme.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Heartless Dao Lord that at least three thousand factions were competing to intercept and extract a moment from history, but they agreed to continue their plan.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Heartless Dao Lord spent three days preparing for the Lantern Festival opportunity and then waited near Chaoge for midnight.
• As the pair waited atop a mountain, they sensed many powerful figures appearing nearby.

Sect Master Tongtian and Heartless Dao Venerable captured and concealed a historical moment in Chaoge City, then returned to the Infinite Primordial World. Three days later, their allies gathered at the northern glacier to activate the Great Array of Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Heartless Dao Venerable to wait until the other powerhouses were nearly finished capturing moments in Chaoge before acting.
• Heartless Dao Venerable captured a moment amid the fireworks and separated it before the other powerhouses, drawing their attention as Sect Master Tongtian lured them into a melee.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Heartless Dao Venerable escaped through a spacetime passage and hid their captured moment beneath a glacier in the northern pole of the Infinite Primordial World.
• Sect Master Tongtian activated arrays to conceal the hidden space and told Heartless Dao Venerable they had to activate the Great Array of Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun within three days.
• Three days later, Sect Master Tongtian and his allies brought out the captured moment at the northern glacier, and the allies praised its quality.

Sect Master Tongtian activated the Great Array of Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun and helped establish the Stealing Heaven Alliance’s rules. Thirty years later, he went to Nanhuang to fulfill a promise and learned that Nanhuang Jiu’s fiancée had broken off their engagement, so he took Nanhuang Jiu to Guannan Mountain to investigate.

• Sect Master Tongtian activated the Great Array of Stealing Heaven and Changing Sun, then led the Stealing Heaven Alliance in drawing up its regulations.
• Sect Master Tongtian spent time with his family, and he and the women in his life became parents again.
• Thirty years later, Sect Master Tongtian met Heartless Dao Venerable in Nanhuang and heard Nanhuang Jiu explain that his fiancée had recently broken off their engagement.
• Sect Master Tongtian took Nanhuang Jiu to Guannan Mountain to find Guan Xinshui during the mountain’s Lantern Festival.

Sect Master Tongtian accompanied Nanhuang Jiu to the Guannan Sect Master's Mansion, where Nanhuang Jiu encountered his fiancée, Guan Xinshui, amid a confrontation with her companions. Tongtian killed Guan Xinshui’s allies and destroyed a middle-aged man’s treasure tower, then slapped him as the fight escalated.

• Sect Master Tongtian and Nanhuang Jiu arrived at the Guannan Sect Master's Mansion and spotted Guan Xinshui aboard a ship.
• Nanhuang Jiu gave gifts to Tongtian’s disciples, but a white-robed maiden insulted them, and Tongtian killed her and erased her primordial spirit.
• A White-Clad Man attacked Tongtian with a white dragon, but Tongtian destroyed the dragon and killed the man with the Blade of Infinity.
• Tongtian asked Guan Xinshui why she wanted to break her engagement with Nanhuang Jiu, and a middle-aged man insulted Nanhuang Jiu and challenged Tongtian.
• Tongtian destroyed the middle-aged man’s treasure tower and slapped him twice, sending him flying.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated the armored man who attacked him, then helped Nanhuang Jiu learn why Guan Xinshui had ended their engagement. He discovered that Guan Xinshui’s family faced a worsening resource crisis and agreed to assess their situation.

• Nanhuang Jiu attacked the giant hand, but Sect Master Tongtian stopped it and destroyed the armored man, keeping his primordial spirit.
• Guan Xinshui offered Sect Master Tongtian a ring in exchange for her brother’s release, but he asked her to explain the broken engagement to Nanhuang Jiu instead.
• Guan Xinshui claimed she was pregnant, and Sect Master Tongtian revealed that she was not; she admitted that she and Nanhuang Jiu were unsuited for each other, and Nanhuang Jiu accepted the breakup.
• Nanhuang Jiu asked Sect Master Tongtian to help Guan Xinshui before leaving, and Guan Xinshui explained that her family’s resources were running out and they could not relocate.
• Guan Xinshui took Sect Master Tongtian to inspect the family’s workshops, where nearly depleted Spiritual Qi Pools threatened production, and asked whether he could find a solution.

Sect Master Tongtian helped Guan Xinshui, then explored other Primordial Worlds while meditating and discovered that their civilizations appeared to have been arranged by the Great Dao Domains. After Heartless Dao Venerable emerged from seclusion as a Saint Venerable, Tongtian agreed to investigate the Nanhuang Family’s damaged formations and began preparing for the Journey to the West.

• Guan Xinshui agreed to follow Sect Master Tongtian’s instructions, and he left after giving her further guidance.
• Sect Master Tongtian met Nanhuang Jiu, then meditated on a lake island while waiting for her master to emerge from seclusion.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s primordial spirit visited his original blue planet, then found a miniature Primordial World where Hongjun, the Six Saints, and other major figures hatched from eggs.
• Sect Master Tongtian explored other civilizations and concluded that the Great Dao Domains had arranged their development within an operational framework.
• Heartless Dao Venerable emerged from seclusion as a Saint Venerable and asked Sect Master Tongtian to help repair formations in the Nanhuang Family’s ancestral land.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to go with Heartless Dao Venerable and reflected on the true purpose of the coming Journey to the West.

Sect Master Tongtian, Heartless Dao Venerable, and Nanhuang Jiu visited the Nanhuang Family’s ancestral land to investigate its damaged formations. Tongtian found the underground formations in disarray and agreed to upgrade them after the family prepared the required materials.

• The chapter explained how Sun Wukong’s Havoc in Heaven was secretly planned by Tongtian, Jiang Ziya, and Old Ancestor Bodhi to disrupt the Heavenly Realm’s balance and prepare for the Journey to the West.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Heartless Dao Venerable, and Nanhuang Jiu arrived at the Nanhuang Family’s ancestral land in the Southern Wasteland.
• Tongtian saw a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and other strange creatures in a lake, and Nanhuang Jiu said they had always lived there, possibly because the lake was a sealed formation.
• Nanhuang Jiu led Tongtian and Heartless Dao Venerable underground, where Tongtian found several formations in disarray.
• Tongtian listed the materials needed to restore the formations and asked whether the Nanhuang Family wanted him to upgrade them as well.
• Nanhuang Jiu and Heartless Dao Venerable agreed that Tongtian should upgrade the formations.

Sect Master Tongtian visited Buzhou Mountain to honor his agreement with Demon Ancestor Luohu and discovered that Luohu was suffering from a hidden ailment. Luohu recounted how a woman he loved deceived him and how her lover left him gravely wounded, though a life-saving treasure had kept him alive.

• Nanhuang Jiu estimated that preparing Sect Master Tongtian's requested materials would take three months, so Tongtian decided to visit Buzhou Mountain.
• Wutian welcomed Sect Master Tongtian, received a ring from him, and gave him a gourd containing 108 varieties of aged wine.
• Sect Master Tongtian met Demon Ancestor Luohu and noticed that Luohu could not rise to greet him because his body was afflicted.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu showed Sect Master Tongtian visions revealing that he had killed a woman's deceitful fiancé, leaving himself with a hidden ailment.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu discovered the woman had deceived him and was involved with another man, and the pair nearly killed him before his life-saving treasure rescued him.

Sect Master Tongtian healed Demon Ancestor Luohu, who had been hunted after killing the young master of the Hundred Thousand Futuo. The healing made Tongtian a target of the Demon Realm’s major forces, and he received a new system mission about the Demon Realm’s Lantern Festival.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu explained that he had killed Futuo, the young master of the Hundred Thousand Futuo, and that the resulting pursuit had left him gravely injured.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to heal Luohu without asking for anything, then arranged the materials and preparations for the treatment.
• During Tongtian’s stay at Buzhou Mountain, Wutian reached the Dao Venerable realm after Tongtian gave him guidance.
• On the forty-ninth day, Sect Master Tongtian began treating Luohu and completed the process eighty-one days later, restoring him and helping him reach the Non-Action Saint Venerable realm.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu told Tongtian that the Hundred Thousand Futuo had put him on its Execution Order and that Green Lantern Mountain and the Heaven and Earth Net had placed bounties on him.
• Sect Master Tongtian received a system mission offering different rewards depending on whether he participated in the Demon Realm’s Lantern Festival.

Sect Master Tongtian agreed to accompany Demon Ancestor Luohu to the Demon Realm's Lantern Festival, where Luohu planned to compete for the Demon God Lantern. As they arrived, Luohu warned Tongtian that his role in helping White Emperor Bai Suzhen conceive could draw the Demon Realm's Great Dao against him.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu told Sect Master Tongtian that he knew secrets about the Lantern Festival and believed he could obtain the Demon God Lantern.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to travel with Demon Ancestor Luohu, and they left Buzhou Mountain in Wutian's charge.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu and Sect Master Tongtian entered the Demon Realm through a spatial passage.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu warned Sect Master Tongtian that the Demon Realm's Great Dao opposed the child of Demon Emperor Long Yuan and White Emperor Bai Suzhen, and that Tongtian might face its schemes.
• Sect Master Tongtian remained resolved to honor his promise to help bring the child safely into the world.