Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian revealed his mastery of Buddhist arts and overwhelmed Monk Ciyun at Ciyun Temple. He destroyed Buddha Juliusun’s Dharma Manifestation, leaving Ciyun convinced that Tongtian was a Buddha Ancestor of the Western Teachings.

• Sect Master Tongtian used the Great Fearless Seal and a Seven-Colored Lotus, prompting pilgrims and Ciyun’s monks to kneel and chant.
• Monk Ciyun attacked Tongtian with repeated Tiger Subduing Seals, but the lotus swallowed each strike and grew stronger.
• Monk Ciyun summoned Buddha Juliusun’s power, but Tongtian’s Great Fearless Seal destroyed the golden palm and blocked Juliusun’s sword.
• Sect Master Tongtian unleashed a blood-red attack that destroyed Buddha Juliusun’s Dharma Manifestation and dispersed the vortex.
• Monk Ciyun knelt before Tongtian and begged the Buddha Ancestor to punish him, mistaking Tongtian for a Western Teachings Buddha.

Sect Master Tongtian cultivated in seclusion for more than three months, reaching a level equivalent to True Immortal and refining pills and flying swords. When he returned, he learned that his new aunt-in-law had fallen ill and sensed that his mother and uncle’s souls were under someone’s control.

• Sect Master Tongtian left Master Ciyun behind and returned to Zhu Manor, where he told Lady Tian he would attempt Foundation Establishment in seclusion.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill and used a Western Teachings cultivation method, entering a mysterious state accompanied by scripture and lotus flowers.
• Sect Master Tongtian emerged with cultivation equivalent to True Immortal, then spent seven days refining pills and forging two flying swords.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that more than three months had passed and that he had missed his agreement with Purple Qi Coming East and Du Leng.
• A servant told Sect Master Tongtian that his new aunt-in-law had suddenly fallen ill and that physicians had failed to help her.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw Old Master Zhu and Lady Tian and sensed that someone had taken control of their souls.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that his uncle and mother were controlled by an evil technique and exposed Divine Doctor Li as the culprit. After rescuing Li and killing Zhou Wuran, he confronted the Zhu Manor relatives who had tried to protect the doctor, then left the household’s authority with his uncle.

• Sect Master Tongtian immobilized his uncle and Lady Tian, drew a чужой primordial spirit from his uncle, and destroyed it, causing a scream in the inner residence.
• Sect Master Tongtian captured Divine Doctor Li, killed Concubine Duan, and slapped the White-Clad Man, the middle-aged man, and two other men.
• The White-Clad Man summoned his master, Zhou Wuran, who attacked Sect Master Tongtian with black mist, but Tongtian killed him and destroyed his primordial spirit.
• The gathered Zhu Manor relatives knelt in fear as Old Butler identified them and explained their family ties.
• Sect Master Tongtian accused the Eldest Young Master and Young Master Sun of protecting Divine Doctor Li, then said he would not interfere while his uncle remained in charge of Zhu Manor.

Sect Master Tongtian killed two Zhu family young masters who challenged his authority, then exposed Old Madam Zhu’s attempt to seize Lady Tian’s body. After Lady Tian chose to remain at Zhu Manor, Sect Master Tongtian prepared to visit the Purple Qi Coming East headquarters in Youzhou.

• Sect Master Tongtian killed the eldest and second young masters after they mocked him and claimed he had no right to intervene in Zhu Manor.
• Uncle Fu and his son praised Young Master Tian Zheng Yi’s strength and foresaw Zhu Manor regaining its former standing.
• Sect Master Tongtian pulled Old Madam Zhu’s primordial spirit from Lady Tian’s body, and Lan Xiao Se left after condemning his mother-in-law’s actions.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained what had happened to Lady Tian, who chose to stay at Zhu Manor while he protected her.
• Sect Master Tongtian considered visiting the Purple Qi Coming East headquarters in Youzhou and completing his system-assigned task.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Old Master Zhu’s sudden vitality came from something sinister and confronted Zhu Tian, who wielded the Qiankun Sword. Zhu Tian’s attack revealed that Old Master Zhu was a Zhu Jiuyin, but Tongtian seized control of the assault and its treasures.

• Sect Master Tongtian found Old Madam Zhu barely alive and sensed an improper source behind Old Master Zhu’s renewed vitality.
• Sect Master Tongtian knocked Old Master Zhu unconscious, and Zhu Tian appeared and warned him against acting overbearingly in Zhu Manor.
• Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu decided to leave Zhu Manor with Sect Master Tongtian the next morning.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Zhu Tian that he had killed Zhu Tian’s younger male cousin and cousin’s son, provoking Zhu Tian to attack with the Qiankun Sword.
• Zhu Tian used the Nine Dragon Blazing Flame Array, and Old Master Zhu transformed into a nine-headed Zhu Jiuyin.
• Sect Master Tongtian absorbed the flames and reclaimed the nine fire beads.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated Zhu Tian, learned that Venerable Jinghua had supplied him with treasures, and suspected the encounter was part of a plot connected to Niangniang Nuwa. After discovering a possible link between the Supreme Illusory Realm’s Pill Room and Holy Mother Wudang, he released Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu, leaving the truth about the Interception Sect unresolved.

• Sect Master Tongtian nullified Zhu Tian’s attacks, captured Zhu Jiuyin, and took Zhu Tian’s memories.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that Venerable Jinghua, a protector of the Supreme Illusory Realm, had given Zhu Tian the Qiankun Sword and Nine Dragon Fire Pearl, and suspected Zhu Tian’s appearance was a trap.
• Sect Master Tongtian considered several possible reasons for the suspected scheme, then decided to focus on becoming stronger rather than pursuing its logic.
• Sect Master Tongtian identified a pill from Zhu Tian’s ring as one refined by Holy Mother Wudang and suspected she might be Daoist Jin'ao, who ran the Supreme Illusory Realm’s Pill Room.
• Sect Master Tongtian released Zhu Tian and then freed Lan Xiao Se and Second Miss Zhu, who lamented that only Old Madam Zhu remained in the Zhu family.

Sect Master Tongtian exposed Zhu Yunluo, who had possessed Second Miss Zhu, and learned that she was a fallen Saint Venerable from the Illusory Domain. Zhu Yunluo’s spirit was captured, leaving her plan to seize Lan Xiao Se’s body thwarted.

• Sect Master Tongtian reassured Second Miss Zhu about the Zhu family’s future and considered whether Zhu Yunluo might manipulate Lan Xiao Se.
• Sect Master Tongtian restrained Second Miss Zhu to examine her, revealing that she was demonic and not truly pregnant.
• Sect Master Tongtian called Second Miss Zhu First Miss Zhu, halted her transformation, and exposed Zhu Yunluo’s possession.
• Sect Master Tongtian extracted Zhu Yunluo’s primordial spirit and used the Great Art of Soul Shifting to learn her history as Kong Tianzhao, a former Saint Venerable.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned that Zhu Yunluo had survived Tianhai’s attack, sought to return to Suspended Heaven Pavilion, and had planned to seize Lan Xiao Se’s body.

Sect Master Tongtian rescued Zhu Yunmeng and restored Old Madam Zhu’s spirit, then accompanied Zixia to Purple Qi Coming East’s Youzhou headquarters. There, he recognized Du Leng among a group of people and wondered why he had been summoned.

• Sect Master Tongtian placed Zhu Yunluo in his Purple Palace to recuperate and promised to find her a suitable body.
• Sect Master Tongtian restored Old Madam Zhu’s spirit and improved her body, promising she could live for more than a thousand years.
• Zixia invited Sect Master Tongtian to Purple Qi Coming East on behalf of her hall master, and he asked whether she knew Zhi Zun Bao.
• Sect Master Tongtian suspected a Hanba would emerge after hearing Youzhou had gone three months without rain, then flew with Zixia to the sect’s headquarters.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized Du Leng at the gathering and questioned why Du Leng had brought him there.

Sect Master Tongtian challenged the fairness of Purple Qi Coming East’s seed assessment, then revealed his alchemy skills to impress the elders. Elder Wei offered him materials and promised to recommend him to the Elder Council if he could refine pills successfully.

• Du Leng introduced Sect Master Tongtian as the Youzhou branch’s seed candidate to the five elders from headquarters.
• Sect Master Tongtian questioned whether the elders could judge his assessment impartially and asked them to swear an oath.
• After Elder Wei insisted the assessment would follow headquarters’ rules, Sect Master Tongtian asked him to appraise a pill.
• Elder Wei and the other elders were astonished by the high-quality Minor Golden Pill and learned that Sect Master Tongtian had refined it himself.
• Sect Master Tongtian said he could also refine several other pills if he had materials, and Elder Wei offered to provide ingredients in exchange for a successful trial and a recommendation to the Elder Council.

Sect Master Tongtian demonstrated his alchemy skill and was taken to Purple Qi Pavilion, where his arrival triggered a clash with hostile elders. After he wounded the tall elder with a strike from his brow, Elder Wei and his allies faced an attack from the elder’s companions.

• Sect Master Tongtian refined nine kinds of pills over three days and nights, achieving a success rate above eighty percent and astonishing Elder Wei and the others.
• Elder Wei brought Sect Master Tongtian through a spatial formation to Purple Qi City and escorted him into Purple Qi Coming East Pavilion.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed the elders’ hostility toward Elder Wei and considered his plans to complete his quest and find those behind the attack on him and Niangniang Nuwa.
• The tall elder challenged Elder Wei’s candidate, then attacked Sect Master Tongtian with a hostile gaze.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s brow eye struck the tall elder’s brow eye, leaving it destroyed, and Elder Shugao accused him of trying to assassinate the Great Elder.
• Elder Shugao and three other elders attacked Elder Wei, who and four allies formed a Five Elements Killing Formation.

Sect Master Tongtian stopped a fight inside Purple Qi Coming East by proving that his pill-refining skills were valuable to the sect. After demonstrating his talent, he joined the Elder Council and took control of the Pill Room and treasury, where members began seeking his favor.

• Sect Master Tongtian warned the fighting elders that he would stop refining pills for them if they continued attacking one another.
• Du Leng showed the elders Sect Master Tongtian's pills, and Venerable Taibai and other elders protected him from the Great Elder's attack.
• The Second Elder subdued the Great Elder, and Venerable Taibai brought Sect Master Tongtian to the Pill Room to demonstrate his skills.
• After three days and three nights, Sect Master Tongtian successfully refined forty-nine kinds of pills with a success rate above eighty-five percent.
• Venerable Taibai recommended Sect Master Tongtian to the Elder Council and gave him control of the Pill Room and treasury.
• Members of Purple Qi Coming East began sending people to the Pill Room in hopes of gaining Sect Master Tongtian's favor and obtaining pills.

Sect Master Tongtian organized the Pill Room and treasury, then entered the Purple Qi Pavilion and received the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena from a system draw. After killing two men who attacked him, he met the old man Ji Xia and recognized him as King Zhou Zhao, whose reincarnation had been arranged by Demon Ancestor Luohu.

• Sect Master Tongtian assigned his subordinates to clean the alchemy furnaces and sort and process the treasury materials.
• Sect Master Tongtian entered the Purple Qi Pavilion, completed his system quest, and won the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena.
• Hall Master Luo's triangular-eyed subordinate attacked Sect Master Tongtian and died by his own flying sword.
• Sect Master Tongtian killed Hall Master Luo's fat subordinate, identified himself as Tian Zheng Yi, and entered the Purple Qi Pavilion.
• Sect Master Tongtian met the white-haired Ji Xia and recognized him as King Zhou Zhao, who was fated to experience the time of the Journey to the West.

Sect Master Tongtian explored a vast valley of books and uncovered the truth about Ji Xia, who believed Tongtian had imprisoned him. After Tongtian explained his own memories, he captured Ji Xia and extracted all of his memories.

• Sect Master Tongtian questioned why Ji Xia still looked like King Zhou Zhao, then explored the valley’s books and copied their contents into his Violet Palace.
• Ji Xia revealed that he knew Tongtian’s secular name was Tian Zheng Yi, and Tongtian discovered Ji Xia was only an apparition when his attack dispersed him.
• Ji Xia accused Tongtian of imprisoning him in an incarnation within the Chaos Bell, but Tongtian explained that he believed Demon Ancestor Luohu had taken Ji Xia’s soul.
• Tongtian and Ji Xia considered who might have impersonated Tongtian and imprisoned Ji Xia, naming several powerful figures as possibilities.
• Ji Xia asked about his Mother Empress, and Tongtian said she lived happily in the Moon Palace with her family.
• Tongtian ensnared Ji Xia and used the Great Art of Soul Shifting to extract all of his memories.

Sect Master Tongtian spent billions of years in Ji Xia’s Time Cage, raising Ji Xia’s cultivation and advancing to the True Self Saint Venerable realm while investigating the cage’s origins. After returning and continuing his work at Purple Qi Coming East, he learned that Spacetime Rifts had appeared across the Nine Provinces and feared they were connected to him.

• Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Ji Xia’s escape ability had awakened inside the Time Cage, then secretly erased Ji Xia’s memories and began raising his strength.
• Sect Master Tongtian spent one billion eighty million years in the Time Cage, reached the True Self Saint Venerable realm, and could not discover who had imprisoned Ji Xia because he realized the culprit was himself.
• Sect Master Tongtian concealed his cultivation and returned to Purple Qi Coming East, where his alchemy lessons helped train more than three thousand alchemists.
• Ten years later, Venerable Taibai told the Elder Council that more than ten Spacetime Rifts had appeared across the Nine Provinces, with objects from the past or future emerging from them.
• Sect Master Tongtian felt an ominous premonition when he heard about the Spacetime Rifts.

Sect Master Tongtian and the elders learned that beings from a thousand years in the future had become corpses, suggesting a disaster in the Supreme Primordial World. They planned to travel over a hundred thousand years into the past to prevent its cause, and after the first team vanished without contact, Venerable Taibai led the second team into a Spacetime Rift.

• Elder Wei and Venerable Taibai explained that beings from a thousand years in the future had lost all signs of life.
• Sect Master Tongtian proposed investigating the corpses and preparing to avert the coming calamity.
• The elders decided to send teams into the past, but they rejected Sect Master Tongtian because the sect still needed his alchemy knowledge.
• Elder Liu led the first team into a Spacetime Rift, carrying one of the paired Spirit Horns to maintain contact.
• After seven days and seven nights passed without a message from Elder Liu's team, Venerable Taibai led the second team into a Spacetime Rift.

Sect Master Tongtian took charge of Purple Qi Coming East as Spacetime Rifts unleashed savage creatures across the Supreme Primordial World. He organized defenses and evacuation efforts, but the beasts had already overrun most of the world, leaving the survivors to endure the catastrophe.

• Elder Wei reported that the first team had reached its destination three years early, while the second team could not correct its time deviation.
• As Spacetime Rifts multiplied and ferocious creatures ravaged the Supreme Primordial World, Sect Master Tongtian ordered Purple Qi Coming East to forge weapons and train a killing formation.
• When beasts immune to formations entered Donglai City, Sect Master Tongtian's soldiers slaughtered them, and he turned their bodies into puppet beasts to lure and control others.
• Sect Master Tongtian reinforced Donglai City's defenses and helped shelter willing survivors as ferocious beasts occupied seventy percent of the Supreme Primordial World.

Sect Master Tongtian subdued the ferocious beasts and later-era cultivators threatening the Supreme Primordial World, then sealed nearly all the Spacetime Rifts and left Purple Qi Coming East in Heartless Dao Lord’s care. He entered a rift to return to his original time and space, and the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena brought him to a quiet room beside an empty wine jar.

• Sect Master Tongtian used controlled ferocious beasts to wipe out uncontrolled ones, then revived, multiplied, and spread his puppet army across the Supreme Primordial World.
• When later-era ferocious-beast cultivators appeared, Sect Master Tongtian captured and controlled most of them, then sent them through the Spacetime Rifts to subdue their kind at the source.
• Sect Master Tongtian taught his controlled beasts to transform into human form and spent three years sealing nearly all the Spacetime Rifts.
• Heartless Dao Lord emerged from seclusion, and Sect Master Tongtian handed Purple Qi Coming East over to him before departing at dawn.
• Sect Master Tongtian reached a crossroads of spinning vortices, used the Wheel of Myriad Phenomena to choose one, and emerged in a quiet room beside an empty wine jar.

Sect Master Tongtian returned to the Heaven and Earth Restaurant, where he received Demon Ancestor Luohu’s instructions to visit an ancient temple if Luohu did not return within three days. After arriving at the temple, Tongtian vanished and overheard a group searching for Zen Master Fahai, including Dong Yong, whose immense power surprised him.

• Sect Master Tongtian confirmed he had returned to the day he left and learned that Demon Ancestor Luohu had already departed, leaving him a token with a map to use after three days.
• Sect Master Tongtian spent three days and three nights with the White-robed maiden, then followed Luohu’s map to an abandoned ancient temple.
• Sect Master Tongtian vanished as he approached the temple, and a group appeared where he had been standing.
• The Black-clothed Woman and the others argued with Dong Yong about their failed search for Zen Master Fahai and whether they should reset their time node.
• Sect Master Tongtian realized Dong Yong had noticed him and suspected that Dong Yong was the ancient powerhouse King Pan.

Sect Master Tongtian entered the ancient temple’s Small World and discovered that its monsters came from a calamity in the Supreme Primordial World more than a hundred thousand years in the future. He disguised himself as one of them and explored their tower, learning that thousands starved to death there daily and became Black Bone Pearls.

• Sect Master Tongtian found nine people standing motionless before a Buddha-demon statue resembling him, their primordial spirits gone, then entered the ancient temple through its gate and found a vast, ruined Small World.
• He captured a winged skeleton and learned it had once been a human from a future calamity that transformed people and bones into monsters hungry for flesh and blood.
• Sect Master Tongtian created puppet monsters resembling the winged creatures, transformed himself into one, and flew with them to their tower lair.
• He explored the tower, where a million monsters gathered, and learned that its underground levels contained valuable items and that at least ten thousand monsters starved to death each day, becoming Black Bone Pearls.

Sect Master Tongtian chose to enter the White Bone Saint Hall, receiving the Boundless Boat and Supreme Cauldron as rewards. On the seventh underground level, he confronted a dangerous group led by Young Master Long, and absorbed the leader’s strange black mist without harm.

• Sect Master Tongtian chose the option to enter the White Bone Saint Hall and received the Boundless Boat and Supreme Cauldron.
• On the seventh underground level, Sect Master Tongtian met Young Master Long and three powerful companions.
• A bald man ambushed Sect Master Tongtian with a sword, but the blade curved back and killed his fat companion instead.
• Young Master Long surrounded Sect Master Tongtian with nine skull beads and sent black mist through his protective barrier.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s Saint Body absorbed the black mist, leaving Young Master Long confused.