Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ziya and Sect Master Tongtian, disguised as Sun Wukong, arrived at Shouyang Mountain to investigate what had happened. They found the Human Sect’s gatekeepers arrogant and its new disciples similarly ill-mannered, leaving them wondering who had allowed the sect to decay this way.

• Jiang Ziya left Kong Xuan to seal the Spacetime Rift and traveled with Sect Master Tongtian to Eight Views Palace on Shouyang Mountain.
• A young gatekeeper demanded their names and reacted with hostility when Sect Master Tongtian asked who led the Human Sect.
• Sect Master Tongtian told the gatekeepers to report that the Jade Emperor had arrived, but they attacked him and Jiang Ziya instead.
• Sect Master Tongtian caught all five attacking magic treasures in his hand without effort.
• The young gatekeeper blew a conch, summoning hundreds or thousands of arrogant young Human Sect disciples.
• Jiang Ziya joked that the Human Sect seemed to recruit disciples for their looks, and Sect Master Tongtian wondered whether its leader had deliberately made them into empty showpieces.

Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Ziya entered Shouyang Mountain and discovered that a White-Clad Man had taken control of the Human Sect. When the White-Clad Man unleashed a black aura tied to the monsters of future spacetime, Sect Master Tongtian blocked it with a pitch-black Solar Disc.

• Sect Master Tongtian turned the flying swords into dust and sealed more than a thousand Human Sect disciples and four gatekeepers as statues before entering Shouyang Mountain with Jiang Ziya.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Ziya saw that Shouyang Mountain had changed and concluded that Taishang Laozi, Great Master Xuandu, and True Person Du'e no longer led the Human Sect.
• At Eight Views Palace, they found the White-Clad Man transmitting flashy techniques to a crowd, and Sect Master Tongtian questioned his authority as sect master.
• The White-Clad Man ordered the disciples to attack, but Sect Master Tongtian caught their killing formation’s beam and turned it into a bead.
• The White-Clad Man chanted in the language of future-spacetime monsters and released black mist that destroyed Jiang Ziya’s God-Beating Whip.
• Sect Master Tongtian blocked the black aura with a pitch-black Solar Disc, leaving Jiang Ziya unsettled by its blood-red glow.

Sect Master Tongtian, possessing Sun Wukong, defeated the White-Clad Man’s black War God and saved Grand Supreme Elder Lord and his disciples from a trap. After the battle, the leaders discussed the Dark World’s widespread invasion and the need to rebuild their alliance.

• Sect Master Tongtian transformed into a Buddha while the White-Clad Man became a black War God, and they clashed above Shouyang Mountain.
• The White-Clad Man’s umbrella opened a black hole that devoured spiritual energy, but Sect Master Tongtian destroyed it, seized the enemy’s primordial spirit, and swallowed it.
• Jiang Ziya trapped the black birds left behind by the War God with Heaven and Earth Net, then realized that Tongtian had possessed Sun Wukong and agreed to keep it secret.
• Sect Master Tongtian awakened Grand Supreme Elder Lord, Great Master Xuandu, and True Person Du'e, explaining that the White-Clad Man had trapped them as sacrifices.
• Jiang Ziya and Sect Master Tongtian hosted the three leaders at Eight Views Palace, where they agreed that the alliance must be rebuilt to resist the Dark World and foreign races.

Taishang Laozi, Jiang Ziya, and Sect Master Tongtian went to Zixiao Palace to discuss the threats from the Dark World and extraterritorial races, only to find Sacred Lord Haotian in control while Dao Ancestor Hongjun remained in seclusion. The leaders formed the Tian Yu Alliance and assigned its leadership and council positions, leaving it ready to face the coming invasion.

• Taishang Laozi sent for the leaders of the various realms and teachings so they could discuss the crisis with Ancestor Hongjun at Zixiao Palace.
• Taishang Laozi, Jiang Ziya, and Sect Master Tongtian learned that Hongjun was in seclusion and Sacred Lord Haotian had taken control of Zixiao Palace.
• Haotian welcomed the three into the palace and agreed to represent it in their discussion; Lord of the Beginning, Amitabha Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, and Human Emperor Di Xin later joined them.
• Jiang Ziya described the danger from the Dark World and extraterritorial races, and the gathered leaders agreed to establish a new offensive and defensive alliance.
• The leaders named the alliance Tian Yu, appointed Sacred Lord Kong Xuan as its leader, and assigned Sect Master Tongtian and others roles in its Elder Council.

Sect Master Tongtian appointed Kong Xuan to lead the Tian Yu Alliance and placed the Interception Sect on its highest alert against the Dark World. After testing the unprotected newer-generation disciples and finding that nearly half had been invaded, he restored them and installed protective formations, then visited the Moon Palace and told Sheng Ji that the Dark World was troubling him.

• Sect Master Tongtian appointed Kong Xuan leader of the Tian Yu Alliance and ordered the Interception Sect to enter its highest alert level.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained the threat posed by the Dark World and revealed that protective formations already guarded more than eighty percent of the sect's disciples.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent the unprotected newer-generation disciples into a formation to test whether Dark World enemies had invaded their Violet Palaces.
• The test revealed that nearly half of the newer-generation disciples had been invaded, and Sect Master Tongtian restored them and placed protective formations within their Violet Palaces.
• Sect Master Tongtian visited the Moon Palace, where Sheng Ji noticed his troubled mood and heard him say the Dark World was troublesome.

Sect Master Tongtian sent Nuwa, Houtu, and four other powerful women beyond the Primordial Tribulation Realm to establish their own forces, then returned to Sun Wukong’s body in the Heavenly Realm. There, he taught Peng Keng to open a furnace of Minor Golden Pills and later visited Marshal Tian Peng, who failed to notice his arrival.

• Sect Master Tongtian explained the Primordial Tribulation Realm and sent Nuwa, Houtu, Tianqiong, Chang'e, Queen Mother of the West, and Sheng Ji beyond its boundaries to establish their own forces.
• After making arrangements in Vast Earth, the Pillar of Heaven World, and Golden Ao Island, Sect Master Tongtian returned to Sun Wukong’s body in Tushita Palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian taught Peng Keng how to open a furnace of Minor Golden Pills, and Peng Keng successfully produced ninety-nine high-quality pills.
• Sect Master Tongtian assigned Peng Keng to the largest and most challenging row of Alchemy Furnaces, encouraging him to seize the opportunity.
• Sect Master Tongtian visited Marshal Tian Peng at his residence in the Forest of Ten Thousand Realms and found him pruning plants without noticing his arrival.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the Blood Flood Dragon Nezha captured was a Sin Spirit whose execution could bring Nezha a terrifying tribulation. After his system offered him a choice, Sect Master Tongtian chose to help Nezha avoid the calamity, but warned that its consequences could also affect Nezha’s family.

• Sect Master Tongtian visited Marshal Tian Peng in his Small World, and they shared wine and food while discussing Tian Peng’s inability to leave the Heavenly Realm freely.
• Nezha joined them and showed off the Blood Flood Dragon he had captured in the North Sea.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed hidden runes on the Blood Flood Dragon, and Marshal Tian Peng identified it as a Sin Spirit.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained that executing the Sin Spirit could burden Nezha with greater Karma and a terrifying future tribulation.
• Sect Master Tongtian chose the system option to help Nezha escape the Sin Spirit calamity and received the Power of Ten Thousand Sins and the Tribulation Realm Nebula.
• Nezha accepted that duty might bring him Karma, while Sect Master Tongtian warned that the calamity could also affect Nezha’s family.

Nezha and Sect Master Tongtian planned how to erase the Blood Flood Dragon’s true spirit and prevent its future sins from becoming Nezha’s Karma. Their conversation turned to Nezha’s rumored marriage and Niangniang Shen Jiang’s Peach Banquet, before Nezha left for duty and Tongtian encouraged Marshal Tian Peng to rely on him.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Nezha not to release the Blood Flood Dragon and explained that they would find its victims, gather their resentment and blood, and use a formation to erase its true spirit.
• Marshal Tian Peng teased Nezha about Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing finding him a marriage prospect, and Tongtian and Tian Peng discussed family and bloodline inheritance.
• Nezha brought up Niangniang Shen Jiang’s Peach Banquet, and Tongtian reflected that Great Sage Sun would likely be invited, unlike in the original course of events.
• Marshal Tian Peng said Nezha’s marriage prospect might attend the banquet, then Tongtian noted that the gathering would also divide the Infinite Primordial World’s interests.
• Nezha’s bell rang, and he left to handle business; afterward, Tongtian comforted Tian Peng and urged him to consider his own concerns.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered a mysterious little girl waiting beyond the sealed Spacetime Rift and resolved to kill her if he saw her again. He then learned that Grand White Golden Star planned to arrange a marriage between Marshal Tian Peng and Mount Taiyue’s Third Miss, Taiyue Youxiong.

• Sect Master Tongtian sensed a powerful aura inside the sealed Spacetime Rift and saw a little girl in a red dress waiting to enter the Infinite Primordial World.
• Sect Master Tongtian felt an overwhelming urge to take the girl away, then considered killing her; she ran off before he could decide.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Grand White Golden Star he had been checking the seal and asked about the Human Realm, learning that Ying Zheng was preparing to unify the Six States.
• Grand White Golden Star said he wanted to arrange a marriage between Marshal Tian Peng and Taiyue Youxiong, Mount Taiyue’s Third Miss.
• Sect Master Tongtian doubted that Taiyue Youxiong would choose Tian Peng, given her status and the strength of Mount Taiyue.

Sect Master Tongtian learned that Taiyue Youxiong wanted to meet Tian Peng, who reacted with resentment, then discovered that the Heavenly Horses had each gained a second primordial spirit. Tian Peng agreed to learn alchemy from Tongtian, who began teaching him the refining methods for a thousand pills.

• Grand White Golden Star told Tian Peng that Taiyue Youxiong wanted to meet him at the Peach Banquet, and Tian Peng reacted with obvious resentment.
• Sect Master Tongtian examined the Heavenly Horses at Red Sand Beach and found that each had two primordial spirits, one belonging to a monster.
• Tian Peng suggested reporting the anomaly to the higher-ups, but Tongtian decided he would handle it himself.
• Tian Peng admitted he wanted to learn alchemy, and Tongtian agreed to teach him the refining processes for a thousand pills.
• Sect Master Tongtian transmitted the pill-refining methods and shared experience into Tian Peng's Violet Palace.

Marshal Tian Peng received pill-refining knowledge from Sect Master Tongtian, who then investigated the Dark World souls invading the Heavenly Horses. He discovered the horses were incubating evolving souls and halted their growth, while Nezha finished dealing with the Blood Flood Dragon.

• Sect Master Tongtian imprinted pill-refining techniques and experience into Marshal Tian Peng's Violet Palace and invited him to ask questions.
• Marshal Tian Peng returned to his Small World to study the techniques and improve his strength.
• Sect Master Tongtian transformed into a Heavenly Horse and discovered that an invading soul entered directly into his Violet Palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian cultivated the Heavenly Horse into a human over forty-nine days and learned that the Dark World souls were evolving inside the horses.
• Sect Master Tongtian tampered with the souls over three months, stopping their growth after they had completed their evolution and awaited activation.
• Nezha finished dealing with the Blood Flood Dragon.

Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha traveled to the Human Realm to investigate the Blood Flood Dragon’s past, where they encountered Afang trying to attract Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng’s attention. The chapter ended with Ying Zheng ordering Afang’s execution after she pleaded for silkworm farmers, while two reluctant soldiers approached her.

• Sect Master Tongtian arranged matters with Marshal Tian Peng and at Tushita Palace before leaving the Heavenly Realm with Nezha.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha disguised themselves as ordinary middle-aged men and arrived near Xianyang during Qin Shi Huang’s campaign to unify the six kingdoms.
• Nezha noticed the beautiful Afang washing silk by a river, and Sect Master Tongtian recognized that she had come to enter Ying Zheng’s notice.
• Afang explained to Ying Zheng that she was washing silk to draw attention to silkworm farmers who had lost their livelihoods.
• Ying Zheng suspected Afang of plotting and ordered his men to behead her, but the soldiers hesitated because of her beauty.

After King Qin Ying Zheng had Afang escorted to the palace, Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha searched a village for the person Tongtian had deduced was there. They found no target in more than seventy homes, and Tongtian returned to the first house, leaving Nezha wondering why.

• King Qin Ying Zheng questioned Afang, then had soldiers escort her to the palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian teased Nezha about liking Afang and said his deduction placed their target in a nearby village.
• Nezha froze the occupants of the first house, where Tongtian discovered five beautiful women were members of an alien race and extracted a bead of dense mist from them.
• Tongtian and Nezha searched the remaining houses but found no sign of the person they sought.
• After they searched the entire village a second time, Sect Master Tongtian returned to the first house, and Nezha wondered what he intended to do.

Sect Master Tongtian investigated the sleeping woman connected to Blood Flood Dragon’s Karma and discovered that her body had hosted seven foreign primordial spirits from the Brahma World, followed by an eighth. With her own primordial spirit missing and the women’s memories offering no clue, he decided to summon her soul.

• Sect Master Tongtian found a woman sleeping in an underground cavern and discovered a foreign primordial spirit in her Violet Palace.
• He searched the woman’s body and found seven remnant souls, each belonging to a different person, while her own primordial spirit was absent.
• Sect Master Tongtian deciphered the remnant souls and learned that seven women from the Brahma World had entered the woman’s body as experimental subjects before leaving.
• He concluded that the woman’s foreign primordial spirit was likely the result of an eighth experiment, but could not decipher it or locate the woman’s original primordial spirit.
• Sect Master Tongtian resolved to use a difficult divine ability to summon the woman’s soul and search for the answer.

Sect Master Tongtian spent days preparing a vast formation to summon the beautiful woman's soul, then traced its reaction to an ancient well. His clone broke through eighty-one identical doors beneath the well, revealing that the passage continued deeper.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Nezha that summoning the soul would take seven days and seven nights, and Nezha agreed to guard him.
• Sect Master Tongtian treated the unconscious woman in a barrel for three days, then spent four days arranging an Interlocking Great Formation inside her body.
• On the morning of the eighth day, the formation spread across the Infinite Primordial World as a Heaven and Earth Net Soul Summoning Great Formation.
• After waiting three days and three nights, Sect Master Tongtian detected a reaction in an abandoned garden's ancient well in the northwest.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent a clone into the well, where it broke through eighty-one rune-covered doors and reached a wider area.

Sect Master Tongtian’s true body rescued Diao Chan’s primordial spirit from a sealed underground palace and learned she was the princess of the Women's Country. When she recognized the Blood Flood Dragon, he compelled her to explain their connection, and she began recounting a childhood voyage at sea.

• Sect Master Tongtian’s clone found Diao Chan’s primordial spirit behind a barrier, but an explosion severed his connection to the clone.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s true body entered the underground palace, destroyed the crimson owl-like creature, rescued Diao Chan’s primordial spirit, and punched away a black hole that tried to swallow him.
• Sect Master Tongtian restored Diao Chan’s primordial spirit and learned from her memories that she was the future queen of the Women's Country.
• Diao Chan thanked Sect Master Tongtian, then reacted with fear when he showed her the Blood Flood Dragon.
• Sect Master Tongtian compelled Diao Chan to tell him her history with the Blood Flood Dragon, and she began with a childhood trip out to sea when a violent storm arose.

The Princess of the Women's Country recalled how she had betrayed the Blood Flood Dragon after promising it a place to cultivate, then chose to abandon her attempt to resolve their karma. When she returned home with Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha, she found the former Imperial Preceptor had seized the throne, and Sect Master Tongtian exposed the new ruler as an invader from the Brahma World.

• The Princess recounted how the Blood Flood Dragon had saved her twice, how she promised it a sea territory, and how she later joined the King and Imperial Preceptor in a fatal attack that made them enemies.
• The Princess said she no longer wanted to fulfill her promise or remain entangled with the Blood Flood Dragon.
• The Princess, Sect Master Tongtian, and Nezha returned to the Women's Country and discovered that the former Imperial Preceptor had taken the throne.
• The Princess rallied the empire's forces and took control of the country outside the imperial palace within three days.
• The Imperial Preceptor attacked with a black funnel, but Sect Master Tongtian placed the treasure in his Small World and subdued her.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the Imperial Preceptor's treasure and unusual primordial spirit as evidence that she came from, or was possessed by someone from, the Brahma World.

After resolving the Blood Flood Dragon’s Karma, Sect Master Tongtian took Nezha to his hidden Biyou Palace in the North Sea and planned the next stage of Nezha’s Seeking Destiny. They waited for the right moment to travel into the Northern Continent of Ju Lu and find someone whose identity Tongtian kept secret.

• Her Royal Highness the Princess ascended the throne of Women's Country and granted the Blood Flood Dragon the promised inner sea, settling his Karma and advancing his Seeking Destiny to its second stage.
• Sect Master Tongtian declined the queen’s invitation to stay and left Nanzhan Continent with Nezha for the Northern Continent of Ju Lu.
• Tongtian brought Nezha to his long-unused Biyou Palace beneath the North Sea and explained that they would wait there before seeking someone in the Northern Continent of Ju Lu.
• Tongtian said finding that person would complete the second step of Nezha’s Seeking Destiny, but warned that acting too soon could bring unpredictable consequences.
• Nezha praised Tongtian for treating his disciples well, and Tongtian replied that they deserved his care.

Nezha visited Sect Master Tongtian, learned from his attentive leadership, and watched four female disciples perform the Heavenly Demon Dance. After the performance, Tongtian revealed that Bai Liansheng, the White Lotus Sect’s saintess, was interested in becoming Nezha’s Dao Companion, leaving Nezha to consider her proposal.

• Nezha watched Sect Master Tongtian speak warmly with four female disciples and reflected on how little he knew about his own subordinates.
• The four female disciples changed into long dresses and performed the Heavenly Demon Dance while four male disciples played music that affected Nezha.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained his approach to valuing and respecting his disciples, even when he had different degrees of closeness with them.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed that Bai Liansheng was the White Lotus Sect’s saintess and asked Nezha whether he wanted her as his Dao Companion.
• Bai Liansheng gazed at Nezha expectantly, and Tongtian told him he could decide later if he was not ready to answer.

Bai Liansheng and Nezha agreed to become Dao Companions, and Sect Master Tongtian helped arrange their union. Afterward, Bai Liansheng’s father asked Tongtian for help dealing with a dangerous monster threatening the White Lotus Sect.

• Sect Master Tongtian urged Nezha and Bai Liansheng to give a straightforward answer about becoming Dao Companions, and Nezha agreed.
• Bai Liansheng happily accepted Nezha’s agreement, and Sect Master Tongtian arranged for them to rest together.
• Sect Master Tongtian held a feast for his disciples, then met Bai Liansheng’s father at Zizhi Cliff.
• Bai Liansheng’s father thanked Tongtian for arranging the relationship and asked for Seven Star Grass to deal with a powerful monster threatening the White Lotus Sect.
• Tongtian questioned whether Bai Liansheng’s father knew how to use the poisonous herb, and he admitted he had hoped Tongtian would help him.