Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian investigated the White Lotus Sect’s abyss and discovered a powerful black frog emerging from its churning auras. The frog completed a mysterious formation, and all its black beads vanished, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Sect Master Tongtian picked a Seven Star Grass from Zizhi Cliff and accompanied the White Lotus Sect Master to the White Lotus Sect in Nanzhan Continent.
• At the abyss, Sect Master Tongtian found no living creatures and watched an illusion showing a black monster flee toward the Pagoda Forest.
• The White Lotus Sect Master hurried to the Pagoda Forest to stop the monster from eating Buddha Bone, while Sect Master Tongtian stayed above the abyss to investigate its source.
• After waiting, Sect Master Tongtian saw a pair of eyes appear in the abyss and vanish before a giant black three-legged frog emerged.
• The black frog formed a ghostly formation from black beads, which suddenly disappeared, and it roared furiously.

Sect Master Tongtian uncovered more information about Brahma World's invasion, then helped the White Lotus Sect Master by restoring Madam Bai's primordial spirit. Madam Bai identified those responsible for her coma, and Sect Master Tongtian confronted them, killing one who challenged him.

• Sect Master Tongtian destroyed a black three-legged toad, claimed its two pearls, and discovered they contained information from Brahma World.
• At the Pagoda Forest, Sect Master Tongtian killed the monster fighting the White Lotus Sect Master and was asked to help Madam Bai.
• Sect Master Tongtian used the Supreme Art of Creation and the Great Art of Soul Shifting to restore Madam Bai's primordial spirit, and she awakened.
• Madam Bai named several people responsible for what happened to her, and the White Lotus Sect Master had them brought to the Lotus Treasure Hall.
• When a middle-aged man challenged Sect Master Tongtian, Tongtian slapped out and destroyed his primordial spirit, terrifying the others.

Sect Master Tongtian took Nezha to the Unknowable Land north of the North Sea to pursue their target, who had entered the forbidden region. After an invisible barrier stopped them, Tongtian helped Nezha cross it by sealing his cultivation, and they continued into the mist.

• The White Lotus Sect Master took the traitors away, and Sect Master Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace before setting out with Nezha.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Nezha their target had entered the Unknowable Land north of the North Sea, so they went there to follow his trail.
• Nezha and Sect Master Tongtian reached the misty shore and detected a strong smell of blood, which Tongtian said suggested at least ten thousand deaths.
• An invisible barrier blocked Nezha, so Sect Master Tongtian sealed his cultivation and pushed him through it before restoring his power.
• Sect Master Tongtian guessed the barrier blocked cultivators, with greater cultivation making it harder to cross.

Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha entered a Small World beyond a rune-covered door and explored its bustling city. After a hairpin seller and armed men attacked them, Tongtian defeated the threats and glimpsed the Small World’s long history.

• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the door’s runes from the Brahma World, opened it using information from the white beads, and entered a Small World with Nezha.
• Tongtian examined a jade hairpin at a stall and offered the seller one hundred Spirit Crystals instead of the demanded ten thousand.
• The seller’s burly son grabbed Tongtian, and the old man stabbed him with a sword; Tongtian crushed the son’s wrist and repelled the sword, leaving the old man gravely injured.
• A group of men in black attacked Tongtian and Nezha with a sickle battle formation, but Tongtian captured the weapons and stored them in his Small World.
• Tongtian gave the attackers a chance to flee, but a dark streak erased them; he then saw images revealing that the Small World had endured longer than the Infinite Primordial World.

Sect Master Tongtian explained his earlier display to Nezha, who trusted him completely, but Nezha soon drank himself unconscious and was taken into Sect Master Tongtian’s Small World. Continuing alone, Sect Master Tongtian entered a courtyard that recreated his childhood home and found his parents inside, realizing he had walked into a deliberate trap.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Nezha that his earlier actions had a purpose, and Nezha said he trusted him and would follow his lead.
• Nezha drank an entire bottle of wine, became too drunk to walk, and Sect Master Tongtian took him into his Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian continued east alone, reflecting on how lonely it was to stand at the top.
• Sect Master Tongtian followed a dim light through a half-closed gate and discovered a courtyard identical to his childhood home.
• Sect Master Tongtian realized the courtyard was a trap, then saw his mother cooking and his father tending the stove inside the middle room.

Sect Master Tongtian was lured into a vision of returning home to his family, but he embraced the memory instead of rejecting it. After a hidden attack revealed the wilderness and an army of black-sickle wielders, he effortlessly stopped them and returned to the main street, where he entered a brothel.

• Sect Master Tongtian recognized his younger brother as real and held him, then reunited with his parents in a cherished memory of coming home from technical school.
• An unseen attacker severed Sect Master Tongtian’s head, but it returned to his body as he unleashed dazzling light and exposed the wilderness surrounding him.
• Sect Master Tongtian erased the black sickles and froze the advancing figures with a snap of his fingers.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to the busy main street and entered a brothel, where Big Teapot greeted him.

Sect Master Tongtian went to Hongxiu Zhao to find the target of his mission and arranged to meet the renowned courtesan Miss Lüzhu. After rewarding and helping Big Teapot, he waited for Miss Lüzhu in a quiet room on the top floor.

• Sect Master Tongtian asked Big Teapot to arrange a meeting with Miss Lüzhu, Hongxiu Zhao’s most famous courtesan who had not yet received a guest.
• As Big Teapot led him through Hongxiu Zhao, Sect Master Tongtian gave him a Sumeru Ring filled with valuable items.
• Big Teapot swore loyalty to Sect Master Tongtian, who improved his cultivation and senses by helping him establish his foundation.
• Sect Master Tongtian praised Big Teapot’s arrangements and waited alone for Miss Lüzhu in a quiet room on the building’s top floor.

Sect Master Tongtian tracked his target to a black ship docked by Wanhua Lou while visiting Hongxiu Zhao, where Lüzhu performed a dance he recognized as the Heavenly Demon Dance. When a beautiful singer began performing aboard the ship, Lüzhu reacted with fury and abruptly left Tongtian.

• Sect Master Tongtian found the black ship with divination and sent an avatar to follow it as it docked beside Wanhua Lou.
• Lüzhu and four young women arrived to entertain Sect Master Tongtian, and Lüzhu performed the Heavenly Demon Dance.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the dance as one he had taught only to Bai Liansheng and the others, then used his method to read Lüzhu's memories.
• A beautiful voice came from the black ship, and Lüzhu called its singer a shameless wretch before telling Sect Master Tongtian to visit Wanhua Lou and leaving with her attendants.

Sect Master Tongtian identified the singer Xue Tao as the target he had been searching for, while Lüzhu performed at Hongxiu Zhao and hinted that she wanted to know whether he had learned the whereabouts of someone she sought. The chapter ended with Xue Tao appearing behind curtains in a riverside pavilion, apparently naked, as the crowd grew excited.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Lüzhu that he might know the whereabouts of the person she was looking for, and her reaction confirmed that the subject mattered to her.
• The owner of Hongxiu Zhao asked Lüzhu to perform against Wanhua Lou's singer, Xue Tao, and Lüzhu agreed to sing from the room's platform.
• Lüzhu performed for the crowd while Sect Master Tongtian watched the black ship, seeking to identify Xue Tao.
• After Lüzhu finished, Sect Master Tongtian assessed the middle-aged beauty as a powerful Saint Sovereign and wondered about her deference to Lüzhu.
• The black ship transformed into a waterside pavilion, and Sect Master Tongtian confirmed that the woman behind its curtains was Xue Tao, his target.
• The crowd noticed that Xue Tao appeared to be standing naked behind the curtains and grew increasingly excited.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Xue Tao’s drum performance was controlling listeners across the river, while people from Hongxiu Zhao remained unaffected. Lüzhu used her pipa to counter the drums, freeing the crowd and stirring them with a new melody.

• Xue Tao danced as drumbeats from Wanhua Lou entranced listeners within a hundred miles.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed that Lüzhu, the middle-aged beauty, and their companions had resisted the drums, and he questioned the middle-aged beauty about it.
• The middle-aged beauty warned Lüzhu that Xue Tao was dangerous, and Lüzhu realized the drumbeats could seize souls and spirits.
• Lüzhu played her pipa, and its sound waves canceled the drumbeats and restored the listeners’ awareness.
• Lüzhu’s pipa melody grew into a stirring tune that made the crowd eager to dance, while Sect Master Tongtian listened with an amused smile.

Sect Master Tongtian used Lüzhu’s pipa performance to form a lethal musical array that overwhelmed Wanhua Lou’s drumbeats. After the performance ended, his avatar captured Xue Tao, brought her into his Small World, and created an identical replica.

• Sect Master Tongtian imposed his killing-array melody on Lüzhu through Telepathic Connection, and she played it against the middle-aged beauty’s expectations.
• Lüzhu’s pipa notes formed an array spanning a hundred li, while the increasingly frantic drumbeats from Wanhua Lou lost their power after the drumhead broke and the drummer was injured.
• The drums, singing, dancing, and pipa music stopped, and Sect Master Tongtian’s applause brought the spectators back to their senses.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s avatar entered the waterside pavilion, seized Xue Tao while she was distracted, and placed her in his Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian completed a copy of Xue Tao as her primordial spirit resisted his control.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that he had captured a replica of Xue Tao instead of the true target, and the real Xue Tao struck him with a powerful attack. Big Teapot’s pills helped Tongtian recover in time to repel a second sneak attack, though the attacker’s muffled groan revealed they had been hit.

• Xue Tao sensed that someone had tampered with her and failed to identify them through divination.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained that Xue Tao owed the Blood Flood Dragon a debt across lifetimes, and that he had taken control of her true self while leaving a replica behind.
• Tongtian’s divination showed that Shida could not complete the mission, so he searched Wanhua Lou and spotted another Xue Tao—the true target.
• The real Xue Tao looked at Tongtian with a strange smile, causing him to suffer a sudden attack and spit blood.
• Big Teapot fed Tongtian a bottle of Minor Golden Pills, restoring him just before a sinister aura struck from behind.
• Tongtian crushed and devoured the second attack, and a pained groan came from the waterside pavilion.

Sect Master Tongtian accepted Bai Qi as his registered disciple and gave him a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir to raise his cultivation. At Wanhua Lou, he exposed and subdued the Xue Tao who had faked her injuries, while another Xue Tao continued singing.

• Sect Master Tongtian accepted Big Teapot, who introduced himself as Bai Qi, as his registered disciple.
• Sect Master Tongtian gave Bai Qi a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and helped him begin cultivating.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed the drum-beating Xue Tao using an Eight Trigrams Diagram to draw energy and sent an avatar to confront her.
• The drum-beating Xue Tao revealed that she had faked her injuries and tried to flee, but Sect Master Tongtian's avatars subdued her and erased her consciousness.
• Sect Master Tongtian divined that he had found the right person, while the singing Xue Tao continued her performance.

Sect Master Tongtian explained the Xue Tao doubles to Nezha and prepared to finish the Blood Flood Dragon’s second step. Meanwhile, Bai Qi’s rapid breakthrough triggered a powerful Heavenly Dao Tribulation as he appeared to attain sainthood through his body.

• Sect Master Tongtian explained the two Xue Taos to Nezha, who regretted getting drunk and promised not to drink again.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Nezha to stay in his Small World until they could complete the Blood Flood Dragon’s second step calmly.
• Bai Qi advanced from establishing his foundation to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and appeared to be attaining sainthood through his body.
• A massive Heavenly Dao Tribulation formed above the Nine Heavens, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared in the vortex.
• Seven-colored auspicious clouds formed a God of Slaughter above the unconscious Bai Qi, growing to three zhang tall and frightening those nearby.

Bai Qi attained sainthood through the Annihilation Dao, overpowering the Heavenly Dao and establishing a new order before thanking Sect Master Tongtian as his master. Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, where Nezha released the Blood Flood Dragon’s soul to resume their search for its enemy.

• Sect Master Tongtian taught Bai Qi the true words that let him forge his body through annihilation, and Bai Qi’s Dharma Manifestation devoured Heavenly Dao Tribulation Lightning.
• Bai Qi seized the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, swallowed its attacks, and erased the Heavenly Dao’s blood-red pillar of light.
• Bai Qi declared that the Heavenly Dao had died and the Annihilation Dao had risen, then spread its Heaven and Earth Net across the world.
• Bai Qi bowed to Sect Master Tongtian and thanked him as his master, revealing his name and master to everyone in the Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace and released Nezha, the two Xue Taos, and the Blood Flood Dragon’s soul.
• The Blood Flood Dragon identified the person he wanted Nezha to kill, and Nezha accused him of leaving a loose end to obstruct their task.

Sect Master Tongtian exposed the Blood Flood Dragon's scheme, then had the two Xue Taos remove the Karma from its true soul so it could be destroyed without retribution. With the danger cleared, the Blood Flood Dragon offered Sect Master Tongtian an unusual treasure in exchange for being sent into reincarnation, but Sect Master Tongtian refused to swear an oath and left the choice to him.

• Sect Master Tongtian exposed the Blood Flood Dragon's sinister intentions and pulled the true souls of the two Xue Taos from their bodies.
• The two Xue Taos offered to remove the Blood Flood Dragon's Karma, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed to let them perform their divine ability under his and Nezha's protection.
• The two Xue Taos fused and separated the Karmic Force from the Blood Flood Dragon's true soul in two days and three nights, and Sect Master Tongtian destroyed it.
• The Blood Flood Dragon begged Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong for mercy and offered a treasure in exchange for being spared.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to send the Blood Flood Dragon's true spirit into reincarnation if it helped him find the treasure, but refused to swear an oath and threatened to destroy it if it declined.

Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha traveled to the West Sea to retrieve the Blood Flood Dragon’s hidden trove, which contained a strange compass and other objects. After killing the Blood Flood Dragon, Sect Master Tongtian heard Xue Tao offer information about a passage to a world rich in precious minerals.

• The Blood Flood Dragon revealed the location of his hidden treasure after conceding that he could not bargain with Sect Master Tongtian.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha found the underground palace on an island in the West Sea and examined the trove, including a rune-covered compass.
• Sect Master Tongtian said the objects were valuable and killed the Blood Flood Dragon’s divine soul.
• Xue Tao offered a generous reward and claimed she knew of a passage from the Small World to a world filled with precious minerals.

Sect Master Tongtian, Nezha, and Xue Tao investigated a Spacetime Rift beneath the ruins of a prince’s estate in Longevity City. They found a vast world of rapidly growing crystal minerals, while Sect Master Tongtian began to suspect the place was connected to his forgotten past.

• Sect Master Tongtian promised Xue Tao a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir if her information proved true, and she led him and Nezha to Longevity City.
• Xue Tao identified the ruins as the former residence of Prince Yuan Zhen, and Sect Master Tongtian guessed the prince’s name correctly.
• Xue Tao showed them a dry well where a formation concealed the Spacetime Rift, and Sect Master Tongtian recognized the formation as his own work.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Nezha, and Xue Tao passed through a tunnel and entered a world filled with enormous crystal minerals.
• Xue Tao said she had last visited ten years earlier, when the ores were only as tall as a person, and Sect Master Tongtian was shocked by their growth.

Sect Master Tongtian gave Xue Tao a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, claimed the ore-filled world for himself, and sealed its entrance before exploring its depths with Nezha. They discovered a bottomless hole that led to the Forest of Ten Thousand Realms beside the Heavenly River, where the chapter left them beside the Spacetime Rift.

• Sect Master Tongtian gave Xue Tao the promised Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and warned her not to return to the ore-filled world, and Xue Tao swore to keep its location secret.
• Sect Master Tongtian sealed the entrance with a complex formation and continued exploring with Nezha as the ore grew taller and the forest darker.
• Nezha reflected that real feelings gave existence meaning, and Sect Master Tongtian teased him about the phrase “fight for three hundred rounds.”
• Sect Master Tongtian’s avatars discovered a gigantic, bottomless hole, and he jumped into it after asking Nezha whether he wanted to explore what lay beyond.
• Nezha jumped in after Sect Master Tongtian, and they emerged in the Forest of Ten Thousand Realms beside the Heavenly River’s Spacetime Rift.

After sealing the Spacetime Rift, Sect Master Tongtian arranged for Bai Liansheng to live at Tushita Palace and take charge of it. Nezha visited her, and when Heavenly Palace elites arrived to meet the new master, he declared that Bai Liansheng had agreed to become his Dao Companion.

• Nezha wondered whether the Spacetime Rift contained branching paths, and Sect Master Tongtian sealed its entrance with additional formations.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Nezha checked on Marshal Tian Peng, then discussed where Nezha’s beloved could safely stay.
• Sect Master Tongtian brought Bai Liansheng to Tushita Palace, where her beauty and pill-refining skill impressed the female disciples, and he handed her control of the palace.
• Nezha visited Bai Liansheng and recited the explanation Sect Master Tongtian had prepared for his presence; Bai Liansheng warmly encouraged him to visit often.
• Erlang Shen Yang Jian and other Heavenly Palace elites arrived to meet Bai Liansheng, and Nezha told them she had agreed to become his Dao Companion.