Chapter Summaries

After Tongtian tracked down Shen Gongbao, a newly transformed black leopard accompanied by an unusual phenomenon, four other Saints followed and tried to recruit him. Tongtian then pretended the phenomenon proved Shen Gongbao was tied to the Tribulation Responder and the Investiture of the Gods, leaving the Saints convinced he was a prize worth fighting over.

• Tongtian left to find the person about to appear, and Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti secretly followed him.
• Shen Gongbao transformed from a black leopard into a man, and Tongtian noticed an unusual phenomenon around him.
• Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, Taishang, and Tongtian each tried to recruit Shen Gongbao into their sect.
• Tongtian released his Saintly aura and insisted Shen Gongbao belonged to the Interception Sect because he had found him first.
• Tongtian hinted that Shen Gongbao's phenomenon was connected to the Tribulation Responder, leading the four other Saints to believe he could control the Investiture of the Gods.

The Saints fought over Shen Gongbao, each wanting to recruit him into their sect. Yuanshi took Shen Gongbao back to the Chan Sect, while Tongtian secretly celebrated and began planning how to use the situation to his advantage.

• The Two Western Saints and Yuanshi clashed over which teaching was fated to have Shen Gongbao, while Shen Gongbao waited without choosing a side.
• Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner to shield Shen Gongbao and joined Tongtian in pushing the other Saints to exclude the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian pretended to withdraw from the contest and vanished, leaving Yuanshi, Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti to dispute Shen Gongbao.
• Yuanshi fought off the Two Western Saints, faced down Taishang, and carried Shen Gongbao away to the Chan Sect.
• Tongtian watched Yuanshi return with Shen Gongbao and pondered how to scheme around the new talent.

Tongtian cultivated the Eye of Chaos and completed the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, giving him confidence that the Interception Sect could withstand an attack from the other sects. On Kunlun Mountain, Shen Gongbao received a magic treasure and cultivation technique from Yuanshi, then sought answers from his reluctant senior brothers about why Yuanshi had accepted him.

• Tongtian cultivated the Eye of Chaos and learned that it could reveal the true form of anything and grow stronger with him.
• Tongtian used a Formation Dao treasure to complete the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, which combined the Taiji Formation, Four Symbols Formation, and Two Principles Formation.
• Tongtian believed the completed formation could stop the Saints and disciples of the Chan Sect, Human Sect, and Western Teachings from attacking the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi gave Shen Gongbao a magic treasure and cultivation technique after accepting him as a personal disciple of the Chan Sect.
• Shen Gongbao visited his senior brothers to ask why Yuanshi valued him, and Guangchengzi asked what had brought him there while the four brothers remained unwelcoming.

Yuanshi allied with the Western Saints and sought support from Taishang and Nuwa to oppose Tongtian, while Tongtian remained confident in his strength. As the Shang Dynasty prepared for Di Xin’s reign, Tongtian considered taking him as a disciple and received a choice between two rewards.

• Shen Gongbao asked Taiyi Zhenren why Yuanshi had accepted him as a direct disciple, and Yunzhong Xian and Yu Ding Zhenren mocked the idea that he had great destiny.
• Yuanshi went to the Western Teachings, and the two Western Saints agreed to join him against Tongtian.
• Yuanshi asked Taishang to join their alliance, but Taishang said he needed more time to think; Nuwa chose to send her disciple to help while staying out of the conflict herself.
• Tongtian learned of Yuanshi’s actions but was undeterred, believing his strength could overcome the other saints.
• Di Yi entrusted the young Di Xin to Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong before dying, and Wen Zhong managed the Shang Dynasty until Di Xin became emperor at sixteen.
• Tongtian considered accepting Di Xin as his disciple to link the Interception Sect’s fate with the Shang Dynasty, and a hidden option offered him rewards for accepting or declining.

Tongtian chose to bind the Interception Sect’s destiny to the Shang Dynasty and sent Holy Mother Wudang to secretly recruit Di Xin. After Di Xin joined, Tongtian absorbed the system’s rewards, strengthening his Sword Dao and breaking through to the sixth stage.

• Tongtian chose the system’s option to link the Interception Sect’s destiny with the Shang Dynasty and decided to recruit Di Xin in secret.
• Tongtian summoned Holy Mother Wudang and ordered her to initiate Di Xin into the Interception Sect, then observe Chaoge for anything amiss.
• Di Xin dreamed of an immortal inviting him into the Interception Sect, agreed to join, and received spells and a magical treasure from Holy Mother Wudang.
• Tongtian absorbed a Sword Dao Origin shard, raising his Sword Dao’s power to fourteenfold.
• Tongtian refined the bucket-sized Blood Jade Marrow, absorbed its spiritual power, and broke through to the sixth stage.

Tongtian used an accomplishment reward to strengthen his foundation and reach the peak of the sixth level of the Great Dao Saint realm. Meanwhile, Yuanshi plotted against the growing Shang Dynasty, but his attempt to influence Di Xin at Nuwa Temple was blocked by a protective treasure.

• Tongtian received a vat of origin-grade essence blood for achieving the Second-Strongest Saint accomplishment and refined it to comprehend all three thousand laws.
• Yuanshi sent a disciple to the North Sea to incite the Seventy-two Route Vassals to rebel against the Shang Dynasty.
• Wen Zhong departed with the army to suppress the rebels after Di Xin gave him the military tally.
• Yuanshi summoned Jieyin and Zhunti after noticing Di Xin go to worship at Nuwa Temple.
• Di Xin resisted the Saints’ attempt to confuse him by using the Interception Sect’s cultivation arts, but Jieyin sent another force of temptation toward him.
• Wudang’s protective magical treasure shielded Di Xin, foiling the Saints’ scheme and angering Yuanshi and Zhunti.

Yuanshi recruited three demons to corrupt Di Xin and weaken the Shang Dynasty, while the Nine-Tailed Fox took over Daji and helped bring the court into chaos. After Empress Jiang was tortured to death, Wudang reported the crisis to Tongtian, who sent her back to warn Di Xin and began considering how to use Yuanshi’s scheme against him.

• Yuanshi borrowed Nuwa’s Monster Summoning Banner and summoned the Jade Pipa Spirit, Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, and Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, ordering them to seduce Di Xin and ravage Shang cities.
• After Su Hu submitted, the Nine-Tailed Fox possessed Daji and entered Di Xin’s palace, where she distracted him from state affairs.
• Daji turned Di Xin against officials who tried to advise him, and he had them executed as she and her allies You Hun and Fei Zhong eliminated loyal ministers.
• Daji tortured Empress Jiang to death, prompting Wudang to report the court’s crisis to Tongtian.
• Tongtian told Wudang to return and warn Di Xin that the Chan Sect was undermining the Shang Dynasty, then considered how to turn Yuanshi’s actions against him.

Tongtian used Yun Zhongzi to expose Daji as a Nine-tailed Fox and arranged for Yun Zhongzi to kill her with an Exotic Treasure sword. Yuanshi learned that Daji’s death had ruined his plans against the Shang Dynasty and angrily summoned Yun Zhongzi, while Tongtian celebrated.

• Tongtian chose to tell Yun Zhongzi about the monster in the imperial court and received the Heavenly Dao Origin and the Black Thunder Wood Sword, then secretly replaced Yun Zhongzi’s sword with it.
• Yun Zhongzi sensed demonic energy among the Human Race, entered Di Xin’s palace, and warned him that a monster was hiding there.
• Yun Zhongzi gave Di Xin the sword, and Daji was struck down when she entered the palace, revealing herself as a Nine-tailed Fox.
• Yun Zhongzi left with his original wooden sword after Tongtian took back the Exotic Treasure, and Yuanshi sensed that Daji had been killed.
• Yuanshi berated Yun Zhongzi for ruining his plans against Di Xin, while Tongtian laughed over the Chan Sect’s failure.

Tongtian sent San Xiao to bring Yin Hong and Yin Jiao to Biyou Palace, while Taishang sent Guangchengzi and Chijingzi to recruit the princes and turn them against Di Xin. The two groups clashed outside Chaoge, where Yunxiao used the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors against Guangchengzi as he retaliated with Fan Tian Yin.

• Tongtian summoned San Xiao and ordered them to bring Yin Hong and Yin Jiao to Biyou Palace.
• Taishang sent Guangchengzi and Chijingzi to rescue the princes, teach them cultivation, and turn them against Di Xin.
• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi freed Yin Hong and Yin Jiao from their prison cart and invited them to become disciples.
• San Xiao arrived and declared the princes disciples of the Interception Sect, then fought Guangchengzi and Chijingzi.
• Yunxiao struck Chijingzi with a treasure, and Guangchengzi injured Bixiao and Qiongxiao before Yunxiao drove him back with the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Guangchengzi summoned Fan Tian Yin and sent the mountain-shaped seal down toward Yunxiao.

Yunxiao used the Primordial Chaos Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors to defeat Guangchengzi, but Yuanshi arrived and attacked the three sisters of San Xiao. Tongtian’s clone intervened, protected them, and destroyed Yuanshi’s Evil Corpse, leaving Guangchengzi and the others stunned.

• Yunxiao sealed Guangchengzi’s magic treasure with the Primordial Chaos Golden Dou and blasted him away with the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Yuanshi sent his Evil Corpse to force Yunxiao back, then attacked the three sisters of San Xiao while accusing them of striking their fellow disciples.
• Tongtian’s clone appeared and shattered Yuanshi’s attack with a sword strike that destroyed forty percent of the Evil Corpse’s primordial spirit.
• Yuanshi charged Tongtian’s clone, and the two fought evenly while the clone steadily suppressed the Evil Corpse.
• Tongtian’s clone unleashed the Dao-Slaying Heavenly Sword, completely erasing Yuanshi’s Evil Corpse and leaving Guangchengzi and the others trembling.

Tongtian mocked Guangchengzi and Chijingzi after the Evil Corpse was destroyed, then faced the furious Yuanshi, who chose to retreat rather than risk fighting him. After Yuanshi left with his disciples, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao told Tongtian they had found the two princes he had asked them to locate.

• Tongtian spared Guangchengzi and Chijingzi but let his disciples deal with them, then ridiculed the Chan Sect and left the two disciples shaken.
• Yuanshi arrived in a fury and accused Tongtian of ruining his disciples, but Tongtian argued that Yuanshi had provoked him first.
• Yuanshi restrained himself from attacking Tongtian's incarnation, grabbed Guangchengzi and Chijingzi, and left.
• Tongtian reflected that Yuanshi had feared facing the true Tongtian and was relieved he would not need to go there himself.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao told Tongtian that they had found the two princes he had asked them to locate.

Tongtian rescued Yin Hong and Yin Jiao, revealed that the Chan Sect had manipulated them and that Daji had been possessed by a nine-tailed fox, and sent them back to Di Xin. After receiving the Kongtong Seal and a Five Elements Great Dao Origin Shard, Tongtian planned to give the seal to Di Xin to strengthen the Shang Dynasty.

• Yunxiao told Yin Hong and Yin Jiao to wait for Tongtian's arrangements before joining the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian chose the system option that revealed the truth about their mother's death and rewarded him with the Kongtong Seal and a Five Elements Great Dao Origin Shard.
• Tongtian told the crown princes that a nine-tailed fox had possessed Daji and that the Chan Sect had sent her to the imperial palace.
• Tongtian explained that the Chan Sect had meant to use Yin Hong and Yin Jiao to provoke a civil war, and the brothers resolved to return and inform Di Xin.
• Tongtian sent the three Yunxiao sisters to escort the crown princes back, where Holy Mother Wudang would meet them.
• Tongtian examined his new treasures and decided to give the Kongtong Seal to Di Xin to strengthen the Shang Dynasty.

The three Yunxiao sisters returned the two Crown Princes to Di Xin, who learned that the Chan Sect had manipulated Daji and reconciled with his sons. Tongtian broke through to the seventh stage of the Great Dao Saint Realm as Interception Sect disciples continued advancing, leaving the sect better prepared for the coming calamity.

• The three Yunxiao sisters escorted the two Crown Princes back to the Emperor's palace, where Wudang had told Di Xin that the Chan Sect arranged for Daji to undermine the Shang Dynasty.
• Di Xin told Yin Hong and his brother that he already knew what had happened, and the Crown Princes knelt to apologize for blaming him.
• Tongtian refined the Five Elements Great Dao fragments, advanced to the seventh stage of the Great Dao Saint Realm, and gained the Chaos Five Elements Lock divine ability.
• Duobao advanced to the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint Realm, and Tongtian observed that his disciples were making rapid progress.
• Great Immortal Wuyun reached the Quasi-Saint Realm, bringing the Interception Sect's total number of Quasi-Saint disciples to five.

Yuanshi raged over his repeated failures and the loss of his Evil Corpse, then devised a new plan to turn Ji Chang and Xi Qi against the Shang Dynasty. The chapter left Yuanshi beginning to calculate the details of his scheme.

• Tongtian assessed Interception Sect’s advantage over the other sects but remained cautious about the coming battle.
• Yuanshi cursed Tongtian for destroying his Evil Corpse and brooded over his failed schemes.
• Yuanshi dismissed Chijingzi and Guangchengzi to recover after their defeat by Yunxiao and her sisters.
• Yuanshi calculated that Ji Chang was a powerful and popular figure in Xi Qi.
• Yuanshi planned to have the Grand Tutor secretly help Ji Chang attack the Shang Dynasty, then sensed something was wrong as he calculated further.

Di Xin had Jiang Huanchu executed and imprisoned Ji Chang after the Western Marquis challenged him, preventing the four feudal lords from returning to their territories. Yuanshi abandoned his plan centered on Ji Chang and turned his attention to Xi Qi, while Tongtian learned of the events and realized that history had changed.

• Yuanshi divined that Di Xin had summoned the four feudal lords to the imperial palace after Jiang Huanchu began considering rebellion over Empress Jiang’s death.
• Di Xin had Jiang Huanchu beheaded, prompting E Chongyu and Chong Houhu to profess their loyalty while Ji Chang criticized the emperor’s actions.
• Shang Rong and the officials pleaded for Ji Chang, so Di Xin imprisoned him instead of executing him.
• Yuanshi abandoned his plan to use Ji Chang and decided that Xi Qi might rescue him from the dungeon.
• Tongtian learned what had happened and recognized that, unlike his memories, Ji Chang’s path to rebellion had been disrupted.

Tongtian chose to let Ji Chang return safely to Xi Qi, then warned Di Xin that Xi Qi would eventually attack the Shang Dynasty. Di Xin instead resolved to execute Ji Chang and killed Ji Chang’s eldest son when he pleaded for his father, while Yuanshi sensed Ji Chang’s life force had been severed again.

• Tongtian chose the reward for allowing Ji Chang to return safely and received the Chaos Bell and Primordial Immortal Spirit Fruit.
• Tongtian summoned Holy Mother Wudang and told her to warn Di Xin that Xi Qi would attack the Shang Dynasty.
• Wudang delivered Tongtian’s warning, and Di Xin decided that Ji Chang had to be executed.
• Di Xin announced Ji Chang’s execution at court and had Ji Chang’s eldest son killed when he pleaded for his father.
• Yuanshi sensed Ji Chang’s life force had been severed again and flew into a rage.

Yuanshi sent Yu Ding, Taiyi, Naji Xianweng, and Daoist Randeng to rescue Ji Chang from execution, while Tongtian subdued the Chaos Bell and advanced his cultivation with the Primordial Immortal Spirit Fruit. As the executioner’s blade was about to strike Ji Chang, the executioner fell, and Yu Ding and Taiyi appeared at the execution ground.

• Yuanshi learned that Ji Chang was about to be executed and sent Yu Ding and Taiyi to save him.
• Yuanshi also sent Naji Xianweng and Daoist Randeng with the Pangu Banner to support the rescue.
• Tongtian recalled the subdued Chaos Bell and absorbed the Primordial Immortal Spirit Fruit, reaching the peak of the seventh level of the Great Dao Saint realm.
• Ji Chang was taken to the execution ground, where he cursed Di Xin and threatened the Shang Dynasty before the execution began.
• The executioner collapsed before his blade could strike Ji Chang, and Yu Ding and Taiyi appeared at the execution ground.

Taiyi and Yu Ding slaughtered Di Xin’s soldiers while trying to take Ji Chang, until Wudang arrived to confront them. The two Chan Sect disciples faced the Quasi-Saint as the watching Saints reacted to Tongtian’s apparent preparations.

• Di Xin ordered his soldiers to kill Taiyi and Yu Ding, but the two used their artifacts to slaughter the army.
• Taiyi protected Ji Chang with spiritual energy and threatened to kill everyone except Ji Chang and the Human Emperor.
• Wudang arrived at the execution ground and drove Taiyi and Yu Ding backward with her attacks.
• Tai Shang, the Two Western Saints, and Nuwa were shocked that Tongtian had seemingly arranged for Wudang to be in Chaoge City.
• Yuanshi laughed at Wudang’s arrival, confident that his two Quasi-Saints would still secure Ji Chang.
• Wudang condemned Taiyi and Yu Ding for killing the soldiers and declared that they would be buried with them.

Wudang fought Yuding and Taiyi as they slaughtered the Human Race, overwhelming both Chan Sect disciples until Randeng and Naji Xianweng emerged from hiding and ambushed her. Surrounded by two stronger Quasi-Saints, Wudang faced being killed and placed on the Investiture of the Gods.

• Wudang attacked Yuding and Taiyi to stop their massacre, destroying their techniques and severely wounding both of them.
• Taiyi insulted Wudang and threatened her, so she struck him until he fell motionless.
• Wudang prepared to kill Yuding and Taiyi, but Randeng and Naji Xianweng emerged from hiding and attacked her together.
• Yuding and Taiyi got back up and mocked Wudang while Randeng and Naji Xianweng declared that she would go onto the Investiture of the Gods.

Holy Mother Wudang was nearly killed by Randeng and Naji Xianweng until Tongtian sent three Quasi-Saint disciples to rescue her. Duobao treated Wudang with Three Lights Divine Water while the Interception Sect disciples confronted the Chan Sect attackers.

• Randeng and Naji Xianweng joined forces against the wounded Wudang, and Randeng struck her down with the Universe Ruler.
• Naji summoned the Pangu Banner as he and Randeng prepared to kill Wudang.
• Tongtian sensed Wudang was in mortal danger and teleported Duobao, Lu Ya, and Great Immortal Wuyun to her with the God-Slaying Spear and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Duobao, Lu Ya, and Great Immortal Wuyun attacked Randeng and Naji, forcing Naji to use the Pangu Banner to block them.
• Duobao gave Wudang the Three Lights Divine Water, and sacred light began to emanate from her body.