Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions returned to Chang'an, where Amitabha Buddha bestowed titles on them and Jiang Liuer revealed that the Wordless True Scripture could foretell the future. The scripture produced cryptic predictions that Sect Master Tongtian connected to Wu Zetian, An Lushan, and the future fall of Great Tang.

• Sect Master Tongtian and his companions returned to Chang'an and were welcomed by Li Shimin and the city's citizens.
• Amitabha Buddha conferred Buddhist titles on Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie, and Little White Dragon, though only Little White Dragon appeared pleased.
• Li Shimin and his ministers discovered that the scriptures were blank, and Jiang Liuer explained that the Wordless True Scripture could foresee the future.
• Jiang Liuer demonstrated the scripture, which revealed the predictions “Sun and Moon Shine Together” and “Danger Upon Encountering Mountains”; Sect Master Tongtian linked them to Wu Zetian and An Lushan.
• The scripture revealed “Fiery Sun Stands in Peril,” which Sect Master Tongtian interpreted as a warning about Great Tang falling under Li Yu.

After Jiang Liuer’s cryptic prediction about the Tang Dynasty’s eventual fall, he told Tang Emperor Li Shimin that his party would soon leave for Nirvana Mountain and seek daoist grounds beyond the Infinite Primordial World. Confronted with his mortality, Li Shimin demanded immortality, then threatened the group when Jiang Liuer refused; Marshal Tian Peng struck down the Tang military officer Li Jing, leaving the court stunned.

• Sect Master Tongtian interpreted “Walk, and Zhao perishes” as a possible hint about Zhao Kuangyin, while recognizing that changes to the future made the prophecy uncertain.
• Jiang Liuer told Tang Emperor Li Shimin that his party would leave Chang'an the next day for Nirvana Mountain and later seek daoist grounds beyond the Infinite Primordial World.
• Realizing that his imperial power could not overcome death, Tang Emperor Li Shimin asked Jiang Liuer to grant him immortality, but Jiang Liuer refused.
• Tang Emperor Li Shimin reacted with anger, and a military officer moved against Sect Master Tongtian after he challenged the emperor’s belief in the power of authority.
• The God of War Li Jing warned Sun Wukong that an army could overwhelm even a cultivator, and Marshal Tian Peng struck Li Jing into a wall, knocking him unconscious.

Sect Master Tongtian and his companions confronted the Three-Pupil National Preceptor, a dangerous Rakshasa Tribulation Realm figure, after Tang Emperor Li Shimin summoned him. They discovered Li Shimin had already been possessed, and the group prepared for a fight.

• Tang Emperor Li Shimin summoned the National Preceptor, whose three-pupil eyes revealed him as a member and future clan leader of the Three-Pupil Tribe.
• Sect Master Tongtian recognized the tribe’s terrifying abilities and secretly attacked the National Preceptor while exchanging polite greetings.
• Li Shimin asked the National Preceptor whether he was unworthy of immortality, then revealed three pupils in his eyes and showed that he had become the tribe’s puppet.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Liuer sensed the danger, while Marshal Tian Peng and General Juanlian readied their weapons.
• Little White Dragon donned his battle armor and blocked the civil and military officials’ escape route.

Sect Master Tongtian defeated the Three-Pupil National Preceptor and spared Tang Emperor Li Shimin before traveling with his disciples to Nirvana Mountain. Little White Dragon returned to West Sea Dragon Palace to confront his family, only to find his brother Ao Zheng had taken power and was driving him away.

• The Three-Pupil National Preceptor swallowed Sect Master Tongtian, but Tongtian burst out, defeated him, and sealed his remains into a bead.
• Sect Master Tongtian mocked Tang Emperor Li Shimin for his crimes, then left him alive and traveled with his disciples toward Nirvana Mountain.
• The group arrived at Nirvana Mountain, where Sakyamuni Buddha welcomed them and arranged a place for them to stay.
• Little White Dragon decided to return to West Sea Dragon Palace to seek revenge for his humiliation, despite Marshal Tian Peng's warning that the journey would be difficult.
• Little White Dragon found that Ao Zheng had taken control of West Sea Dragon Palace and refused to help him against Nine-Headed Insect.
• Ao Zheng told Little White Dragon to leave the West Sea, and the palace's shrimp soldiers and crab generals surrounded him as he challenged his brother.

Little White Dragon fought Ao Zheng and the West Sea Dragon Palace’s forces, but the Nine-Headed Insect intervened and bound him. As Sect Master Tongtian watched, he suspected the Nine-Headed Insect was an outsider tied to a larger scheme, while Jiang Liuer warned that the realms faced a dangerous calamity and urged finding a refuge beyond the Primordial Tribulation Realm.

• Little White Dragon destroyed Ao Zheng’s battle formation after the shrimp soldiers and crab generals attacked him.
• Little White Dragon tried to kill Ao Zheng, but the Nine-Headed Insect appeared and stopped his strike.
• Ao Zheng called on the Nine-Headed Insect, now the West Sea Dragon Palace’s Imperial Preceptor, to kill Little White Dragon.
• The Nine-Headed Insect bound Little White Dragon with a strange rope as Little White Dragon tried to self-detonate.
• Sect Master Tongtian identified the Nine-Headed Insect as an outsider and suspected his presence in the West Sea was part of a scheme.
• Jiang Liuer warned Sect Master Tongtian that a dangerous calamity threatened the realms and said they needed to find a refuge beyond the Primordial Tribulation Realm.

Jiang Liuer and Sect Master Tongtian discussed their suspicions about Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who called an emergency alliance meeting after claiming extraterrestrials had attacked the Infinite Primordial World. Saint Tianhai then revealed the invasion had already been defeated and explained that newcomers from other domains were draining the world's spiritual energy, leaving its survival at risk.

• Jiang Liuer admitted he had undisclosed plans for leaving the Primordial Tribulation Realm, and Sect Master Tongtian questioned his motives.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced an emergency Primordial Alliance meeting and demanded representatives attend Zixiao Palace within twelve hours.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Jiang Liuer suspected Hongjun was using the crisis to seize control of the alliance and the Primordial Tribulation Realm.
• Saint Tianhai announced that the alliance had sealed the Spacetime Rifts and wiped out the extraterrestrial invaders three days earlier.
• Saint Tianhai warned that powerful newcomers from other domains were consuming the Infinite Primordial World's spiritual energy and resources, threatening another crisis of depletion.

Saint Tianhai proposed joining the Primordial Tribulation Realm and connecting it to other realms to solve the Infinite Primordial World's resource crisis, earning widespread support. Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Haotian Saint Venerable against fixating on the Interception Sect, while Jiang Liuer remembered his son and the Empress waiting in Women's Country.

• Saint Tianhai proposed sharing resources across the Primordial Tribulation Realm and linking it with other tribulation realms, and the Infinite Primordial World praised his plan.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Haotian Saint Venerable discussed Saint Tianhai, revealing that Sect Master Tongtian's true body had been hidden inside Sun Wukong beneath Five Finger Mountain.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Haotian Saint Venerable that opposing the Interception Sect could bring trouble, but Haotian did not seem to heed his advice.
• Saint Tianhai called on forces to join the Infinite Primordial Alliance, then concealed his form as the world settled into uneasy calm.
• Sect Master Tongtian reminded Jiang Liuer that his son and the Empress were waiting for him in Women's Country, and Jiang Liuer remembered them.

Her Majesty the Empress faced an arrogant intruder as Jiang Shan revealed his overwhelming power by killing him and his followers. Jiang Shan began preparing to defend Women's Country, and the chapter ended with Jiang Liuer, Sect Master Tongtian, and two other disciples arriving.

• Her Majesty the Empress watched Jiang Shan and his fiancée and considered abdicating so she could seek Tang Sanzang in the Eastern Lands of Great Tang.
• Venerable Golden Peak arrived with a crowd and demanded that Jiang Shan's fiancée become his woman, but she denied agreeing to it.
• Jiang Shan killed Venerable Golden Peak and annihilated the people who had accompanied him.
• Jiang Shan urged Her Majesty the Empress to let him establish protective formations around Women's Country, and she agreed.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his three disciples appeared, and Jiang Shan greeted Jiang Liuer as his father.

Jiang Liuer gave Jiang Shan troops and treasures, while Sect Master Tongtian taught him formations and explained why he had once wanted to kill him. A hostile force arrived at the Women's Country, and Jiang Shan proved immune to its leader’s attack.

• Jiang Liuer gave Jiang Shan a box of powerful subordinates, and Sect Master Tongtian supplied treasures, weapons, pills, and beasts.
• Jiang Shan arranged defenses around the Women's Country while Sect Master Tongtian taught him formations and said he had once seen signs that Jiang Shan would destroy the world.
• Jiang Shan explained that his urge to destroy everything had vanished after he turned nineteen and broke through to a higher realm.
• A Brocade Robe Man arrived aboard a Golden Flying Chariot demanding to know who had killed his son, and a young Golden Immortal warned him to leave.
• A cold light killed a golden-armored attacker, and the Brocade Robe Man struck Jiang Shan, whose full-immunity talent nullified the attack.

Jiang Shan killed the attackers on the Golden Flying Chariot, and Sect Master Tongtian helped secure Women's Country before leaving with his brothers. Three years later, they learned Saint Tianhai had vanished, and Tongtian could only locate him somewhere far from the Infinite Primordial World.

• Jiang Shan killed the Brocade Robe Man and the people aboard the Golden Flying Chariot, while Sect Master Tongtian captured their escaping primordial spirits.
• Sect Master Tongtian and his two junior brothers protected Women's Country with a formation after seven days and nights of work.
• Jiang Liuer and Her Majesty the Empress left Women's Country to travel beyond the realms, telling the public they had entered seclusion.
• During the three years Sect Master Tongtian and his junior brothers stayed in Women's Country, Jiang Shan grew stronger and the empire gained Golden Immortal cultivators and more than ten new Saints.
• After returning to Nirvana Mountain, Sect Master Tongtian and his companions learned from Sakyamuni Buddha that Saint Tianhai had been missing for over three months.
• Sect Master Tongtian divined that Saint Tianhai remained in the Primordial Tribulation Realm but was far from the Infinite Primordial World, and could not pinpoint his location.

After Sakyamuni Buddha left for the Vajra Tribulation Realm to seek Holy Venerable Tianhai, Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor took charge of Nirvana Mountain. When Amitabha Buddha used the Ghost Festival invitation to test and pressure the Mahayana Sect, Kasyapa announced that he would attend Spirit Mountain and issued a challenge.

• Sect Master Tongtian stopped Sakyamuni Buddha from seeking outside help for Holy Venerable Tianhai and gave him a ring before Sakyamuni left through a Spacetime Rift for the Vajra Tribulation Realm.
• Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor took control of Nirvana Mountain after Sakyamuni's departure.
• Sect Master Tongtian reflected on the Supreme Primordial Alliance's growth and its role in Tianhai's expanding influence.
• Amitabha Buddha announced a grand Ghost Festival and invited the Mahayana Sect, testing Nirvana Mountain's strength and putting pressure on Kasyapa.
• Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor announced that he would attend the Ghost Festival at Spirit Mountain and issued a challenge.

Sect Master Tongtian secretly learned that Spirit Mountain had recruited three powerful Rakshasa Tribulation Realm allies to face Nirvana Mountain in the nine-match Ghost Festival challenge. As the Spirit Mountain leaders celebrated their apparent advantage, the wine left them growing dizzy, while Tongtian remained concealed nearby.

• Nirvana Mountain challenged Spirit Mountain to nine matches, with the winner becoming the mainstream of the Western Teachings and the loser becoming a vassal.
• Sect Master Tongtian infiltrated Sumeru Palace and overheard Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the others discuss their three Rakshasa Tribulation Realm allies.
• The allies claimed that their True Venerable Realm cultivation would let them defeat Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, while Amitabha Buddha warned against underestimating him.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva and the other leaders dismissed Amitabha Buddha's caution, and Sect Master Tongtian continued to hide and observe them.
• As the gathering turned to food, wine, and dancing, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Great Sun Tathagata became dizzy after drinking only two cups.

Sect Master Tongtian ambushed Amitabha Buddha’s group, defeated their escape attempts, and revealed strength equivalent to the seventh layer of the Origin Lord Realm. He left Amitabha Buddha alive but bewildered in the Little Maze, where the banquet continued.

• Amitabha Buddha realized the wine was poisoned as his companions fell asleep, but Sun Wukong killed the three Rakshasa men and trapped him.
• Amitabha Buddha repeatedly tried to escape by transforming into a speck of light, but Sun Wukong appeared before him each time.
• Amitabha Buddha deduced that Sun Wukong was likely an incarnation of Sect Master Tongtian, but Tongtian denied the guess.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed an aura beyond the True Venerable Realm, explaining that he had fused the three Rakshasa men’s essence, energy, and spirit into his sacred body.
• Sect Master Tongtian made Amitabha Buddha vanish, and Amitabha reappeared in the Little Maze as the banquet carried on.

Sect Master Tongtian told Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor that Nirvana Mountain should deliberately lose its challenge to Spirit Mountain, freeing it to focus on expanding into other domains as the Infinite Primordial World faced collapse. He explained that the contest would make their surrender look genuine and leave Spirit Mountain to draw the attention of others.

• Amitabha Buddha planned to use the Rakshasa powerhouses’ support to expand his influence after winning the Ghost Festival.
• Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor told Sect Master Tongtian that Spirit Mountain had gained three powerful helpers and considered using the supreme Forbidden Spell.
• Sect Master Tongtian urged Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor to accept losing the contest, shocking him with the suggestion to surrender.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained that making Spirit Mountain a vassal would burden Nirvana Mountain while the Infinite Primordial World faced collapse and Sakyamuni Buddha expanded elsewhere.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed that the challenge was meant to disguise their intentions and make Spirit Mountain draw the fire.

Sect Master Tongtian helped Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor devise a way for Spirit Mountain to avoid truly submitting to Nirvana Mountain, then visited Queen Mother of the West and Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya vowed to resolve the Heavenly Court’s troubles within three days, while Sect Master Tongtian set out to finish verifying his star map before the Ghost Festival and received a strange system choice.

• Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor understood Sect Master Tongtian’s plan to make Spirit Mountain appear to serve Nirvana Mountain without genuinely obeying it, and began making arrangements.
• Sect Master Tongtian visited Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun, spent time with Saint Venerable Tian Feng, and then went to the Heavenly Court to see Jiang Ziya.
• Jiang Ziya told Sect Master Tongtian that he would resolve the Heavenly Court’s problem within three days, and asked him not to interfere in the family matter.
• Sect Master Tongtian left the Heavenly Court and entered the wandering belt to verify the remaining locations on his star map before the Ghost Festival.
• The system offered Sect Master Tongtian a choice between finding the Lost Catalogue and the Annihilation Catalogue, and he chose the Lost Catalogue, receiving the Primordial Tome and a Primordial Chaos Spirit Seed.

Sect Master Tongtian investigated strange planets after following a booming sound into a lifeless Great Dao Domain, adapting his holy body to survive their unusual substances. Entering a tiny vacuum at the center of a water planet, he found himself in a chaotic, unfamiliar environment that reminded him of Primordial Chaos.

• Sect Master Tongtian questioned why the system had awarded him the Primordial Tome and Primordial Chaos Spirit Seed, then followed a sudden boom into a Great Dao Domain.
• Sect Master Tongtian entered a magma-covered planet, adapted his holy body to its heat, and stored the magma's essence in his Small World.
• Sect Master Tongtian explored a planet made entirely of dense liquid and discovered a spherical void at its center.
• Sect Master Tongtian entered the void and found himself in an unfamiliar chaos that reminded him of Primordial Chaos.

Sect Master Tongtian explored a seemingly boundless Primordial Chaos World and discovered an egg-shaped space holding sleeping beings, including Pangu, connected to a pulsing sphere. After taking control of Pangu, he found that Pangu was a puppet awakened by orders, strengthening Tongtian’s suspicion that the world was a testing ground or game, though he still had no lead on its hidden controller or an exit.

• Sect Master Tongtian explored the vast Primordial Chaos World for seven days and concluded that it had no discoverable boundaries.
• Sect Master Tongtian followed a vital aura and found an egg-shaped space containing sleeping beings such as Pangu, Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, First Qilin, and the Three Pure Ones, but not Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Sect Master Tongtian approached the pulsing egg, but Pangu awakened, raised the Sky-Opening Great Axe, and demanded to know who he was.
• Sect Master Tongtian became incorporeal and took control of Pangu’s body, discovering that Pangu had no memories and had awakened in response to an order.
• Sect Master Tongtian found a connective structure in Pangu’s body that received orders, concluding that Pangu was a puppet controlled by an unknown force.
• Sect Master Tongtian grew more certain that the world was a testing ground or game, but he still made no progress toward finding its controller or an exit.

Sect Master Tongtian searched the final Heavenly Dao Domain for the Lost Catalogue while Saint Tianhai fought a powerful woman. After finding the Annihilation Catalogue instead, Tongtian intervened when a mysterious black shadow appeared behind Tianhai, but the shadow burrowed into Tongtian’s body.

• Sect Master Tongtian sent out his avatars to finish the star map and searched the remaining Heavenly Dao Domain for the Lost Catalogue.
• Sect Master Tongtian found an underwater cave covered in strange writings and drawings, then discovered that it contained the Annihilation Catalogue.
• Sect Master Tongtian left the cave after realizing the Annihilation Catalogue could not fulfill his mission to find the Lost Catalogue.
• Sect Master Tongtian saw that Saint Tianhai had gained the advantage over the woman and decided not to interfere in their fight.
• A black shadow appeared behind Saint Tianhai, and Sect Master Tongtian placed himself between them before the shadow burrowed into his body.

Saint Tianhai defeated the beautiful woman, and Sect Master Tongtian destroyed a black figure that had tried to possess Tianhai. After finding the Lost Catalogue and claiming his Lucky Wheel reward, Sect Master Tongtian returned with Tianhai to the Infinite Primordial World, where the Ghost Festival was about to begin at Spirit Mountain.

• Saint Tianhai killed the beautiful woman, and Sect Master Tongtian explained that the black figure had come from another domain and tried to use Tianhai’s body.
• Tianhai led Sect Master Tongtian to a cavern beneath a towering tree, where Tongtian spent seven days and nights identifying the Lost Catalogue.
• Sect Master Tongtian completed his mission, drew a prize from the Lucky Wheel, and stored the unopened box in his Small World.
• Holy Monk Tianhai and Sect Master Tongtian returned to the Infinite Primordial World and headed to Spirit Mountain for the Ghost Festival.
• Kasyapa Buddha Ancestor prepared the Pure Land arena and made arrangements in case Sect Master Tongtian did not arrive before the festival began.

Sect Master Tongtian appeared at the Ghost Festival and challenged Amitabha Buddha after he addressed him as Sun Wukong. When Great Sun Tathagata attacked, Sect Master Tongtian instantly killed him, leaving Amitabha Buddha baffled by the failure of the Rakshasa power system.

• Amitabha Buddha, the four bodhisattvas, Randeng the Ancient Buddha, and Great Sun Tathagata appeared at the Ghost Festival gathering as the Spirit Mountain side prepared to face Nirvana Mountain.
• Amitabha Buddha asked why Sun Wukong had not arrived, and Sect Master Tongtian appeared in the seat reserved for him, saying he had been there all along.
• Sect Master Tongtian challenged Amitabha Buddha over addressing him by name, and Great Sun Tathagata attacked him with a Rakshasa Tribulation Realm technique.
• Sect Master Tongtian took Great Sun Tathagata's head with a streak of dark light, killing him instantly as Heaven and Earth mourned.
• Amitabha Buddha wondered why Great Sun Tathagata's attack had failed and looked to the three Rakshasa powerhouses for an explanation.