Chapter Summaries

Lord of the Beginning persuaded Jieyin and Zhunti to rejoin the Five Saints Alliance by giving them treasures and promising them a share of the Human Race's fortune and freedom to expand the Western Teachings in the East. The three Saints renewed their alliance and began discussing how to oppose Tongtian without confronting him directly.

• Daoist Jieyin and Zhunti said they had no reason to continue the Five Saints Alliance and feared Tongtian would destroy the Western Teachings if they broke their promise.
• Lord of the Beginning argued that submitting to Tongtian would leave them trapped in their current cultivation and reminded them of their repeated defeats in the Nameless Killing Array.
• Lord of the Beginning gave Jieyin and Zhunti two high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures as compensation for their injuries.
• Lord of the Beginning promised the Western Teachings a third of the Human Race's fortune and permission to spread openly throughout the East and the Primordial World.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to rejoin the Five Saints Alliance, and the three Saints discussed how to oppose Tongtian without a direct confrontation.

Yuanshi persuaded Taishang, Zhunti, and Jieyin to strengthen the Five Saints Alliance against Tongtian’s Interception Sect, and Taishang agreed to send Xuandu out of seclusion. The four Saints then prepared to go to Zixiao Palace, while Yuanshi still had to approach Nuwa.

• Zhunti argued that the Five Saints Alliance needed Nuwa, but Yuanshi noted that she had disappeared after failing to aid them.
• Taishang arrived, having recovered and improved his strength, and joined the three Saints.
• Yuanshi proposed that Taishang send Xuandu and the Western Teachings send Maitreya to bolster their Quasi-Saint forces against the Interception Sect.
• Taishang worried about risking Xuandu in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, but agreed to have him emerge from seclusion and join the alliance.
• Taishang suggested that the four Saints go to Zixiao Palace, leaving Yuanshi thoughtful and Zhunti and Jieyin confused.

Taishang, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin appealed to Dao Ancestor Hongjun for help against Tongtian, arguing that his strength was preventing the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation from ending. Hongjun gave them the Dao Annihilation Banner and instructions for using it, leaving the four Saints ready to target Tongtian.

• Yuanshi explained that the Investiture of the Gods could not be completed without the Interception Sect filling the remaining Proper God positions, and that the Primordial World might be destroyed if the tribulation dragged on.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin went to Zixiao Palace and accused Tongtian of overpowering them and threatening the Primordial World.
• Hongjun agreed to intervene indirectly because the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had spiraled out of control, though he would not enter the fray himself.
• Hongjun produced the Dao Annihilation Banner, explained that the four Saints had to activate it together, and said they needed Tongtian's blood and a strand of his hair to target him.
• Taishang received the Dao Annihilation Banner, and the four Saints thanked Hongjun and vowed to capture Tongtian, destroy the Interception Sect, and end the tribulation.

Lord of the Beginning and Taishang visited Nuwa to persuade her to rejoin the Five Saints Alliance, but she blamed them for the Demon Race’s losses and refused. Lord of the Beginning offered her a bottle of Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, leaving the outcome of his appeal unresolved.

• Lord of the Beginning and Taishang went to Wa Huang Palace while Jieyin and Zhunti departed separately.
• Nuwa confronted Lord of the Beginning over the deaths of more than fifty thousand members of the Demon Race.
• Taishang blamed Nuwa for not joining the fight against Tongtian, and Nuwa rejected their alliance and ordered both Saints to leave.
• Lord of the Beginning bowed to Nuwa and offered her a bottle of Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs as a token of apology.
• The chapter described the rare ingredients and dangerous spiritual fires needed to refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir.

Taishang grew suspicious after Nuwa identified Yuanshi’s Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir as inferior and revealed she had seen a much better one. As Yuanshi tried to recruit Nuwa into the Five Saints Alliance, he disclosed that he knew Taishang had refined three pills, leaving Taishang demanding an explanation.

• Taishang recalled that he had refined three Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, consumed one, and had only one left after Dao Ancestor Hongjun exchanged the other.
• Yuanshi offered Nuwa a bottle of Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs as an apology and urged her to continue the Five Saints Alliance against Tongtian and the Interception Sect.
• Nuwa examined the bottle, called its pill inferior to a true Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, and sent Yuanshi and Taishang away.
• Taishang suspected Nuwa had learned about his pills from Dao Ancestor Hongjun and resented his master for revealing the secret.
• Yuanshi stated that he knew Taishang had refined three Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, and Taishang demanded to know how.

Yuanshi turned Taishang's suspicions toward Tongtian by claiming Tongtian had stolen three Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, then used a bottle of twelve elixirs from Guixu to secure Nuwa's support. The Five Saints Alliance moved closer to opposing Tongtian and the Interception Sect, while Nuwa asked how they could defeat him.

• Yuanshi accused Tongtian of stealing three of Taishang's Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, and Taishang believed him despite demanding the truth be verified.
• Yuanshi revealed twelve Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs in his bottle, and Nuwa confirmed they were genuine.
• Yuanshi said he had obtained the elixirs from Guixu, which he described as ruins of an extraterritorial battlefield beneath the East Sea.
• Yuanshi promised Nuwa that the alliance would help rebuild the Demon Race's lineage after defeating Tongtian and the Interception Sect.
• Nuwa asked how the alliance could deal with Tongtian's astonishing strength.

Nuwa joined the Five Saints Alliance after receiving the Dao Annihilation Banner, while Tongtian anticipated their plans and focused on strengthening himself through the Human Race’s destiny. The chapter ended with Jiang Ziya and Di Xin visiting Tongtian, who told them this would be their last time paying respects to him.

• Taishang gave Nuwa the Dao Annihilation Banner, and she agreed to join the Five Saints Alliance as they planned how to deal with Tongtian and the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian calculated that Hongjun had entered the conflict and reasoned that the Five Saints would prepare before attacking him.
• Tongtian assessed Yuanshi as a serious rival and resolved to advance his cultivation by drawing on the Human Race’s destiny.
• Jiang Ziya and Di Xin arrived before Tongtian and paid their respects.
• Tongtian told Jiang Ziya and Di Xin that this would be the last time they paid respects to him, then asked whether they knew why.

Sect Master Tongtian told Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin to leave the Interception Sect, not as punishment but so they could take on greater roles in the future. He revealed that Jiang Ziya would become Haotian Shangdi and rule the Heavenly Realm, Spirit Realm, and Asura Realm, while Di Xin would control the human path.

• Tongtian stopped Jiang Ziya and Di Xin from kneeling and explained that he wanted them to leave the Interception Sect because they were exceptionally capable.
• Tongtian told Jiang Ziya that he was the chosen Calamity Responder of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and had vast destiny and merit as a member of the Human Race.
• Di Xin explained that the Investiture of the Gods would establish a Heavenly Court, and Tongtian confirmed that Jiang Ziya would become its ruler, Haotian Shangdi.
• Tongtian said Di Xin would control the human path and Saint Houtu the earthly path, while Jiang Ziya would rule the Heavenly Realm, Spirit Realm, and Asura Realm.
• Tongtian explained that the Spirit Realm would form from the merged Demon Realm and Devil Realm, and that the Asuras in the Netherworld's sea of blood would establish their own realm.

Tongtian freed Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin to establish their own paths and lead the Heavenly Court and Human Race, then chose to seek his own Great Opportunity at Guixu. He arrived above Guixu in the Eastern Sea, where he sensed its unusual aura and recalled that it was an extraterritorial battlefield.

• Tongtian told Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin that they would become Sages who commanded the Heavenly Court and human path, standing as his equals rather than remaining Interception Sect disciples.
• Tongtian urged Di Xin to establish his authority among the entire Human Race, and Di Xin asked for scriptures to form an enduring dao tradition.
• Tongtian gave scriptures, treasures, and pills to Jiang Ziya and Di Xin, who left to focus on surviving the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Tongtian abandoned his plan to use the Human Race's fortune and chose to seek his Great Opportunity at Guixu.
• Tongtian accepted the system mission to go to Guixu and received the Chaos Spirit Root Nine-Flower Seven-Leaf Grass and the Book of No Dao.
• Tongtian left Golden Ao Island and reached the Eastern Sea above Guixu, recognizing it as an extraterritorial battlefield.

Tongtian followed two mysterious men through the guarded entrance to Guixu, suspecting they might come from a foreign domain. After entering safely, he explored the apocalyptic ruins in search of his Great Opportunity and wondered about Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s origins.

• Tongtian saw two disguised men pass through Hongjun’s formation and could not divine their identities.
• Tongtian followed the men through the vortex into Guixu, despite suspecting they might be from a foreign domain.
• Tongtian entered Guixu in his Pangu True Body and found that he could pass through the vortex without resistance.
• Tongtian surveyed the ruins beneath the blood moon and searched for something he could carry away as his Great Opportunity.
• Tongtian wondered whether Hongjun had brought other objects out of Guixu and questioned where Hongjun had come from.

Tongtian uncovered an alien-domain plot to infiltrate the prehistoric universe, then pursued a powerful creature in Guixu for the opportunity it could offer him. After consuming the creature’s golden blood and extracting a pearl from its head, he was engulfed in golden flames.

• Tongtian discovered two men performing a rebellion ritual and overheard them report to Saint Son that they had infiltrated the Western Teachings, the Chan Sect, and the Demon Race but not the Human Sect or Interception Sect.
• Saint Son punished one man by transforming him into a flying beast, then vanished after warning the other not to make excuses and promising more time.
• Tongtian struck the surviving man when his guard was down, learned limited information about the alien domain, and left the hidden palace’s valuable items untouched to avoid alerting the enemy.
• Tongtian searched Guixu and plunged into dangerous waters, where he found a huge three-eyed creature whose aura matched the Great Opportunity he needed.
• Tongtian attacked the raised spot on the creature’s head, pulled out a crystal-clear pearl, and swallowed its golden blood despite the agony as golden flames rose around him.

Tongtian bonded with the wounded Wuqiong in Guixu and returned to Golden Ao Island, where ten years had passed outside. After preaching to the Interception Sect, he discovered that several imprisoned disciples carried the same ominous aura as beings from another domain.

• Tongtian guided the golden blood's power until he merged with Wuqiong, then formed a contract to help Wuqiong recover in exchange for his assistance.
• Tongtian left Guixu, passed the Two Western Saints at its entrance, and returned to Biyou Palace to find that ten years had passed.
• Daoist Lu Ya and the disciples greeted Tongtian, who taught the Interception Sect new cultivation methods at the Preaching Square.
• Duobao Daoist and the other sect leaders reported on the past decade, including several disciples they had confined for acting strangely.
• Tongtian used his Soul-Moving Eyes to identify the imprisoned disciples' gloomy aura as the same kind carried by beings from another domain, and he kept his full conclusion to himself.

Tongtian investigated the disciples who had been acting strangely, then secluded himself to cultivate with the Nine-Flower Seven-Leaf Grass and its mysterious fruits. After twenty years, the war between Great Shang and Great Zhou continued, with Great Shang far surpassing its rival in territory and governance.

• Tongtian told Duobao Daoist to release the suspected disciples, then checked on his disciples’ cultivation and began secluded cultivation.
• Tongtian swallowed the Nine-Flower Seven-Leaf Grass and discovered that it grew in response to the powers circulating through his body.
• The grass bloomed and produced multicolored fruits, which Tongtian shared with Infinite Power and his incarnation; the incarnation advanced three realms.
• Tongtian continued cultivating and withheld the fruits from his disciples because he could not determine whether they were harmful.
• Over the following twenty years, Great Shang expanded and strengthened its rule while Great Zhou struggled to govern its territories.

The Five Saints Alliance planned to destroy Great Shang and seize control of the Human Race, but Great Shang attacked before they could begin. The Saints joined the battlefield and faced the Interception Sect’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation, while the Dao Annihilation Banner remained their weapon against Tongtian.

• Yuanshi and the other Saints agreed to abandon infiltration and planned to cripple the Interception Sect, kill Human Emperor Di Xin, and install Ji Fa.
• Great Shang launched an all-out attack on Great Zhou, forcing the Five Saints to change their target and appear on the battlefield.
• Yuanshi used the Eight Directions Wind Fire Cover to engulf the Great Shang army in flames.
• Jiang Ziya destroyed the cover with the God-Beating Whip and revealed that the Interception Sect’s formation had protected the soldiers.
• Jiang Ziya activated the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, which swept through a thousand zhang of the Great Zhou army and left scorched earth.
• The Five Saints recognized the formation’s danger and prepared to rely on the Dao Annihilation Banner, though Tongtian was absent.

The five Saints attacked the Interception Sect and Great Shang, overwhelming the Myriad Immortals Great Formation despite its desperate counterattack. Just as Lord of the Beginning seized Jiang Ziya’s treasures and began tormenting him, Sect Master Tongtian appeared and captured Lord of the Beginning.

• Lord of the Beginning and the other four Saints unleashed their treasures against the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, and Jieyin's Demon-Subduing Pestle was destroyed.
• Jiang Ziya led the formation’s counterattack, but Lord of the Beginning broke through its barrier and the Saints slaughtered Great Shang soldiers and Interception Sect disciples.
• Jiang Ziya triggered the formation’s final destructive assault, but the Saints survived by forming the Four Extremes Annihilation Killing Array.
• Lord of the Beginning crushed the formation, beat Jiang Ziya down, and took the Investiture of the Gods and God-Beating Whip.
• Sect Master Tongtian appeared, seized Lord of the Beginning by the neck, and blocked the Origin Power in his body.

Tongtian confronted the Five Saints Alliance and killed Yuanshi beyond the possibility of revival. After seizing the Dao Annihilation Banner, he faced the four remaining Sages, who realized his power might have reached the peak of the ninth level or even the Heavenly Dao Realm.

• Taishang, Zhunti, and Jieyin attacked Tongtian as Yuanshi urged them on, but Tongtian remained calm.
• Yuanshi used the Nameless Treasure Box against Tongtian, only for Tongtian to appear behind him and sever his head.
• Tongtian seized Yuanshi's Primordial Violet Spirit and shattered it, killing Yuanshi completely as Heaven and Earth mourned.
• Tongtian erased Hongjun's mark from the Dao Annihilation Banner, took it for himself, and left Taishang, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa stunned by his strength.

Tongtian defeated the Five Saints Alliance, killing Grand Supreme Elder Lord, Jieyin, and Zhunti while trapping Nuwa and demanding that she become his Dao Companion in exchange for restoring the Demon Race. Dao Ancestor Hongjun intervened, broke Tongtian’s killing array, and took away the magical treasures, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Tongtian fought off the four allied Saints, then trapped Grand Supreme Elder Lord in a cycle of death and resurrection with the Nameless Killing Array.
• Tongtian killed Jieyin and Zhunti as they tried to attack the Interception Sect and Great Shang Dynasty or flee.
• Tongtian seized Nuwa’s Demon Refining Pot and offered to rebuild the Demon Race if she became his Dao Companion.
• Nuwa rejected Tongtian’s demands and welcomed Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s intervention.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun broke the Nameless Killing Array in the Void of the Heavenly Dao and took away the magical treasures.

Tongtian fought the revived Lord of the Beginning and confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun while the Myriad Immortals Great Formation crushed the Great Zhou and Five Saints' allied forces. The chapter ended with Tongtian and Hongjun's powers colliding, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Lord of the Beginning revived repeatedly after Tongtian destroyed his body and erased the Primordial Violet Spirit in his true spirit.
• Tongtian made Nuwa vanish, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared in fury as the Great Shang army and Interception Sect launched a fierce assault.
• Human Emperor Di Xin called on the Great Zhou soldiers to surrender, while the Myriad Immortals Great Formation devastated the allied forces and the Demon Race withdrew.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun struck the formation with Heavenly Dao Light, but Tongtian blocked him with Pangu True Body, and their clash sent the four saints flying.
• Hongjun attacked with the Origin of the Great Dao, and Tongtian answered with the Qingping Sword and Sword Dao Origin; the sword shattered as their powers collided in the void.

Tongtian used the Primordial Chaos Divine Sword to counter Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Dao’s Suppression and prove he could contend with him. He challenged Hongjun over the Heavenly Court’s planned control of the three realms, and Hongjun’s destructive aura rose as Tongtian’s question implied opposition.

• Tongtian summoned the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Array and forged the Primordial Chaos Divine Sword from fused treasures.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun unleashed Dao’s Suppression, which killed countless beings across the Primordial World and shook the Four Saints’ faith in him.
• Tongtian’s Primordial Chaos Divine Sword absorbed and transformed the pressure, then clashed with Hongjun’s millstone and nullified the attack.
• Tongtian told Hongjun he had only acted in response to threats, while Hongjun insisted the Investiture of the Gods had to be filled to preserve the Primordial World universe.
• Hongjun said the Heavenly Court would be established to control the three realms, and Tongtian questioned whether that was truly the Heavenly Dao’s will.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s aura of destruction spread again as he demanded to know what Tongtian meant.

Tongtian confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun over who would control the Heavenly Court and proved that his cultivation and power could stand against Hongjun’s. After Hongjun ended the confrontation and gave him elixirs to heal the battlefield’s casualties, Tongtian discovered that the revived soldiers carried an unfamiliar aura.

• Tongtian asked Hongjun about the future ruler of the Heavenly Court and proposed Jiang Ziya as a candidate.
• Tongtian declared that he had reached the ninth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm and could stand on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun attacked Tongtian with Heavenly Dao Tribulation, but Tongtian’s Primordial Chaos Divine Sword absorbed the lightning.
• Hongjun ended the confrontation, gave Tongtian magical treasures and spirit elixirs, and sent the four Sages and their followers away.
• Great Shang defeated Great Zhou, and Ji Fa surrendered and asked to meet Tongtian.
• Tongtian poured the elixirs into a lake to heal the casualties, then noticed that they carried an aura unlike that of the prehistoric universe.