Recaps

Lin Xuan used the Pangu Legacy Avatar to defeat Grand Supreme Elder Laozi and captured his Saint Soul with the Investiture of the Gods. Laozi became the first Saint placed on the list, while Hongjun recognized Lin Xuan as a threat.

• Lin Xuan's Pangu Legacy Avatar smashed Laozi's Chaos Legacy Treasure and blasted apart his body with two slaps.
• Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin retreated rather than risk provoking the Pangu Legacy Avatar.
• Laozi tried to destroy his Saint Soul, but Lin Xuan infused the avatar with the Law of Strength and seized him.
• Lin Xuan opened the Investiture of the Gods, whose power drew in Laozi's Saint Soul.
• Hongjun decided that Lin Xuan had become too dangerous and considered breaking this threat.

Lin Xuan used the Investiture of the Gods to refine Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, weakening his Heavenly Dao Saint’s Fruit Position and disrupting Hongjun’s plans. Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa tried to flee, but Lin Xuan caught Zhunti and Jieyin in his palm, where they mistook his finger for a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

• Lin Xuan suppressed Grand Supreme Elder Laozi as the Investiture of the Gods covered his Saint soul in Heavenly Dao Seals and fully conferred him.
• Grand Supreme Elder Laozi’s Saint’s Fruit Position fell by half a level, easing the Heavenly Dao’s pressure on Hongjun but causing the Heavenly Dao to invest one-tenth of its consciousness into the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun feared that more Saints would make the Investiture of the Gods develop another Heavenly Dao consciousness, then continued trying to break free from the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa decided to flee after seeing Laozi’s fate, but Lin Xuan called them to the Investiture of the Gods.
• Zhunti and Jieyin fled into the Chaos and mistook Lin Xuan’s finger for a white jade pillar before Lin Xuan revealed they had been inside his palm.

Lin Xuan trapped Zhunti and Jieyin in his colossal palm, overwhelming their Chaos Destruction Demon God Dharma idol. Rather than fight to the end, the two Saints surrendered, hoping to have their physical bodies sealed as gods and preserve their foundations.

• Zhunti and Jieyin summoned their Chaos Destruction Demon God Dharma idol and its two chaotic relics, convinced Lin Xuan was bluffing.
• Lin Xuan moved his Pangu's Legacy avatar, and a giant palm emerged from the chaos, enclosing the pair and dwarfing their Dharma idol.
• Zhunti feared they would become puppets controlled by the Investiture of the Gods, while Jieyin urged surrender and proposed choosing to have their physical bodies sealed as gods.
• Zhunti and Jieyin agreed to surrender, and Lin Xuan loosened his palm before crushing them.
• Zhunti and Jieyin knelt on Lin Xuan's palm and begged to surrender, stunning Lin Xuan and the countless lifeforms watching in the Primordial World.

Lin Xuan defeated Zhunti and Jieyin, then used the Investiture of the Gods to enslave their souls. Nuwa chose to leave her demon-corrupted Dao body under the Interception Sect’s control to atone for her past actions, leaving all four Saints sent by Hongjun bound to the artifact.

• Zhunti and Jieyin knelt to surrender, but Lin Xuan rejected them, and they launched a desperate attack.
• Lin Xuan crushed the brothers’ Chaos Destruction Demon God manifestation and destroyed their repaired Saint Dao bodies.
• Lin Xuan drew Zhunti and Jieyin’s souls into the Investiture of the Gods, where they willingly submitted to being refined and controlled.
• Nuwa refused to return to her original form and asked Lin Xuan to place her demon-corrupted Dao body under the Investiture of the Gods to atone for its past destruction.
• Lin Xuan accepted Nuwa’s choice, and her Dao body was added to the Investiture of the Gods alongside the other three Saints.

Lin Xuan refined Taishang and three other Saints into puppets and gained insights from the shattered array’s Ancestral Witch blood essence. In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun broke free of the Heavenly Dao’s control and left to refine its origin, while Lin Xuan sensed something had happened.

• Lin Xuan’s Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array dissipated after its banners summoned Pangu’s True Body, and the banners crumbled to ash.
• Hongjun realized the Saints’ defeat had weakened the Heavenly Dao consciousness and helped him escape its shackles, though he resented that part of its origin had gathered in Lin Xuan’s Investiture of the Gods.
• Thirty-six drops of Ancestral Witch blood essence entered Lin Xuan, giving him insights into the Great Dao laws and the possibility of recreating the array through his own body; he chose to comprehend the laws instead.
• Lin Xuan heard the Investiture of the Gods crack and sensed that something had happened in the direction of Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun freed himself, seized more than half of the Heavenly Dao consciousness’s origin, and left for the depths of Chaos to refine it.

Lin Xuan tracked the Heavenly Dao’s origin into the Chaos and realized Hongjun had left Zixiao Palace to refine it, creating an opening to rescue his imprisoned master. After revealing the palace hidden within a chaotic vortex, Lin Xuan sent three Saints to raid it.

• Lin Xuan sensed the Heavenly Dao’s origin moving into the depths of the Chaos and decided to investigate Zixiao Palace while Hongjun was away.
• Lin Xuan brought Nuwa to a forbidden chaotic vortex and explained that Zixiao Palace was hidden there.
• Lin Xuan used the Law of Strength Great Dao to destroy Hongjun’s protective restrictions and reveal Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun sensed the restrictions break, but the Heavenly Dao’s origin struck back, forcing him to focus on refining it.
• Lin Xuan summoned Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin, then ordered them to raid Zixiao Palace.

Lin Xuan led the Saints into Zixiao Palace and began emptying it of its treasures, intending to move the palace to Biyou Palace. At the place where Hongjun had preached, he found Sect Master Tongtian missing but discovered Tongtian’s Qingping Sword hidden in his meditation cushion.

• Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin resisted Lin Xuan’s command to loot Zixiao Palace, but the Investiture of the Gods forced their Dao bodies to obey.
• The Primordial Mighty Ones watched Lin Xuan enter Zixiao Palace and wondered why Dao Ancestor Hongjun had not stopped him.
• Lin Xuan decided to take Zixiao Palace back to Biyou Palace and use it to strengthen the Interception Sect.
• Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin silently collected every valuable item in Zixiao Palace as they followed Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan found that Sect Master Tongtian had recently been at the preaching hall but was now gone, then pulled the hidden Qingping Sword from Tongtian’s meditation cushion.

Lin Xuan received the Qingping Sword Sect Master Tongtian had secretly left for him, while Hongjun remained trapped in the depths of Chaos refining the Heavenly Dao’s origin. Lin Xuan and his allies looted Zixiao Palace and took it with them, causing a Chaos tide that drew ancient beings toward the Primordial World.

• Lin Xuan discovered Tongtian’s hidden formation on the Qingping Sword, dispelled it, and took the sword.
• Tongtian sensed Lin Xuan had received the sword and continued resisting the Chaos Qi eroding him as Hongjun refined the Heavenly Dao’s origin nearby.
• Hongjun regretted leaving his treasures in Zixiao Palace, but could not stop Lin Xuan from looting them while he was occupied.
• At Lin Xuan’s instruction, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin finished plundering Zixiao Palace, and Lin Xuan collected its treasures into his personal space.
• Lin Xuan refined Zixiao Palace into a small object and took it, causing the Chaos vortex to collapse and send a tide of Chaos Qi surging through Chaos.
• The Chaos tide awakened ancient beings and drew Chaos Giant Beasts toward the Primordial World as Lin Xuan vanished into Chaos.

Lin Xuan restored the Chaos Green Lotus by placing the Qingping Sword inside it, then returned to the Thirty-three Heavens with the treasure. He gave Bixiao a defensive lamp from Zixiao Palace and prepared to distribute the rest of its treasures among the Interception Sect disciples.

• Lin Xuan placed the Qingping Sword in the Chaos Green Lotus, restoring it to its complete Thirty-Six-Petaled form and earning Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Lin Xuan appeared above the Thirty-three Heavens, where the Interception Sect members and other powerful figures welcomed him after he looted Zixiao Palace.
• Bixiao complained that Lin Xuan had not taken her to Zixiao Palace, and Lin Xuan explained that the Chaos Qi beyond the heavens was too dangerous for her.
• Lin Xuan gave Bixiao the Qingyun Golden Lamp, a treasure that could protect her from the Chaos Qi once she refined it.
• Lin Xuan summoned many spiritual treasures and spiritual roots from Zixiao Palace and announced that he would distribute them among the Interception Sect disciples.

Lin Xuan distributed treasures to the Interception Sect, then carried the Primordial World beyond the chaos and concealed it before entering secluded cultivation. In the Chaos Green Lotus, he began nurturing a Sky-Opening Divine Axe from three supreme treasures and preparing to break through Hunyuan Ninth Heaven.

• Lin Xuan gifted the Interception Sect disciples countless treasures and appointed Houtu, Zhao Gongming, Duobao, the Sanxiao Sisters, and others to jointly govern while he cultivated.
• Lin Xuan transformed into a giant, carried the Primordial World to the edge of the chaotic domain, and hid it with a concealment formation.
• Lin Xuan entered the Chaos Green Lotus and used its vitality of creation to nurture his body and the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell.
• The three treasures melted into glowing particles and began evolving into the Sky-Opening Divine Axe inside the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Lin Xuan's Chaos Demon God true body approached completion, and he began circulating his mana to break through Hunyuan Ninth Heaven.

Lin Xuan broke through to the peak of the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and gained mastery of a newly nurtured Sky-Opening Divine Axe. Old Daoist Hongjun recognized the axe’s sound and, despite being close to taking control of the Heavenly Dao, prepared to leave seclusion to destroy Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used the Chaos Demon God True Body to break through to the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, then absorbed vast amounts of Chaos Qi to reach its peak.
• Lin Xuan sensed that his physical body, primordial spirit, and divine sense had all grown immensely stronger.
• Lin Xuan found that the Chaos Green Lotus had nurtured the Sky-Opening Divine Axe, which recognized his Pangu aura and acknowledged him as its master.
• Lin Xuan began refining the Sky-Opening Divine Axe so he could unleash its full power.
• Old Daoist Hongjun sensed the Chaos disturbance, failed to calculate Lin Xuan’s actions, and recognized the axe’s sound.
• Old Daoist Hongjun postponed refining the nearly subdued Heavenly Dao and resolved to leave seclusion to kill Lin Xuan.

Old Daoist Hongjun left seclusion to kill Lin Xuan, but discovered that the Primordial World had been hidden at the edge of the chaos. He entered the world, devastated its inhabitants with his presence, and confronted the Interception Sect on Golden Ao Island, demanding Lin Xuan’s whereabouts.

• Old Daoist Hongjun told Tongtian he would kill Lin Xuan, then left the chaos while Tongtian worried that Lin Xuan would face disaster.
• Old Daoist Hongjun found the Primordial World missing and annihilated more than ten thousand Chaos Giant Beasts guarding the dark vortex.
• Old Daoist Hongjun calculated that Lin Xuan had hidden the Primordial World at the edge of the chaos and traveled there.
• Old Daoist Hongjun descended into the Primordial World, crushing weaker beings with his might, and shouted for Lin Xuan to appear.
• When Lin Xuan did not answer, Old Daoist Hongjun went to Golden Ao Island and demanded that the gathered Interception Sect disciples reveal where Lin Xuan was hiding.

Old Daoist Hongjun attacked Golden Ao Island and threatened to destroy the Interception Sect unless its disciples revealed Lin Xuan’s whereabouts. The disciples refused to betray him and met Hongjun’s threat with a united, fearless declaration as his time limit expired.

• Old Daoist Hongjun’s voice withered the island’s plants and injured its creatures, but Daoist Duobao refused to reveal Lin Xuan’s whereabouts and told him to leave.
• Hongjun sent Daoist Duobao flying, then threatened to wipe out the Interception Sect; Houtu condemned his attack on a junior.
• Hongjun failed to deduce Lin Xuan’s location and gave the disciples fifteen minutes to speak before he would destroy them.
• When the time ran out, the Three Sisters of Sanxiao challenged Hongjun to kill them rather than force them to betray their Senior Disciple Brother.
• Tens of thousands of Interception Sect disciples joined the sisters in shouting that their sect had never feared death, and their cry pierced Hongjun’s dark clouds.

Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion and stopped Old Daoist Hongjun from killing the Interception Sect disciples. After Hongjun revealed that he had refined the Heavenly Dao and launched a destructive attack at Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan stood still as the chapter ended.

• Old Daoist Hongjun prepared to exterminate the Interception Sect disciples, but Lin Xuan's voice and sound waves halted his attack.
• Lin Xuan appeared above Golden Ao Island on the Thirty-Six-Grade Creation Green Lotus, carrying the Sky-Opening Divine Axe with the Chaos Bead above his head.
• Lin Xuan greeted the Interception Sect disciples and confronted Hongjun, who admitted he had refined the Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Xuan mocked Hongjun, who grew furious and threatened to annihilate him.
• Old Daoist Hongjun unleashed the Destruction Law of the Great Dao of Chaos, and Lin Xuan remained motionless as the attack approached.

Lin Xuan survived Hongjun’s Destruction Law attack unharmed and mocked the Dao Ancestor, offering him three moves. Enraged, Hongjun unleashed the Yin-Yang, Space, and Five Elements Laws in a powerful strike against Lin Xuan.

• Hongjun believed his Destruction Law attack had killed Lin Xuan and prepared to destroy the Interception Sect.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the smoke unharmed, astonishing Hongjun, the Primordial World’s living beings, and the Interception Sect disciples.
• Lin Xuan taunted Hongjun and offered to let him make the first three moves.
• Hongjun gathered dark clouds and mobilized the Yin-Yang, Space, and Five Elements Laws to attack Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan effortlessly shattered Old Daoist Hongjun’s devastating Yin-Yang Five-Element attack with a single palm, saving the Primordial World. After its inhabitants praised him, Lin Xuan announced that it was his turn to attack, and Hongjun challenged him to proceed.

• Old Daoist Hongjun sent a massive Yin-Yang Five-Element Wheel crashing toward the Primordial World, threatening to destroy it.
• Lin Xuan blocked the wheel with a giant golden palm and smashed Hongjun’s attack into fragments.
• The Primordial World’s inhabitants thanked and praised Lin Xuan, while the Interception Sect disciples celebrated his victory.
• Lin Xuan told Old Daoist Hongjun that he had let him make two moves and that it was now his turn to attack.
• Old Daoist Hongjun stared coldly at Lin Xuan and told him to come at him.

Lin Xuan attacked Old Daoist Hongjun with the Sky-Opening Divine Axe, forcing Hongjun to defend himself with the Creation Jade Disk. The jade disk survived but cracked, and Hongjun angrily refused Lin Xuan’s demand to hand it over.

• Lin Xuan revealed the Sky-Opening Divine Axe, terrifying Old Daoist Hongjun and shocking the Primordial World’s living beings.
• Lin Xuan swung the axe at Old Daoist Hongjun with the force of the Law of Strength Great Dao.
• Old Daoist Hongjun brought out the Creation Jade Disk and used it to block the axe, but the treasure cracked under the impact.
• Lin Xuan admired the Creation Jade Disk and asked Hongjun to give it to him, claiming it was fated to be his.
• Old Daoist Hongjun mocked Lin Xuan and refused to surrender the Creation Jade Disk.

Lin Xuan transformed into Pangu and used the Sky-Opening Divine Axe to split Hongjun in two, then took the Creation Jade Disk. Hongjun regenerated and confronted Lin Xuan in fury, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Lin Xuan transformed into a giant Pangu and summoned the Sky-Opening Divine Axe, terrifying Hongjun and the beings of the Primordial World.
• Pangu struck Hongjun with the axe, splitting his body in two before the stunned witnesses.
• Lin Xuan took the Creation Jade Disk and returned from Pangu's form to his own.
• Hongjun rebuilt his Dao body, then angrily accused Lin Xuan of stealing the Creation Jade Disk and threatened him.

Old Daoist Hongjun transformed into a billion-zhang Dharma body and tried to crush Lin Xuan with a devastating palm. Lin Xuan unleashed the four Immortal Slaying Swords, which pierced through Hongjun’s palm and sent blood pouring over the Primordial World.

• Old Daoist Hongjun grew into a billion-zhang Dharma body, and his gaze and roar killed countless living beings.
• Hongjun targeted Lin Xuan on Golden Ao Island and brought down a colossal palm to crush him.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Hongjun’s attack and summoned the four Immortal Slaying Swords.
• Hongjun pressed his palm down harder despite feeling the swords’ burning power.
• Lin Xuan sent the four swords upward, and they pierced through Hongjun’s palm, spilling blood across the Primordial World.

Lin Xuan froze space and time across the Primordial World, then confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun and launched the Immortal Slaying Swords at his head. The chapter ended with Hongjun trapped by the Chaos Green Lotus as the swords closed in.

• Old Daoist Hongjun continued crushing Golden Ao Island despite Lin Xuan piercing his palm, killing countless living beings.
• Lin Xuan used the Chaos Green Lotus to freeze time and space throughout the Primordial World, stopping Hongjun's descending palm.
• Lin Xuan appeared before Hongjun with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and declared he would pierce through Hongjun's head.
• Lin Xuan sent four Immortal Slaying Swords toward Hongjun's forehead and used the Chaos Green Lotus to imprison his Dharma Body.
• Old Daoist Hongjun struggled in vain as the swords rushed toward him, and he realized he had to escape.

Lin Xuan destroyed Old Daoist Hongjun’s enormous Dharma God with the Immortal Slaying Swords, while Hongjun’s primordial spirit escaped. After turning the Dharma God’s remains into nourishment for the Primordial World, Lin Xuan challenged Hongjun to reveal his remaining abilities or be erased completely.

• Old Daoist Hongjun abandoned his Dharma God and fled as Lin Xuan’s four Immortal Slaying Swords closed in.
• Lin Xuan pierced the Dharma God’s head, and its blood healed and transformed countless beings in the Primordial World.
• Lin Xuan repeatedly stabbed the Dharma God’s head before severing it and letting it fall to the Primordial World.
• Lin Xuan erased the Dharma God’s body with the Destruction Law, nourishing the plants growing around its fallen head.
• Lin Xuan taunted Old Daoist Hongjun and demanded that he use his remaining abilities before Lin Xuan erased him.

Lin Xuan used the Chaos Bead to attack Hongjun, revealing Hongjun’s true form as a Chaos Centipede. Hongjun escaped into Chaos after severing his tail, leaving Lin Xuan and the Primordial World’s inhabitants behind.

• Lin Xuan revealed the Chaos Bead and hurled it at Hongjun, whose remaining magical treasures and Creation Jade Disk had already been taken.
• Hongjun transformed into his true form, a Chaos Centipede, as the Primordial World’s inhabitants watched.
• Lin Xuan condemned Hongjun for scheming against the living beings and drove the expanding Chaos Bead toward him.
• Hongjun severed his tail to escape the Chaos Bead, which swallowed the severed tail as Hongjun fled into Chaos.
• The inhabitants of the Primordial World watched in shock as Hongjun fled from Lin Xuan in disgrace.

Lin Xuan repaired the Primordial World after driving Old Daoist Hongjun away and received Great Dao Merit for saving its people. He returned to Golden Ao Island, where Bixiao went to Biyou Palace for an overnight “treatment” and was confronted by Qiongxiao and Yunxiao the next morning.

• Lin Xuan repaired the Primordial World's shattered spaces and healed its injured lifeforms with the Chaos Green Lotus.
• The Great Dao bestowed vast Great Dao Merit on Lin Xuan, which he collected as Zhen Yuanzi, Kun Peng, Hong Yun, and countless others watched.
• Lin Xuan returned to Golden Ao Island and learned that the Interception Sect disciples were safe.
• Bixiao claimed she had an internal injury, and Lin Xuan invited her to Biyou Palace to treat it.
• Bixiao left Biyou Palace the next morning and was stopped by Qiongxiao and Yunxiao, who pressed her to explain the treatment.

Lin Xuan taught Qiongxiao and Yunxiao about the Great Dao, then prepared to enter seclusion with Houtu guarding him. He absorbed Great Dao Merit to raise his cultivation further.

• Qiongxiao and Yunxiao visited Lin Xuan in Biyou Palace and asked him to guide their cultivation.
• Lin Xuan spent a day and night explaining the Great Dao to Qiongxiao and Yunxiao, and Yunxiao felt close to a breakthrough.
• Qiongxiao and Yunxiao returned to their cave dwelling to enter seclusion and digest Lin Xuan's teachings.
• Houtu confronted Lin Xuan about spending time with his junior sisters, then agreed to protect him while he cultivated.
• Lin Xuan entered seclusion, absorbed Great Dao Merit, and felt his cultivation rise.

Lin Xuan reached the ninth Heavenly Layer of the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm and refined eighty percent of the Sky-Opening Divine Axe. Meanwhile, Old Daoist Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel and drew five Saints from the Primordial Origin of the Heavenly Dao.

• Lin Xuan absorbed the Heavenly Dao Merit and reached the ninth Heavenly Layer of the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
• Lin Xuan refined eighty percent of the Sky-Opening Divine Axe and hoped it would let him kill Old Daoist Hongjun for good.
• Old Daoist Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel deep within Chaos and planned to use it against Lin Xuan.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei sensed the wheel's appearance, transformed from a willow tree, and headed toward its light.
• Old Daoist Hongjun drew Zhunti, Jieyin, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Nuwa from the Primordial Origin of the Heavenly Dao, and they greeted him as their master.