Chapter Summaries

Grand Supreme Elder Laozi discovered that Lin Xuan had devastated his sanctuary on Shouyang Mountain, stealing its spiritual roots, pills, and treasures and leaving Xuandu unconscious. As Laozi swore vengeance, Zhunti and Jieyin sensed that Mount Sumeru had also been struck and hurried west to see the damage.

• Grand Supreme Elder Laozi failed to reach Xuandu by message and left the other saints to investigate his Daoist sanctuary.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin arrived at Shouyang Mountain and found its spiritual roots dug up and Xuandu lying unconscious.
• Laozi discovered that Lin Xuan had taken all his pills and alchemy treasures, then roared a vow to grind Lin Xuan's bones to dust.
• Laozi's fury stirred vast tribulation clouds, and beings across the Primordial World wondered how Lin Xuan had enraged him.
• Zhunti and Jieyin sensed that calamity had struck Mount Sumeru and rushed there in alarm.

Zhunti and Jieyin returned to find Mount Sumeru split apart, their treasures stolen, and their disciples stripped, so they swore a life-or-death struggle against Lin Xuan. The other Sages and powerful figures learned of Lin Xuan’s raids, while Laozi realized his own losses had been comparatively minor, and the four afflicted Sages met in awkward silence.

• Zhunti and Jieyin found Mount Sumeru split in half, their treasures gone, and their disciples piled up naked.
• Zhunti and Jieyin swore before the Heavenly Dao to fight Lin Xuan to the death.
• Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, Ming He, Kun Peng, and Empress Pingxin learned of Lin Xuan’s raids on the Sages’ homes.
• Tongtian celebrated Lin Xuan’s actions and mocked Hongjun, who blamed the four Sages for their failure.
• Laozi realized Mount Sumeru had suffered worse than his own palace, then met Zhunti and Jieyin alongside Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

Zhunti, Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Jieyin joined forces to search the heavenly secrets for Lin Xuan, but his Chaos Bead concealed him from their deductions. Unable to locate him, Zhunti proposed asking their teacher to intervene.

• Zhunti urged the other Saints to execute Lin Xuan, and Laozi warned that Lin Xuan's concealment treasure and the chaotic tribulation made locating him dangerous.
• Zhunti admitted his carelessness and persuaded Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate to help find Lin Xuan before he could ruin the treasures he had stolen.
• The four Saints brought out their supreme treasures and combined their powers to deduce Lin Xuan's location.
• Lin Xuan's Chaos Grand Formation of Stars, protected by the Chaos Bead, blocked the Saints' deductions and left them unable to find him.
• Zhunti suggested asking their teacher to take action against Lin Xuan.

Taishang, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin sought Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s help to erase Lin Xuan and end the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. In Zixiao Palace, Yuanshi revealed his contempt for Tongtian’s disciples, prompting Tongtian to sever his ties with the Pangu Three Pure Ones before the Heavenly Dao.

• Taishang, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin agreed to seek Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s intervention against Lin Xuan.
• The four Saints arrived at Zixiao Palace and asked Hongjun to erase Lin Xuan, citing the tribulation and the damage he had caused.
• Tongtian accused the Saints of using concern for the primordial world to conceal their schemes against the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi declared that Tongtian’s disciples should undergo the tribulation in place of his own disciples.
• Tongtian swore that their ties were over and that there were no longer any Pangu Three Pure Ones, and the Heavenly Dao bore witness.

Tongtian defied his brothers and swore to protect Lin Xuan, causing the Three Pure Ones' shared fortune and Pangu's Legacy to fracture. Hongjun refused to erase Lin Xuan, leaving the Saints unable to find him and setting aside their plans for now.

• Tongtian's oath severed the Three Pure Ones' shared fortune and Pangu's Legacy, costing Yuanshi and Taishang a third of their fortune.
• Jieyin blamed Lin Xuan for Tongtian's defiance, and Yuanshi and Taishang joined him in asking Hongjun to erase Lin Xuan.
• Tongtian pleaded with Hongjun to spare Lin Xuan, declaring he would surrender his Saint Position and die rather than let his disciple be erased.
• Hongjun said the greater trend could not be defied but minor trends could be changed, then dismissed the gathering without agreeing to erase Lin Xuan.
• The four Saints realized they could not locate Lin Xuan and departed to deal with problems in their own sanctums.

Lin Xuan told Daoist Duobao and the Three Sisters of Sanxiao that he would venture into the Chaos to prove the Dao and become a Sage, leaving them to watch over the disciples on Golden Ao Island. After he departed, Yunxiao felt unsure what to do with the treasures she had recovered for him.

• Lin Xuan sensed the Interception Sect's destiny had changed and decided to prove the Dao in the Chaos.
• He summoned Daoist Duobao and the Three Sisters of Sanxiao to Biyou Palace and said he would entrust them with a task.
• Lin Xuan announced he would leave to become a Sage and asked them to keep the other disciples safe while he was away.
• Yunxiao suggested sealing Golden Ao Island, but Lin Xuan told them to carry on as usual and wait for his return.
• Lin Xuan departed for the Outer Chaos before Yunxiao could give him the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and Heaven-Measuring Ruler she had recovered from Daoist Randeng.

Lin Xuan cultivated his Chaos Demon God's true form in the outer Chaos, then used Pangu's Marrow to push it beyond its former perfection. Recognizing that he was ready to prove the Dao, he summoned the Great Dao Law and prepared to become a Primordial Unity Saint.

• Lin Xuan revealed his Chaos Demon God's true form in the outer Chaos and absorbed Chaos Qi while cultivating the Nine Revolutions of Chaos Undying Heavenly Art.
• His true form grew beyond measure, and Lin Xuan reached consummate perfection in both body and primordial spirit, but suppressed his urge to prove the Dao so he could pursue greater potential.
• Lin Xuan swallowed Pangu's Marrow, whose power his true form devoured and used to break past its former perfection.
• His true form shrank to ordinary human size as his physical strength neared the Primordial Unity level.
• Lin Xuan decided the time to prove the Dao had arrived and drew down the Great Dao Law to begin.

Lin Xuan entered the River of Time and Space to undergo the trial of attaining the Primordial Great Dao, devouring its Great Dao Law fragments as he advanced to its origin. After becoming a Great Dao Saint and fully absorbing Pangu's Marrow, he chose to comprehend Pangu's Law of Strength and found himself in an even more ancient chaos.

• Lin Xuan entered the River of Time and Space and endured its waves and Great Dao laws, which his Chaos Demon God true body devoured.
• Lin Xuan reached the river's deepest origin and attained the position of Great Dao Saint as Pangu's Marrow was fully absorbed.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Pangu's Marrow had left behind an aura of the Law of Strength Great Dao and chose to accept it.
• Lin Xuan touched the Law of Strength aura and found himself in a vast, ancient stretch of chaos.

Lin Xuan was drawn into a vision of Pangu fighting the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and realized he was witnessing Pangu’s inheritance. After Pangu beckoned Lin Xuan into his true body, Lin Xuan finally understood the essence of the Great Dao of Strength.

• Lin Xuan realized that an aura of law from Pangu's Marrow had carried him into a scene from the past.
• Lin Xuan recognized that he was witnessing Pangu slay the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and saw Pangu acknowledge him.
• Pangu charged into battle with the Pangu Axe and defeated the demon gods despite their formidable Great Dao abilities.
• Lin Xuan wondered how he could comprehend the Great Dao of Strength when Pangu did not seem to use it.
• Pangu beckoned Lin Xuan's primordial spirit into his true body, and Lin Xuan understood the essence of the Great Dao of Strength.

Lin Xuan comprehended the true nature of the Great Dao of Strength, became a Great Dao Saint, and discovered its power to amplify other Great Daos. He returned to the present determined to refine the laws he had witnessed into Seeds of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

• Lin Xuan realized that the Great Dao of Strength underlay the Three Thousand Great Daos and formed a Seed of Great Dao within his Saint primordial spirit.
• Lin Xuan entrusted his primordial spirit to the Law of Strength Great Dao and became an imperishable Great Dao Saint.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Great Dao of Strength could amplify other Great Daos, though he was still only at the Hunyuan First Heaven realm.
• Lin Xuan considered the strength of the other Saints, especially the deeply hidden Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, but remained confident in his ability to fight across realms.
• Lin Xuan set aside his doubts about whether Pangu had truly summoned him to the creation tribulation and prepared to refine the laws he had witnessed into Seeds of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

After receiving the Chaos Green Lotus Dao Embryo, Lin Xuan learned that it could be restored into a Chaos Supreme Treasure by reuniting the treasures descended from the original Chaos Green Lotus. He used it to stabilize the Interception Sect’s fate and left the Outer Chaos, free to act without fearing its fate would dissipate.

• Lin Xuan received the Chaos Green Lotus Dao Embryo as a reward for cultivating in seclusion within the Chaos.
• The lotus seed revealed that it had originated from the Chaos Green Lotus and could become a Chaos Supreme Treasure if Lin Xuan reunited the treasures derived from it.
• Lin Xuan decided to use the Dao Embryo to suppress the Interception Sect’s fate and prevent the sect’s destruction from repeating.
• Lin Xuan summoned the Chaos Green Lotus Dao Embryo into the sea of fate, where it appeared above the Interception Sect’s fate divine dragon.
• The fate divine dragon became more solid and affectionately approached Lin Xuan, who then vanished from the Outer Chaos.

Zhunti and Jieyin noticed the Interception Sect’s fortune recovering and went to meet Yuanshi and Taishang, fearing Lin Xuan would disrupt their plans again. Back on Golden Ao Island, Lin Xuan summoned the disciples to Biyou Palace to preach the Dao and strengthen the sect with the spoils he had seized from the four Great Saints.

• Zhunti and Jieyin saw the Interception Sect’s Fortune Divine Dragon recover and decided to consult Yuanshi and Taishang about finding Lin Xuan and the Interception Sect disciples.
• Zhunti and Jieyin left External Incarnations to guard Mount Sumeru before traveling to the Jade Void Palace, wary after Lin Xuan’s raids.
• Yuanshi lamented the Interception Sect’s rising fortune and the weak, unstable cultivation of his twelve direct disciples, regretting that he had not taken Lin Xuan as his disciple.
• Lin Xuan returned to Golden Ao Island and summoned the Interception Sect disciples to Biyou Palace to hear him preach the Dao.
• Lin Xuan planned to improve his junior brothers’ and sisters’ cultivation and put the spoils taken from the four Great Saints to use.

Lin Xuan returned to Golden Ao Island and summoned the Interception Sect disciples to Biyou Palace to expound the Dao. When he appeared on Tongtian’s Dao platform and suppressed space-time, the disciples realized he had attained sainthood.

• Daoist Duobao heard Lin Xuan’s transmission and hurried to Biyou Palace, relieved that his senior brother had returned.
• Yunxiao regretted the distance between her cultivation and Lin Xuan’s, but Qiongxiao and Bixiao pulled her along to Biyou Palace.
• The Interception Sect disciples gathered in Biyou Palace and waited for Lin Xuan, while Tongtian’s seat remained empty.
• Lin Xuan appeared on the Dao platform, and his presence suppressed space-time throughout Biyou Palace.
• The disciples recognized the omen as proof that Lin Xuan had become a Saint.

After attaining sainthood, Lin Xuan accepted Yunxiao’s twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and opened Biyou Palace to all who wished to hear the Dao. As his lecture began, he used the insights of his listeners to deepen his understanding of the Three Thousand Great Daos and accelerated time across Golden Ao Island to one day equaling a hundred years.

• Yunxiao congratulated Lin Xuan on attaining sainthood and offered him Zhao Gongming’s twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• The Interception Sect disciples celebrated Lin Xuan’s sainthood, and he accepted Yunxiao’s treasure.
• Lin Xuan withdrew Biyou Palace’s formations and restrictions so the gathered living beings could hear his Dao lecture.
• Lin Xuan began lecturing, and auspicious signs appeared as disciples and living beings gained varying insights.
• Lin Xuan received feedback from his listeners’ insights and combined his Law of Strength with his Law of Time to accelerate time on Golden Ao Island to one day equaling a hundred years.

After a thousand years of listening to Lin Xuan preach, Yunxiao broke through to Quasi-Sainthood, and Lin Xuan rewarded her and other Interception Sect disciples with spiritual treasures. He finished distributing the spoils he had taken from the Four Saints, leaving the sect’s disciples armed with treasures once owned by their future enemies.

• Qiongxiao and Bixiao advanced to the middle stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal, while Yunxiao broke through to the Early Stage Quasi-Saint as Lin Xuan’s sermon concluded.
• Lin Xuan congratulated Yunxiao and gave her the Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle, which suited her Great Dao of Water and Great Dao of Creation.
• Lin Xuan awarded Daoist Duobao the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, which resonated with Duobao’s Great Dao.
• Lin Xuan gave Turtle Spirit Holy Mother the Sky-Flipping Seal, a treasure he had taken from the Jade Void Palace.
• Lin Xuan distributed the treasures plundered from the Four Saints among the Interception Sect disciples.

After the Interception Sect disciples left with their rewards, Lin Xuan examined the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and joined them with the twelve he already owned. The completed thirty-six pearls stirred his cracked Chaos Bead, which appeared to want to devour them.

• Lin Xuan concluded his treasure-bestowing assembly, gave the disciples spiritual treasures and pills, and sent them back to cultivate.
• Lin Xuan gave Fairy Yunxiao time to return to cultivation, leaving him alone in Biyou Palace.
• Lin Xuan brought out the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls he had obtained from Randeng and summoned the twelve pearls he had previously received from the system.
• The thirty-six pearls formed the Heavenly Cycle and revealed their potential to become an Innate Supreme Treasure capable of representing thirty-six great chiliocosms.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the completed pearls had stirred his Chaos Bead, summoned it, and watched the pearls shine more brightly in response.

After the thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls repaired the Chaos Bead, Lin Xuan discovered that it contained a Primordial World and realized he might be able to open a world inside it. He considered helping Interception Sect disciples prove the Dao there, but knew he would have to hide the plan from the Primordial Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.

• The thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls merged into the Chaos Bead and gradually repaired its cracks.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Chaos Bead was one of four Chaos Supreme Treasures and that the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls had formed from its scattered origin.
• Lin Xuan sent his Saint's primordial spirit into the Chaos Bead and discovered that it contained no Great Dao restrictions, only an endless Primordial World.
• Lin Xuan realized he could refine the Chaos Bead, open a world within it, and potentially let Interception Sect disciples prove the Dao there.
• Lin Xuan decided the plan was premature and that he must keep it hidden from the Primordial Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.

Lin Xuan surveyed Golden Ao Island and urged Qiongxiao to cultivate instead of lounging and relying on pills. As he admired the island’s diligent cultivators and imagined Kui Niu transforming into a man, a strange whim arose in his heart.

• Lin Xuan recalled the Primordial Bead and used his divine soul to inspect the cultivators on Golden Ao Island.
• Lin Xuan found Qiongxiao lounging on a cloud bed, eating pills and playing with the Wind Fire Banana Fan, so he flicked her forehead with primordial energy.
• Lin Xuan warned Qiongxiao to cultivate properly, and she sat down to meditate after recognizing his voice.
• Lin Xuan observed that the sect members, spirit beasts, and auspicious beasts were diligently cultivating, including Kui Niu, who seemed close to transforming into human form.
• Lin Xuan imagined his master’s reaction to Kui Niu’s transformation, then felt a strange sensation and recognized it as a whim.

Lin Xuan followed a spiritual warning to the ruined Ancient Demon Court of the Heavenly Realm, where he learned Haotian and Yaochi had only managed to establish a weak foothold. He reached the battlefield’s dangerous depths and sensed that the opportunity was calling to him from there.

• Lin Xuan calculated that his sudden spiritual warning signaled an opportunity, then traced it to the Ancient Demon Court of the Heavenly Realm.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the ruins and saw Golden Immortal and Heavenly Immortal cultivators patrolling, though they could not detect him.
• Lin Xuan discovered that Haotian and Yaochi had recruited wandering cultivators but lacked the power to control the former demon stronghold.
• Lin Xuan walked into the depths of the ruins, where spatial rifts, battle energy, and lingering demon souls made the area deadly to lesser cultivators.
• Lin Xuan sensed that the opportunity was in the deepest part of the battlefield and that an object there was calling to him.

Lin Xuan followed a summons into the Chaos and found the Chaos Bell, the supreme treasure that had vanished after Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s death. When he touched it, the bell rang across the Primordial World, drawing the attention of Daoist Lu Ya, Saintess Nuwa, the Saints, and others.

• Lin Xuan entered the Chaos through the void left by Demon Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s self-detonations.
• Lin Xuan followed the strengthening summons through the Chaos and reached a region where time and space were warped and frozen.
• Lin Xuan discovered the Chaos Bell, which had been hidden in the Chaos since Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s death.
• Lin Xuan touched the Chaos Bell, and its chime shook the Primordial World.
• Daoist Lu Ya abandoned his work on the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and flew toward the bell, while Saintess Nuwa and the Saints reacted to its appearance.
• The Saints sent their personal disciples toward the source of the bell chime with Saint’s Tokens.