Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan refined the Chaos Bell and discovered Pangu’s insight into creating the heavens and earth, which he began to comprehend. Meanwhile, powerful figures gathered at the Ancient Demon Court ruins, where Haotian’s authority was challenged and the dangers of the battlefield slowed their search.

• Lin Xuan learned that the Chaos Bell had recognized him as its destined master because of his connection to Pangu.
• The Chaos Bell opened its innate restrictions, allowing Lin Xuan to refine it completely in an instant.
• Lin Xuan found Pangu’s fragment of divine consciousness inside the bell and began comprehending Pangu’s insights into creating the world.
• Daoist Lu Ya arrived at the Ancient Demon Court ruins and used Solar True Fire to destroy much of Haotian’s makeshift Heavenly Court.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals, Maitreya Golden Cicada, and other Western Sect disciples ignored Haotian and entered the ruins.
• The gathered figures reached the old battlefield, where lingering attacks injured several of them and made them hesitate before a hollow radiating Chaos Qi.

Lu Ya and the Saints’ disciples entered the Chaos to find the Chaos Bell, while Lin Xuan comprehended the Great Dao of Strength and used the bell’s chimes to temper his Chaos Demon God body. The searchers struggled through the Chaos but followed the chimes toward Lin Xuan.

• Lu Ya entered the Chaos with Nuwa’s Saint’s Token, and the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect and the Western Sect disciples followed with their own tokens.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Great Dao of Strength could absorb and suppress the power of other Great Daos, established his Dao heart, and raised his mastery of Strength from ten percent to thirty percent.
• The Chaos Bell flew from Lin Xuan’s spiritual consciousness and rang, dispersing and recombining his true body nine times until it was three times stronger.
• Lu Ya and the other searchers, injured and nearly lost in the Chaos, followed the bell’s chimes toward their source; Lu Ya had lost an arm and their Saint’s Tokens had dimmed.

The Sages argued over which disciples were destined to obtain the Chaos Bell while watching them search for it. Lin Xuan emerged from enlightenment with stronger cultivation and reflected on why the Western Sages’ unstable foundations left them weaker than their peers.

• Daoist Zhunti claimed Maitreya and Golden Cicada had a destined connection to the Chaos Bell, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate argued that it belonged with his Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Daoist Zhunti and Primordial Heavenly Venerate fell silent as the four Sages watched their disciples search through the chaos, ready to claim the Chaos Bell.
• Lin Xuan emerged from enlightenment with new insight into the Great Dao of Strength and advanced from the Hunyuan First Heaven to the Hunyuan Third Heaven.
• Lin Xuan chose to strengthen his foundation before attempting another breakthrough and considered how Zhunti and Jieyin had become Saints through merit and the Forty-Eight Great Vows.
• Lin Xuan assessed the Sages’ cultivation and concluded that his comprehension of the Great Dao of Strength and his supreme treasures could let him contend with Grand Supreme Elder Laozi.

Lin Xuan planned to restore the Chaos Green Lotus and reconstruct Pangu's Sky-Opening Divine Axe by gathering its scattered treasures. When the Five Sages arrived at the Chaos Bell's last toll, they found only an empty chaotic void and wondered whether the bell had escaped again.

• Lin Xuan decided to seek the Pangu Banner and other treasures to restore the Chaos Green Lotus and reconstruct the Sky-Opening Divine Axe.
• Lin Xuan withdrew the Chaos Bell and left, causing the chaotic currents to form a destructive vortex.
• Daoist Lu Ya, the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect, and the Western Sect disciples reached the vortex but could not cross it.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Empress Nuwa manifested and jointly erased the vortex.
• The disciples and Five Sages found nothing in the chaotic void and wondered whether someone had claimed the Chaos Bell or it had concealed itself and escaped.

The four saints discussed the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation but could not find a way to locate Lin Xuan and the Interception Sect. Lin Xuan then went to the Sea of Blood, where he set his sights on Ancestor Minghe.

• Empress Nuwa left the Chaos with Daoist Lu Ya, and the four saints returned their disciples to Kunlun Mountain before gathering in Jade Void Palace.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation could engulf the saints and their disciples.
• Daoist Zhunti said Lin Xuan had hidden the Interception Sect on Golden Ao Island behind a formation that obscured Heavenly Secrets.
• Daoist Jieyin suggested asking Hongjun to locate Golden Ao Island, but Yuanshi and Taishang rejected the idea and the saints remained at an impasse.
• Lin Xuan traveled to the Sea of Blood and targeted Ancestor Minghe, whose past attempts to gain a saintly position and merit had all failed.

Lin Xuan entered the Blood Sea intending to take Ancestor Minghe’s Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus and Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner. Ancestor Minghe confronted him and erupted in anger when Lin Xuan asked to borrow the treasures.

• Lin Xuan arrived at the Blood Sea, where his presence forced the Asura Clan to stand aside.
• Ancestor Minghe sensed Lin Xuan’s arrival but held back until Lin Xuan neared the depths of the Blood Sea.
• Ancestor Minghe asked Lin Xuan why he had come, and Lin Xuan said he wanted his help.
• Lin Xuan asked Ancestor Minghe to lend him the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus and the Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner.
• Ancestor Minghe shouted that Lin Xuan was asking to die.

Lin Xuan confronted Ancestor Minghe in the sea of blood, where Minghe attacked him and discovered he was completely outmatched. Lin Xuan trapped Minghe and began refining the sea of blood, leaving Minghe begging to surrender his treasures as his undying foundation was destroyed.

• Ancestor Minghe summoned the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords and stood on the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus, threatening Lin Xuan.
• Minghe dismissed Lin Xuan as a junior and attacked, believing the sea of blood would make him undying.
• Lin Xuan shattered Minghe's strike and used Sleeve Universe to shrink the sea of blood and Minghe into a tiny sphere.
• Lin Xuan suppressed Minghe beneath the sea of blood and used Samadhi True Fire to refine it.
• Minghe begged Lin Xuan to release him in exchange for his treasures, but Lin Xuan said it was too late.

Lin Xuan killed Ancestor Minghe and used the Immortal Slaying Sword to destroy his Blood God Son incarnations throughout the Primordial World, preventing his resurrection. After Lin Xuan left the lifeless Blood Sea, the news reached Empress Pingxin, who connected the disaster to the Father God's bloodline aura she had sensed earlier.

• Lin Xuan suppressed Ancestor Minghe with the Boundless Blood Sea and burned his Blood God Sons, while Minghe's fear of death overwhelmed him.
• Lin Xuan saw through Ancestor Minghe's apparent acceptance of death and killed him with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• The Immortal Slaying Sword destroyed the Blood God Sons in the Blood Sea and struck down their karmically linked incarnations across the Primordial World.
• Lin Xuan collected Ancestor Minghe's four Innate Spiritual Treasures, restored the Blood Sea, withdrew the Chaos Bead, and departed.
• Two ghosts from the Six Paths of Reincarnation found the slaughtered Asuras and reported the scene through the underworld.
• Empress Pingxin received the report and recalled the aura of Father God's bloodline she had sensed earlier.

Empress Pingxin ordered Yu Lei and Shen Tu to claim the Blood Sea, then sent her Meng Po incarnation into the Primordial World to find the bearer of Pangu's bloodline. The Saints and other powerful beings learned of Ancestor Minghe's death but could not discover the killer, and they blamed one another instead of Lin Xuan.

• Empress Pingxin felt grateful that an unknown figure had killed Ancestor Minghe and wiped out the Asura Clan, then ordered Yu Lei and Shen Tu to seize the Blood Sea.
• Empress Pingxin sent her merit-born Meng Po incarnation into the Primordial World to search for the being carrying Pangu's bloodline.
• Zhunti and Jieyin realized Ancestor Minghe and the Asura Clan had been destroyed, ruining their plans for the future Buddhist Sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and the other Saints failed to deduce who had killed Ancestor Minghe, and none considered Lin Xuan responsible.
• Kun Peng, Zhen Yuanzi, and other veteran quasi-saints suspected the Saints, leaving the Saints to take the blame for Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan went to the Heavenly Court to see Haotian and reflect on the hidden causes behind the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. At the South Heaven Gate, he was challenged by a heavenly general, whose rude behavior ended in his death from terror after Lin Xuan entered.

• Lin Xuan considered whether Haotian's complaint to Dao Ancestor Hongjun had truly caused the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and concluded that the causes behind tribulations were far more complicated.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the South Heaven Gate and criticized Haotian for using remnants of the ancient demon race to decorate the Heavenly Court.
• A heavenly general mistook Lin Xuan for a rogue immortal and ordered him to leave.
• Lin Xuan released a thread of pressure that immobilized the guards, then walked into the Heavenly Court.
• After Lin Xuan left, the guards recovered and discovered that the rude heavenly general, Old Qian, had died of fright.

Lin Xuan entered the Heavenly Court with quasi-saint pressure and went to Lingxiao Palace to ask Haotian for something. Haotian resisted the urge to flee and asked what treasure Lin Xuan wanted, who then turned his gaze toward Yaochi.

• Lin Xuan walked through the South Heaven Gate, and his restrained quasi-saint pressure made Heavenly Court immortals faint or kneel.
• Lin Xuan noticed the White Crane Boy surrounded by Heavenly Court immortals but ignored them and headed for Lingxiao Palace.
• Haotian sensed Lin Xuan approaching and grew afraid that he would take revenge over the events that had led to the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Yaochi urged Haotian to stand firm and face Lin Xuan, and Haotian agreed not to flee.
• Lin Xuan entered Lingxiao Palace and told Haotian he had come to borrow something from the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian asked which treasure Lin Xuan wanted, and Lin Xuan turned his gaze toward Yaochi.

Lin Xuan pressured Haotian and Yaochi into handing over the Plain Cloud World Banner, claiming he needed the treasure. After Lin Xuan left, Haotian urged Yaochi to report him to the Dao Ancestor, and she saw her Senior Disciple Brother in a new light.

• Haotian and Yaochi confronted Lin Xuan, who clarified that he wanted Yaochi's Plain Cloud World Banner rather than Yaochi herself.
• Yaochi refused to lend the treasure, but Lin Xuan's display of power frightened Haotian into asking her to comply.
• Haotian argued that the Demon-Reflecting Mirror and Haotian Pagoda could still protect the Heavenly Court's fortune.
• Yaochi erased her divine-soul imprint from the Plain Cloud World Banner and handed it to Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan praised Yaochi and left, while Haotian called for them to report his humiliation to the Dao Ancestor.
• Yaochi stared at Haotian and compared him unfavorably to Lin Xuan.

After leaving the Heavenly Court, Lin Xuan discovered that his Innate Spiritual Treasures resonated with Mount Buzhou and searched its ruins for another treasure. Meng Po arrived at the old Witch Clan headquarters, found his incense offering to Pangu, and resolved to find the person whose presence she sensed.

• Lin Xuan left the Heavenly Court with the Plain Cloud World Banner, while the guards at the South Heaven Gate pretended not to notice him.
• On Mount Buzhou, Lin Xuan sensed that his five refined Innate Spiritual Treasures resonated with something beneath the mountain.
• Lin Xuan explored the ruined Witch Clan settlement, paid respects to Pangu, and followed the direction indicated by his divine sense.
• Meng Po arrived at Mount Buzhou and found the half-burned incense at Pangu's divine seat.
• Meng Po suspected that the visitor carried Pangu's bloodline and decided to find him.

Lin Xuan followed the spiritual treasure’s summons into Mount Buzhou, where True Person Huang Long hoped to find a treasure to protect himself. Huang Long watched the Twelve-Petal World-Ending Black Lotus appear and assumed it had chosen him, but it flew past him into Lin Xuan’s hands.

• Lin Xuan sensed the spiritual treasure’s urgent summons growing stronger and walked toward the depths of Mount Buzhou.
• True Person Huang Long searched the ruins for an Innate Spiritual Treasure after recovering much of his cultivation and wanting protection from future battles.
• A dark radiance appeared in a valley, and the Twelve-Petal World-Ending Black Lotus emerged.
• Huang Long recognized the famous treasure and convinced himself it had appeared for him.
• The Twelve-Petal World-Ending Black Lotus passed Huang Long and landed in the hands of Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan obtained the twelve-petaled World-Ending Black Lotus and killed True Person Huang Long, sending his remnant soul to the Investiture of the Gods. Seeing the Interception Sect’s tribulation aura ease, Lin Xuan decided to draw the Western sect and its disciples into the calamity as well.

• Lin Xuan took the World-Ending Black Lotus and recognized True Person Huang Long as a chance to reduce the Interception Sect’s karmic burden.
• True Person Huang Long demanded the treasure and attacked Lin Xuan with Jade Purity Divine Thunder.
• Lin Xuan’s power annihilated the thunder, and a single glance shattered True Person Huang Long’s primordial spirit.
• True Person Huang Long’s remnant soul drifted toward the Investiture of the Gods, reducing the tribulation aura and one karmic tie around the Interception Sect’s Luck Divine Dragon.
• Lin Xuan turned his attention toward the West and resolved to draw the Western sect’s disciples into the calamity.

After Lin Xuan killed Huang Long, Primordial Heavenly Venerate discovered the corpse and vowed to make the Interception Sect pay. Zhunti and Jieyin hoped the feud would benefit the Western Sect, but then learned that their hidden disciple Ksitigarbha had fallen.

• Lin Xuan left a message beside Huang Long's corpse declaring that he had slain the Chan Sect Golden Immortal.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sensed the killing and arrived at the scene with Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate destroyed the remaining roots of Mount Buzhou in anger and blocked the other mighty ones from watching the scene.
• Zhunti denounced Lin Xuan and urged Primordial Heavenly Venerate to retaliate against the Interception Sect.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate vowed to kill ten or a hundred Interception Sect disciples in revenge for Huang Long.
• Zhunti and Jieyin learned that Ksitigarbha, their hidden Western Sect disciple, had fallen.

After Lin Xuan killed Ksitigarbha and the Western Sect disciples, Zhunti swore a Heavenly Dao oath that Lin Xuan must die. The Sages resolved to recall their scattered disciples to their Daoist temples to keep Lin Xuan from picking them off.

• Lin Xuan killed Ksitigarbha and the Western Sect disciples, then carved a declaration of the killings into the earth.
• Grand Supreme Elder Laozi taunted Zhunti and Jieyin by describing Ksitigarbha’s fate on the Investiture of the Gods as a fine outcome.
• Zhunti swore before the Heavenly Dao that his cultivation would never advance if Lin Xuan survived, and Heaven answered with thunder.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Demon Master Kun Peng, and the Three Human Emperors reacted in shock to Zhunti’s oath.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged Zhunti to recall their scattered disciples, and Zhunti agreed to gather them in their Daoist temples.

Meng Po brought Lin Xuan to meet Empress Pingxin at the core of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where they discussed their identities and Lin Xuan's connection to Pangu. Their shared Pangu bloodline stirred a sense of familiarity in both Lin Xuan and the Netherworld, leaving open the possibility that he could gain control of the Six Paths of Reincarnation with Houtu's cooperation.

• Meng Po guided Lin Xuan through the Netherworld and brought him to the core of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Meng Po merged with the woman there, who introduced herself as Pingxin and greeted Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan asked whether Pingxin was Houtu or Pingxin, and she answered that she was both.
• Lin Xuan paid respect to Houtu and explained that he had refined Pangu's Essence Blood and fused a Fragment of Pangu's Primordial Spirit into his body.
• Houtu sensed a familiar connection with Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan felt the Netherworld respond to him as well.

Houtu invited Lin Xuan to the Netherworld to propose an alliance against the factions seeking control of reincarnation, and Lin Xuan readily agreed. As proof of their alliance, Houtu offered him the Witch Clan’s accumulated treasures, which he accepted.

• Houtu told Lin Xuan that she was constrained to the core of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and that Western Sect disciples and other factions were meddling in the Netherworld.
• Houtu explained that Lin Xuan’s victories over Minghe, the Asura, and Ksitigarbha made him a potential ally who could wield the Six Paths of Reincarnation’s power.
• Lin Xuan agreed to form an alliance with Houtu.
• Houtu offered Lin Xuan the treasures accumulated by the Witch Clan, and Lin Xuan accepted them.

Lin Xuan entered the Witch Clan’s treasury and discovered a vast collection of spiritual treasures, including the Innate Supreme Treasure World-Destroying Millstone, which he claimed for himself. As he prepared to choose treasures for his junior brothers and sisters, his bloodline resonated with another supreme treasure that began to awaken and call to him.

• Houtu opened a passage to the Witch Clan’s treasury and told Lin Xuan he could take whatever he wanted.
• Lin Xuan found more than a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures, thousands of Houtian Spiritual Treasures, and several Innate Spiritual Roots in the treasury.
• Lin Xuan sensed Destruction Power and identified its source as the Innate Supreme Treasure World-Destroying Millstone.
• Lin Xuan collected the World-Destroying Millstone, then felt his bloodline and soul respond to another supreme treasure in the treasury.
• A majestic pressure filled the treasury, silencing the Innate Spiritual Treasures as the hidden supreme treasure began to awaken.