Chapter Summaries

Sect Master Tongtian’s clash with the Two Sages of the West brought a mysterious Chaos Supreme Treasure, the World-Destroying Millstone, into view. Su Yang recognized it and considered how obtaining it might help him combine multiple paths of cultivation and reach Sainthood.

• Sect Master Tongtian struck again with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, forcing Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin to defend themselves against his sword qi.
• The collision between the sword qi and the two Saints’ dharma form collapsed space and revealed a millstone wreathed in the Aura of Destruction.
• Su Yang recognized the millstone as the World-Destroying Millstone, a Chaos Supreme Treasure associated with destruction, slaughter, and darkness.
• Su Yang recalled the Chaos Bead and the Thirty-Six-Ranked Chaos Green Lotus, then judged that the millstone could rival or surpass other legendary treasures.
• Su Yang considered taking control of the millstone and combining Dao Proving by Force with Three Corpses Dao Proving and his other cultivation methods.

Su Yang aimed to claim the World-Destroying Millstone, which emerged during Tongtian’s clash with Zhunti and Jieyin, and spent points on a system draw to gain the strength to secure it. His first reward was the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s Dao fruit, which he judged too weak to help him but potentially useful to someone else.

• Su Yang and Nuwa watched the World-Destroying Millstone from afar, and Su Yang warned against approaching it before they knew who else might be drawn to it.
• Hongjun sensed the treasure from Zixiao Palace and left to investigate as Tongtian fought Zhunti and Jieyin near the shattered alien space where the millstone appeared.
• Su Yang decided to spend his accumulated five million points to strengthen himself and keep the World-Destroying Millstone from falling into other hands.
• Su Yang used one hundred thousand points on a gold draw and received the Golden Crow Great Emperor’s lifelong Dao fruit.
• Su Yang concluded that the Dao fruit could not advance his cultivation, though it might still be useful to someone else.

Su Yang used the prize pool to obtain several Dao Fruits and treasures, including Immortal King Wuzhong's Dao Fruit and the Beginningless Sutra, while Sect Master Tongtian fought Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin. Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed the World-Destroying Millstone and recognized that its aura resembled a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

• Su Yang set aside a Dao Fruit for Ji Ziyue, then drew Immortal King Wuzhong's Dao Fruit from the prize pool.
• Su Yang spent five hundred thousand points and obtained the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor's Dao Fruit, the Azure Emperor's Dao Fruit, the Queen Mother of the West's Dao Fruit, the Bronze Immortal Palace, and the Beginningless Sutra.
• Su Yang absorbed the Beginningless Sutra's scriptures and spent another three hundred thousand points on the prize pool.
• Sect Master Tongtian battled Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, struggled against their combined attacks, and considered cultivating the Three Corpses Dao.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed the World-Destroying Millstone and considered giving it to Su Yang to establish a karmic connection.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed the World-Destroying Millstone and concluded that its aura belonged to a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

The World-Destroying Millstone reappeared above Heaven, drawing the attention of Saints and powerful beings across the Primordial World. Su Yang weighed how to secure it, while the gathered factions prepared for a struggle over the treasure.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven headed for the Primordial World after sensing the World-Destroying Millstone’s appearance.
• The millstone’s destructive aura disturbed the Tree of Creation at Eight Views Palace, and Supreme Purity recognized the artifact and felt his desire for it awaken.
• Sect Master Tongtian confronted Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin near the millstone as Su Yang told Nuwa he was tempted by it but would wait.
• Su Yang examined his Desolate Heavenly Emperor Summoning Card and received the Sacrificing Dao Method, learning that cultivators of any foundation could use it to sacrifice a path forward.
• Su Yang considered spending his remaining four million points as powerful beings began arriving in Heaven, including Buddhist forces, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Two Sages of the West.

Great Sun Tathagata trapped Sun Wukong in his Buddha Kingdom in Palm after Sun Wukong wagered that escaping would win him the Jade Emperor’s throne. Sun Wukong lost and was buried beneath Five Finger Mountain, where Great Sun Tathagata sealed his cultivation and abilities.

• Great Sun Tathagata restrained Sun Wukong and offered to pardon his past if he escaped his palm, promising to ask Heaven to grant him the title of True Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Sun Wukong rejected the bestowed title and reestablished the wager, demanding the Jade Emperor’s throne if he escaped.
• Sun Wukong fled through Great Sun Tathagata’s Buddha Kingdom in Palm, but Great Sun Tathagata expanded his fingers into five pillars and stopped him.
• Great Sun Tathagata collapsed the Buddha Kingdom in Palm and buried Sun Wukong beneath rocks in the western territory of the Great Tang.
• When Sun Wukong struggled against his imprisonment, Great Sun Tathagata placed the Six-Character Mantra atop Five Finger Mountain, sealing Sun Wukong’s cultivation and divine abilities.

The Spiritual Stone Monkey cursed Tathagata from beneath the mountain while the Great Divine Ability Users focused on the World-Destroying Millstone in Great Luo Heaven. As Jade Emperor proposed sealing it, the millstone awakened and unleashed a flood of destruction, and a ray of chaos-light tore through the void toward the assembled experts.

• The Spiritual Stone Monkey vowed to crush Spirit Mountain and confront Tathagata if he ever escaped the mountain.
• Jade Emperor watched the World-Destroying Millstone and proposed that the powerful beings join forces to seal it before deciding who would claim it.
• Jade Emperor privately told Queen Mother of the Jade Pool that he hoped to refine the millstone and gain power enough to stand against the Saints.
• The Great Divine Ability Users began preparing a formation, but the World-Destroying Millstone trembled and released a terrifying Aura of Destruction.
• Grand Unity Golden Immortals and Quasi-Sages joined forces to raise a barrier against the advancing destruction.
• A ray of chaos-light tore through the void from beyond the firmament as the experts struggled to hold the barrier.

Primordial Lord of Heaven tried to suppress the unclaimed World-Destroying Millstone with the Pangu Banner, but it devoured and erased a Great Thousand World, leaving him intent on claiming the treasure. He probed Su Yang about the absent Heavenly Emperor Ye and Desolate Heavenly Emperor, while Su Yang answered with a veiled challenge and acknowledged that their relationship was a friendship formed through a fortuitous encounter.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven attacked the World-Destroying Millstone with the Pangu Banner, but the millstone swallowed and ground a newly created Great Thousand World into nothing.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven and the gathered Great Divine Ability Users recognized the millstone's overwhelming power, and Primordial Lord of Heaven wondered whether it was a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven noticed Su Yang and worried that Heavenly Emperor Ye and Desolate Heavenly Emperor might arrive to contest the treasure.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven questioned Su Yang about the two Emperors' absence, and Su Yang reminded him of his past defeat after being besieged by four people.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven challenged Su Yang's ability to command such powerful allies, and Su Yang said his guess was close but asked whether he truly understood everything.

Grand Pure Laozi arrived as the World-Destroying Millstone appeared and identified it as a complete Chaos Supreme Treasure, stirring the desire of the assembled powers. After the millstone killed more than a dozen Grand Unity Golden Immortals, a white-haired old man appeared Above the Nine Heavens.

• Su Yang deflected Primordial Lord of Heaven’s probing questions while the two considered the difficulty of claiming the World-Destroying Millstone.
• Grand Pure Laozi descended, and Primordial Lord of Heaven greeted him as his elder brother.
• Grand Pure Laozi identified the millstone as a Chaos Supreme Treasure, shocking the gathered mighty figures.
• Numerous Grand Unity Golden Immortals charged the millstone, but its destructive aura annihilated one and killed more than a dozen others.
• A tremendous pressure swept the battlefield and knocked the gathered figures away as a white-haired old man appeared Above the Nine Heavens.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared to seize the World-Destroying Millstone and ordered it destroyed, but the Desolate Heavenly Emperor intervened and matched his power. Hongjun, wary of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s strength, offered him half the decomposed treasure as the two faced off.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun manifested through the Heavenly Dao, ordered the World-Destroying Millstone destroyed, and reached for it.
• The World-Destroying Millstone resisted Hongjun, but a Sword Intent from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor forced Hongjun’s arm back.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor appeared beside Su Yang and destroyed Hongjun’s attack with a raised hand.
• Su Yang recognized that the summoned Desolate Heavenly Emperor was his true late Divine Ruins-stage self, while the Saints and other powers watched in shock.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sensed the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had reached the peak of the Three Corpses Sage realm and offered him half the World-Destroying Millstone if he stopped fighting over it.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun over the millstone, revealing swordsmanship powerful enough to pierce Hongjun’s Heaven’s Dao defenses. As the battle escalated, Hongjun summoned the origin of Heaven’s Dao to face Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s next devastating strikes.

• Desolate Heavenly Emperor declared that the millstone belonged to him and opened the battle by attacking Hongjun with a world-shaking Sword Light.
• Hongjun used Heaven’s Dao Power to counter Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s Desolate Sword Art, while the Six Heavenly Dao Saints and other experts watched in shock.
• Nuwa and the other Saints considered the gulf between their power and Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s, and Tongtian resolved that he could also break free of Heaven’s Dao and cultivate his own path.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor unleashed the Grass Extinguishing Sword Art, combining it with Willow Deity’s profundity to pierce Hongjun’s barrier and send him flying tens of thousands of miles.
• Desolate Heavenly Emperor followed with Desolate Sword Intent and Killing Intent, while Hongjun summoned Heaven’s Dao origin into a chaos vortex to devour the strike.

The Desolate Heavenly Emperor pressured Dao Ancestor Hongjun in a fierce battle, astonishing the onlookers with his strength and apparent rapid advancement. Hongjun revealed a fragment of the Jade Plate of Fortune and gathered its power, forcing the Desolate Heavenly Emperor to face his full strength.

• The mighty figures watching the battle wondered whether the Desolate Heavenly Emperor could withstand his own Sword-Holding Kill, while Tongtian questioned whether even the Four Swords of Zhu Xian could stop it.
• Empress Nuwa asked Su Yang how the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had grown so powerful, and Su Yang explained that he was reclaiming the strength he had once possessed.
• The Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Dao Ancestor Hongjun traded attacks, with the Desolate Heavenly Emperor gaining the faint upper hand and leaving Hongjun under heavy pressure.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recalled being suppressed by Ancestor Yang Mei before drawing on the support of the Heavenly Dao, but still could not gain an advantage over the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed a fragment of the Jade Plate of Fortune and used its power, prompting the Desolate Heavenly Emperor to take the threat seriously.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Hongjun unleashed their strongest powers, then moved their battle beyond Chaos to keep the Primordial World from collapsing. Left behind, the World-Destroying Millstone drew the Heavenly Dao’s attack, while Jade Emperor hesitated over whether to seize it and risk Hongjun’s wrath.

• Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao’s power, but Desolate Heavenly Emperor countered it with the Hand of the Heavens, and their forces collided.
• Su Yang shielded himself from the shockwaves with the Bell of Time as Ruthless Great Emperor reinforced its defenses.
• Hongjun lured Desolate Heavenly Emperor into Chaos to continue their battle away from the Primordial World.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao attacked the World-Destroying Millstone with nine levels of divine thunder, but the millstone answered with destructive power.
• Jade Emperor considered seizing the millstone, but Queen Mother of the Jade Pool warned him that Hongjun might return and punish him.

The World-Destroying Millstone drew countless powerful beings hoping to claim it, but Footprint Emperor blocked their path on Su Yang’s behalf. After Daoist Qingyun was destroyed by the millstone, the others retreated, leaving Footprint Emperor worried that Su Yang might not be able to control it.

• The Jade Emperor gave up hope of claiming the World-Destroying Millstone but anticipated that its fragments would become powerful treasures if it shattered.
• Footprint Emperor appeared before the millstone and warned the assembled immortals not to approach it for the Venerable One’s sake.
• A Grand Unity Golden Immortal attacked Footprint Emperor, and Footprint Emperor cut down several attackers who rushed toward him.
• Daoist Qingyun seized the millstone, but its destructive power disintegrated his body and destroyed his soul.
• The immortals stopped advancing, and Footprint Emperor considered whether Su Yang could truly control the millstone before setting aside his hesitation.

Footprint Emperor battled the World-Destroying Millstone while Su Yang declared that he could subdue the Chaos Supreme Treasure. Empress Houtu and Sect Master Tongtian pledged to help him, and the chapter left their side gathering strength as the Western Sages threatened to contest the artifact.

• Footprint Emperor approached the World-Destroying Millstone and cleaved its destructive spear with his sword.
• The World-Destroying Millstone unleashed a sweeping wave of destruction that erased Footprint Emperor's sword and forced him to defend himself with layers of mana.
• Su Yang said he had a way to control the World-Destroying Millstone, despite Empress Nuwa warning that it was too dangerous for him.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Empress Houtu offered to help Su Yang seize the treasure, while Empress Houtu secretly gathered Earthly Dao power.
• Empress Houtu vowed to fight for Su Yang, and Su Yang looked down at the other golden-glowing card in his hand.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti tried to claim the World-Destroying Millstone, but it injured Jieyin and Sect Master Tongtian challenged the Western Sages to defend Su Yang’s claim. Tongtian fought them with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and Su Yang watched as the battle turned against him.

• Su Yang resolved to retrieve the World-Destroying Millstone and use it to help Ruthless Great Emperor advance.
• Daoist Jieyin seized the World-Destroying Millstone, but its destructive force burned his palm and forced him to release it.
• Daoist Zhunti claimed the millstone was destined for the Western Pure Land, and Sect Master Tongtian denounced his claim and vowed to fight for Su Yang.
• Sect Master Tongtian attacked Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and the two Western Sages met his sword strikes together.
• Su Yang observed that Tongtian was gradually being suppressed and feared that Jieyin and Zhunti might use a sneak attack.

Empress Nuwa joined Sect Master Tongtian’s battle against the Two Sages of the West, while the Jade Emperor urged the Sages to move their fight away from the Thirty-three Heavens. The World-Destroying Millstone then began unleashing catastrophic power, forcing all six Heavenly Dao Sages to join forces to suppress it.

• Empress Nuwa attacked Daoist Jieyin with the Red Embroidered Ball and challenged him, preventing the Two Sages of the West from overwhelming Sect Master Tongtian.
• Grand Pure Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven discussed waiting for the World-Destroying Millstone to disintegrate so they could claim treasures from its fragments.
• The Jade Emperor bowed to the Sages and asked them to move their battle to the Chaos to protect the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Sect Master Tongtian set off for the Chaos, but the World-Destroying Millstone rose and its destructive power began tearing through the heavens.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Daoist Zhunti attacked the millstone, but it absorbed and withstood their strikes as its power continued to grow.
• Grand Pure Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Daoist Jieyin, Daoist Zhunti, Empress Nuwa, and Sect Master Tongtian joined forces to suppress the rotating millstone.

Su Yang summoned Heavenly Emperor Ye to help confront the World-Destroying Millstone, and Ye revealed that he had reached the pinnacle of the Sacrificial Dao Realm. The chapter left Ye battering the treasure and demanding that it submit to him and serve Su Yang.

• Su Yang summoned Heavenly Emperor Ye, whose arrival blocked the Six Sages' combined attack.
• Daoist Zhunti attacked Ye with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Ye destroyed its light with a punch and forced Daoist Jieyin to join the fight.
• Ye revealed that he and the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had reached the pinnacle of the Sacrificial Dao Realm, while Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin had made no progress.
• Ye challenged Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Laozi, who declined to fight, then told everyone to move away from the World-Destroying Millstone.
• Ye demanded that the millstone submit and serve Su Yang, then repeatedly struck it with the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

Su Yang claimed the World-Destroying Millstone despite Hongjun warning that it threatened the Primordial World, then left for the Earthly Immortal Realm with his allies. The Two Sages of the West learned that Tongtian planned to give up his Heavenly Dao Sage cultivation and began eyeing his Four Swords of Zhu Xian.

• Heavenly Emperor Ye battered the World-Destroying Millstone into submission and brought it to Su Yang, while Desolate Heavenly Emperor finished his fierce battle with Hongjun.
• Hongjun asked Su Yang to dismantle the millstone to protect the Primordial World, but Su Yang stored it in his System Space and refused to hand it over.
• With Heavenly Emperor Ye, Desolate Heavenly Emperor, Tongtian, Nuwa, Houtu, and other allies standing behind Su Yang, Hongjun accepted his decision and returned to Zixiao Palace.
• Su Yang and his companions departed Great Luo Heaven for the Earthly Immortal Realm, while the other powerful beings dispersed.
• The Two Sages of the West learned that Tongtian intended to sever his cultivation foundation and considered seizing his Four Swords of Zhu Xian.

Great Sun Tathagata, Jade Emperor, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Queen Mother of the Jade Pool discussed the disrupted plans for Journey to the West and decided it could still proceed soon. In Qingshan City, Tongtian asked Su Yang how Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Ye had grown so powerful, but Su Yang sealed the inn before answering.

• Jade Emperor said the Spiritual Stone Monkey had been suppressed beneath Five Finger Mountain, allowing the journey west to continue according to plan.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva told Great Sun Tathagata that Golden Cicada’s good body was ready and the journey could begin within five months of outside time.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu returned to the inn in Qingshan City, where Black Emperor and Duan De were still fighting over a chicken leg and Ji Ziyue cultivated.
• Tongtian asked Su Yang how Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Ye had become so powerful in little more than a month.
• Su Yang closed the inn’s gate and blocked all outside attempts to spy, leaving the gathered powerful beings without his answer.

Su Yang explained that Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Ye had come from different timelines and worlds, where time flowed differently. Sect Master Tongtian resolved to sever his connection to the Heavenly Dao and asked whether Su Yang could help him regain Sainthood.

• Mighty figures and the four Saints stopped probing the distant inn after concluding that the secrets of Heaven could not be discerned.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu asked Su Yang how Desolate Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Ye had gained overwhelming power so quickly.
• Su Yang explained that hundreds of thousands of years had passed in Desolate Heavenly Emperor's world, then suggested the two visitors had come from different points in their timelines.
• Su Yang urged Sect Master Tongtian to consider his path after severing himself from the Heavenly Dao.
• Sect Master Tongtian declared he was willing to abandon his Heavenly Dao Sainthood and asked Su Yang whether he could help him ascend to Sainthood again.