Chapter Summaries

Taiyi Zhenren arrived at Chentang Pass with the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals to claim Nezha as his disciple, only for Nezha to reject his teachings and seize his Nine Dragons Fire Cover. Just as Taiyi offered more treasures, Zhao Gongming's teasing voice came from the courtyard gate.

• The Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals reached Li Mansion, where Taiyi Zhenren recognized Nezha as the child he wanted to take as his disciple.
• Taiyi Zhenren approached Nezha and declared himself his Heaven-appointed master, but Nezha mocked his cultivation and called him weak.
• Taiyi Zhenren demonstrated the Nine Dragons Fire Cover, and Nezha grabbed it without being harmed by its flames.
• Taiyi Zhenren realized Nezha had a natural affinity for the Fire Dao and offered him the Nine Dragons Fire Cover if he became his disciple.
• Nezha dismissed the treasure, and Zhao Gongming spoke from the courtyard gate as Taiyi Zhenren prepared to offer more treasures.

Zhao Gongming confronted Taiyi Zhenren over his attempt to claim Nezha as a disciple, then faced Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals. Zhao Gongming defeated Guangchengzi in a single strike, leaving him stunned in the East Sea.

• Taiyi Zhenren asked Li Jing to let him take Nezha as a disciple, but Zhao Gongming revealed that Nezha was already his student and lifted Taiyi by the collar.
• Guangchengzi, Manjushri, and Puxian accused Zhao Gongming of taking disciples ordained for them by Heaven, and Zhao Gongming challenged them to fight.
• Guangchengzi proposed that he and Zhao Gongming discuss the Dao in the East Sea, and the other Eleven Golden Immortals and Li Jing's family went to watch.
• Guangchengzi let Zhao Gongming attack first, but Zhao used the Five Innate Spirit Pearls and a sudden strike to send him crashing into the sea.

Zhao Gongming fought Guangchengzi and then the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals in the East Sea, using his Spiritual Treasures and seemingly endless reserves of Innate Spiritual Energy to hold them off. After more than ten thousand exchanges, the battle remained even, and Chijingzi wondered why Zhao Gongming showed no signs of tiring.

• Zhao Gongming restrained Guangchengzi with the Dragon Binding Rope and Five Innate Spirit Pearls, then knocked him into the sea with a single elbow.
• Zhao Gongming taunted the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals and challenged them to attack together.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals brought out their Spiritual Treasures, and Zhao Gongming charged them with his Golden Whips and Five Innate Spirit Pearls.
• Li Jing, Yin Shiniang, Jinzha, Muzha, and Nezha watched the battle from Chentang Pass while Ao Guang worried about the fighting in his East Sea.
• After over ten thousand exchanges, Zhao Gongming and the Twelve Golden Immortals remained evenly matched, and Chijingzi questioned why Zhao Gongming had not run out of mana.

Zhao Gongming used the Five Innate Spirit Pearls to outlast the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals and force them to retreat from Chentang Pass. Primordial Lord of Heaven rebuked his disciples for losing, while Daoist Tianzun was beaten by his fellow disciples again; the chapter ended with an observation about the Kunlun Mirror at West Kunlun.

• Guangchengzi realized Zhao Gongming’s Five Innate Spirit Pearls stored and replenished vast amounts of spiritual energy, allowing him to fight without tiring.
• Zhao Gongming challenged the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals to continue fighting or leave Chentang Pass, and Guangchengzi led them in retreat.
• Zhao Gongming returned to Chentang Pass and joked that he was too weak because he had only fought the twelve to a draw.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven summoned the Twelve Golden Immortals to Jade Void Palace and scolded them for failing to defeat Zhao Gongming.
• Daoist Tianzun claimed they had nearly won, prompting his fellow disciples to beat him again after they left the palace.
• At West Kunlun, someone remarked that the Kunlun Mirror was missing eight Innate restrictions.

Cangyuan accepted the Kunlun Mirror from Queen Mother of the West and gained the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, while the Heavenly Dao searched in vain for its hidden treasure. Back in Song Family Village, Jiang Ziya asked its women what they thought of Great Shang and how they would react to a rebellion against it.

• Queen Mother of the West gave Cangyuan the Kunlun Mirror in hopes that he would help her find a path to attaining the Dao.
• Cangyuan chose to accept her request, and the system rewarded him with the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi hidden in Heavenly Dao Space.
• The Heavenly Dao searched its domain and the Prehistoric World for the missing Primordial Violet Qi but could not find it; the Qi appeared in Cangyuan Realm.
• Cangyuan promised to do his best for Queen Mother of the West, took the flawed Kunlun Mirror, and returned to Chaos Three Immortal Island.
• Jiang Ziya asked Xiao Cui and the other women at Song Family Village what they thought of Great Shang; they praised its care for the common people.
• Jiang Ziya asked what they would do if someone claimed Great Shang was corrupt and raised a banner to overthrow it.

Jiang Ziya rejected the Chan Sect’s command to overthrow Great Shang, destroyed his cultivation, and gave up the Investiture of the Gods. Primordial Lord of Heaven appointed Shen Gongbao to replace him, while Ma Zhaodi led the aged Jiang Ziya away.

• The women at the village entrance defended Great Shang, and Jiang Ziya resolved that he could not help overthrow it.
• Jiang Ziya summoned Immortal Weng of the South Pole and declared that he was quitting the task of assisting the Chan Sect.
• Jiang Ziya destroyed his cultivation, aged into an old man, and asked Immortal Weng to pass the Investiture of the Gods to Shen Gongbao.
• Immortal Weng took the Investiture of the Gods and left, while Jiang Ziya celebrated his freedom on the mountain.
• Ma Zhaodi arrived and supported Jiang Ziya as she took him somewhere.
• Immortal Weng reported Jiang Ziya’s resignation to Primordial Lord of Heaven, who ordered him to give the Investiture of the Gods to Shen Gongbao.

Shen Gongbao accepted Feng Yuan’s orders to help Ji Chang return to Xi Qi and foment rebellion, while Jiang Ziya learned that Ma Zhaodi was an immortal and had married him as part of an assignment. As Jiang Ziya settled into a long life outside the Canonization of Gods, Taiyi Zhenren’s killing-tribulation karma worsened and drove him toward a dangerous plan.

• Shen Gongbao rejected the Chan Sect’s lofty treatment and sought instructions from Feng Yuan, who ordered him to build the Canonization Platform and later help Ji Chang return to Xi Qi and rebel against Shang.
• Feng Yuan urged Shen Gongbao to recruit disciples by calling out “Daoist Please Stay,” including disciples from the Western Teach.
• Ma Zhaodi told Jiang Ziya that she had become an immortal and that their marriage had been an organizational assignment, then reassured him that she loved him.
• Jiang Ziya resigned as overseer for the Canonization of Gods, and Di Xin granted him a thousand years of life through Great Emperor Fengdu’s alteration of the Book of Life and Death.
• Taiyi Zhenren’s killing-tribulation karma threatened his cultivation, so he considered entering the tribulation himself and killing others to dispel it.

Nezha had grown into a powerful but enormous child, and Li Jing worried about his future and safety. After Nezha went to visit Shiji, Taiyi Zhenren, corrupted by the calamity, ambushed her, but Nezha arrived to stop him.

• Nezha showed off his immense strength, while Li Jing asked him to seek a normal Dao Body because he feared Nezha would struggle to marry and might hurt someone by accident.
• Nezha remembered Zhao Gongming had asked him to deliver spiritual fruits to Shiji and left for White Bone Cave.
• Taiyi Zhenren, corrupted by Karmic Tribulation Energy, decided to fight killing with killing to escape his Tribulation of Killing.
• Taiyi Zhenren attacked Shiji with the Nine Dragons Fire Cover, and Nezha appeared, calling him a bad uncle and telling him not to hurt her.

Taiyi Zhenren ambushed Shiji with the Nine Dragons Fire Cover, but Nezha arrived in time to rescue her. Nezha and Shiji subdued Taiyi Zhenren and planned to take him to the Kunlun Chan Sect after healing his injured Primordial Spirit.

• Taiyi Zhenren attacked Shiji with the Nine Dragons Fire Cover, and Nezha rushed in to shield her from the flames.
• Nezha broke through the fire dragons and helped Shiji escape, while Taiyi Zhenren revealed that he wanted her to take his place on the list and face the tribulation.
• Shiji summoned Yellow Turban Warriors to distract the dragons as she and Nezha attacked Taiyi Zhenren together.
• Nezha repeatedly stunned Taiyi Zhenren with the God-Beating Golden Brick, and he and Shiji knocked Taiyi unconscious.
• Shiji said Taiyi's Primordial Spirit was injured but that he was alive, and she planned to heal him before taking him to the Kunlun Chan Sect.

Nezha accidentally killed Taiyi Zhenren while trying to heal him, and Taiyi’s Primordial Spirit was absorbed by the Investiture of the Gods. After Tongtian reassured Shiji that she and Nezha were safe, Shiji passed her Tribulation of Killing and attained Great Luo Golden Immortal.

• Nezha accidentally crushed Taiyi Zhenren’s head while trying to set his dislocated jaw, and Taiyi’s Primordial Spirit was drawn into the Investiture of the Gods.
• Shiji tried to take Nezha to Jin'ao Island for protection, but Tongtian told them they did not need to flee because Taiyi had been prepared to face death.
• Taiyi confessed to Primordial Lord of Heaven that he had tried to kill Shiji to pass his Tribulation of Killing, and admitted that Nezha and Shiji had subdued him.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven reviewed what had happened, condemned Taiyi’s conduct, and let the Investiture of the Gods retain him.
• Tongtian praised Nezha, and Shiji bowed in acknowledgment before her aura surged and she attained Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Nezha pointed out that Shiji’s Skull Mountain was gone.

After Nezha brought Shiji to stay at Li Mansion, Li Jing feared the Chan Sect would retaliate for Taiyi Zhenren’s death, but Yin Shiniang defended Nezha and sent him to meet Ao Bing. As Nezha and Ao Bing reunited by the East Sea, demonic energy engulfed Chentang Pass, and Ao Bing identified the threat as a Demon Race invasion.

• Nezha invited Shiji to Chentang Pass, where she temporarily settled at Li Mansion after losing her dojo to Li Fire.
• Li Jing scolded Nezha for crushing Taiyi Zhenren’s head, but Shiji reassured him and Yin Shiniang defended Nezha.
• Nezha went to the East Sea shore to meet Ao Bing, and they discussed the Fallen Dragon they had once fought together.
• A black curtain of demonic energy covered Chentang Pass and its surrounding lands, causing crops to rot and the people to panic.
• Li Jing and Yin Shiniang organized evacuations while Ao Bing told Nezha that the Demon Race had invaded Chentang Pass.

The Heavenly Demon Realm appeared to invade the Prehistoric World by enclosing Chentang Pass in an indestructible Dark Curtain, alarming its Saints and rulers. Xuanyuan and Nuwa attacked the barrier but failed to break it, leaving the Human Race’s territory trapped.

• Haotian ordered Marshal Tian Peng to lead one million troops to Chentang Pass, while Taiqing Laozi doubted that the invasion was truly what it seemed.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven declared that he would become his own Heavenly Dao, and Sect Master Tongtian set out to protect his Jie Teach Disciples at Chentang Pass.
• Jidu reported the invasion to Rahu, who was baffled and blamed Hongjun for arranging it.
• Xuanyuan reached Chentang Pass and found the Dark Curtain unharmed by his Saint-level sword strike.
• Nuwa attacked the Dark Curtain with countless Red Embroidered Balls, but it only developed pits that healed rapidly.

Nuwa, Tongtian, and the Human and Earth Path Wills joined forces to break the Dark Curtain around Chentang Pass, but they found the city devastated and learned that Nezha had died to save its people. The chapter revealed that Nezha was the reincarnation of the Chaos Pearl Spirit, while Nuwa warned that the Human Race was not strong enough to seek revenge against the Heavenly Dao.

• Nuwa concluded that the Heavenly Dao was behind the Dark Curtain, and the Human Dao Will failed to break it alone.
• Houtu arrived and summoned the Earth Path Will to help the Human Dao Will overcome the Dark Curtain.
• The Dark Curtain disappeared, revealing Chentang Pass in ruins and nearly half of its gathered civilians dead.
• Yin Shiniang mourned Nezha, while Jinzha and Muzha grieved their younger brother's death.
• Shiji told Tongtian that a Devil Saint had identified Nezha as the Chaos Pearl Spirit's reincarnation and forced him to sacrifice himself to save civilians.
• Xuanyuan demanded vengeance, but Nuwa said the Human Race could not yet challenge the one responsible, and Houtu promised to take the dead for reincarnation.

Chentang Pass and dozens of other cities fell to the Demon Race, leaving their defenders and inhabitants overwhelmed by vastly stronger forces. Nezha attained the Taiyi realm and, as Ao Bing lent him her power to fight the Great Luo attackers, she sensed that their merger was going wrong.

• The Demon Race army attacked Chentang Pass and dozens of cities trapped in the Dark Curtain, slaughtering defenders and civilians despite Li Jing and the others resisting.
• Nezha saw Yin Shiniang under attack, erupted with baleful aura, and attained the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Nezha drove back many Taiyi Demon Race fighters, but more than a dozen Great Luo Demon Race members surrounded him and wounded him as they returned from other timelines after being killed.
• Ao Bing entered Nezha's consciousness and revealed her Lifebound Divine Ability could raise a person by one major realm when they were both in the same realm.
• Nezha agreed to fight alongside Ao Bing, but she sensed that their possession was not working as it had before.

Nezha and Ao Bing merged their power to unleash Chaos Return to Void, wiping out most of the Demon Race army attacking Chentang Pass. Cangyuan recognized the Chaos Pearl’s connection to both of them and suspected the Heavenly Dao had arranged the invasion to destroy Nezha’s origin, just as a system choice appeared.

• Nezha and Ao Bing combined their power, raising Nezha’s cultivation to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and creating their ultimate technique, Chaos Return to Void.
• Nezha’s Chaos tide assimilated two-thirds of the million demon soldiers, including several Quasi-Saint Devil Saints, while the surviving humans cheered for him and Ao Bing.
• Cangyuan, disguised as Human Sovereign Di Xin, watched from the void and deduced that the Chaos Pearl had shattered and that Ao Bing was connected to it.
• Cangyuan recalled that the Heavenly Dao’s intended path had Nezha sacrifice himself and lose his Chaos Pearl origin, and suspected the demon invasion had replaced the failed plan to flood Chentang Pass.
• A system notification told Cangyuan that the Heavenly Dao wished to destroy Nezha’s Chaos Pearl origin and presented him with a choice.

Cangyuan chose to stay hidden while preparing to use Chaos Pearl fragments and the True Spirit Gathering Bottle to rebuild Nezha after his death. At Chentang Pass, Evil Dragon trapped Nezha and the others and demanded Nezha sacrifice himself, but an unknown force made Evil Dragon accept Nezha’s conditions.

• Cangyuan chose to remain hidden and planned to use Chaos Pearl fragments to create a new Dao Body for Nezha after gathering his true spirit with the True Spirit Gathering Bottle.
• Evil Dragon appeared over the ruins of Chentang Pass and used his power to immobilize Nezha, Ao Bing, Li Jing, Yin Shiniang, Jinzha, Muzha, and Shiji.
• Evil Dragon demanded that Nezha sacrifice himself and give up his Chaos Pearl Spirit origin, threatening to kill the trapped humans if Nezha refused or delayed.
• Nezha agreed to die only if Evil Dragon swore to leave Chentang Pass and spare his family, Shiji, Ao Bing, and the humans.
• Evil Dragon began to reject Nezha’s conditions, but a higher force corrected his words and thoughts until he accepted them with the Heavenly Dao as witness.

Nezha sacrificed himself to save Chentang Pass, and Sect Master Tongtian pursued and killed the Evil Dragon in revenge. The chapter left Li Mansion grieving, while Ao Guang learned that Ao Bing was gone and Di Xin prepared for what came next.

• Nezha reversed his mana and destroyed his Dao Body to prevent the Evil Dragon from killing the people of Chentang Pass, dying with Ao Bing still bound to him.
• Yin Shiniang grieved over Nezha's Red Bellyband, while Jinzha and Muzha vowed to avenge their younger brother.
• Shiji told Sect Master Tongtian that the Evil Dragon had killed Nezha, and Tongtian went beyond the Prehistoric World to fight the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian killed the Evil Dragon, exchanged blows with Demon Ancestor Luohu, and returned wounded.
• Houtu guided the dead into Reincarnation, Nuwa cleansed Chentang Pass, and Jinzha and Muzha went to Jin'ao Island to train.
• Ao Guang learned that Ao Bing was gone, while Di Xin prepared within the Cangyuan Realm.

Di Xin revived Nezha and Ao Bing, then gave each a Chaos Pearl fragment to rebuild their bodies. He turned his attention back to Xi Qi, deciding to delay its destruction while he prepared to grow strong enough to challenge the Heavenly Dao.

• Di Xin used the True Spirit Gathering Bottle to retrieve Nezha and Ao Bing’s entwined true spirits, then separated them and restored their Primordial Spirits.
• Di Xin discovered that Nezha was the Chaos Pearl Spirit and Ao Bing was its Shadow, and decided that each would use a Chaos Pearl fragment to form a new body.
• Nezha and Ao Bing thanked Di Xin, learned that he was the Human Sovereign, and entered their respective Chaos Pearl fragments.
• Di Xin accelerated time in Cangyuan Realm so Nezha and Ao Bing could cultivate, expecting their foundations to let them reach the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal level.
• Di Xin decided not to destroy Xi Qi too quickly, fearing the Heavenly Dao would intervene, and set a goal of reaching the Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal level before the final battle of the Canonization of Gods.

After the Chentang Pass disaster, Di Xin realized the Heavenly Dao was a greater threat than the forces in the Canonization of Gods campaign. As rumors blamed him for the invasion, he ordered the ban on human sacrifice extended throughout the Human Race and forbade worship of useless gods.

• Di Xin asked the System for a future reward capable of restricting the Heavenly Dao, then helped Su Daji break through to the Profound Immortal Realm.
• Rumors spread beyond Great Shang blaming Di Xin’s abolition of human sacrifice for the Demon Race’s invasion of Chentang Pass.
• Wen Zhong offered to lead troops against those spreading the rumors, while Shang Rong proposed secretly eliminating them.
• Di Xin rejected their suggestions and declared that the Human Race had survived through its ancestors’ struggle, not Heaven’s protection.
• Di Xin ordered the Human Race to stop worshiping useless gods and extended the ban on human sacrifice beyond Great Shang, threatening punishment for anyone who continued the practice.

Bo Yikao and San Yisheng sought to secure Ji Chang’s release from Great Shang, while Di Xin ordered Fei Zhong and You Hun to extort Xi Qi. After Xi Qi paid four hundred billion Zhu Coins, Di Xin approved using the money to purchase supplies for war.

• Di Xin’s edicts abolishing human sacrifice spread through Great Shang, while Bo Yikao focused on rescuing Ji Chang and restoring order in Xi Qi.
• San Yisheng proposed asking Fei Zhong and You Hun to plead for Ji Chang’s release, using Tai Si’s supposed illness as a pretext.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun reported Xi Qi’s offer to Di Xin, who ordered them to demand more money or grain in exchange for helping Xi Qi.
• San Yisheng negotiated with Fei Zhong and You Hun, who threatened Ji Chang’s life until he agreed to pay four hundred billion Zhu Coins.
• After Xi Qi’s payment arrived, Fei Zhong and You Hun gave Di Xin his share and proposed spending the rest on Xi Qi’s equipment and grain; Di Xin approved.