Chapter Summaries

Shen Gongbao returned to Xi Qi as the Chan Sect and Western Teach prepared to support its war against Great Shang, while Di Xin chose a new Heaven Sealing Banner and ordered reinforcements to the front lines. He revived Nezha and Ao Bing, then asked them to serve as Great Shang’s vanguard.

• Ji Chang welcomed Shen Gongbao and celebrated the Chan Sect’s support, while Shen Gongbao said they would wait for the Western Teach before planning their attack.
• Di Xin chose the third System reward and received another Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner.
• Di Xin ordered Wen Zhong, Li Jing, Deng Jiugong, Kong Xuan, and Huang Feihu to reinforce the front lines with their families and forces.
• Di Xin watched Nezha and Ao Bing spar in his Inner World after they had been revived with fragments of the Chaos Pearl.
• Di Xin asked Nezha and Ao Bing to become Great Shang’s vanguard and punish the rebels.

Di Xin sent Nezha and Ao Bing to fight for Great Shang, and Nezha reunited with Yin Shiniang at Chentang Pass before they set out for the front lines. Ao Guang learned that Ao Bing had returned to life and turned her prepared funeral into a celebration, while the Western Teach arrived in Qiyi.

• Di Xin appointed Nezha and Ao Bing as Vanguard Officers and sent them toward the front lines, telling Nezha to check on Yin Shiniang at Chentang Pass.
• Nezha reunited with Yin Shiniang, told her he had been revived by Di Xin, and she decided to join him and Ao Bing on the campaign against Xi Qi.
• Ao Bing sent word to Ao Guang that she was alive again, so Ao Guang ended the funeral preparations and hosted a celebratory feast.
• Medicine Master and Maitreya led the Western Teach and its disciples to Qiyi.

Jinzha and Muzha defeated Han Dulong and Xue Ehu in battle, leaving Xi Qi without a victory. Guangchengzi then urged Daoist Tianzun to take the field and restore the army’s morale.

• Jinzha and Muzha answered Han Dulong and Xue Ehu’s challenge and identified themselves as disciples of Zhao Gongming.
• Jinzha and Muzha fought Han Dulong and Xue Ehu, overwhelming them with their combat skills and Spiritual Treasures.
• Han Dulong and Xue Ehu died, and their Primordial Spirits ascended the list.
• Jinzha and Muzha taunted the opposing army, while Xi Qi’s morale sank after another defeat.
• Guangchengzi told Daoist Tianzun to fight, believing he could defeat the Great Shang camp’s strongest opponents.

Daoist Tianzun fought Li Jing and nearly killed him after provoking him over the tragedy at Chentang Pass. As Daoist Tianzun raised his weapon for the final blow, a familiar voice cried out to save Li Jing.

• Daoist Tianzun accepted the Chan Sect disciples’ encouragement and went to challenge the Shang Army, while Jinzha and Muzha withdrew rather than fight him.
• Deng Jiugong proposed raising the Truce Board, but Li Jing chose to fight and borrowed Jinzha and Muzha’s Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Daoist Tianzun insulted the people of Chentang Pass, enraging Li Jing and prompting him to attack.
• Daoist Tianzun overwhelmed Li Jing and prepared to kill him with the Demon Subduing Pestle.
• A blaze raced in from the sky as a female voice ordered Daoist Tianzun to stop and declared that he must not harm her father, leaving Li Jing, Jinzha, and Muzha astonished.

Nezha returned to the battlefield and rescued Li Jing before fighting Daoist Tianzun. Though Daoist Tianzun tried to retreat, Nezha captured him with the God-Beating Golden Brick and Qiankun Circle.

• Nezha arrived and saved Li Jing from Daoist Tianzun, then vowed to avenge his father.
• Nezha fought Daoist Tianzun with the Fire-Tipped Spear and Qiankun Circle, gradually gaining the advantage.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals told Daoist Tianzun to concede and return rather than risk a fight with the mysterious force in the Shang Army Camp.
• Daoist Tianzun tried to flee, but Nezha struck him with the God-Beating Golden Brick and trapped him with the Qiankun Circle.

Nezha publicly whipped and captured Daoist Tianzun, refusing to release him until the Chan Sect offered a proper trade. After the Chan and Western Teach withdrew and Xi Qi raised a truce board, the Shang Army advanced anyway, prompting Guangchengzi to order the cultivators not to attack the mortal soldiers.

• Nezha kept whipping Daoist Tianzun until he apologized to Li Jing, but Li Jing left the decision to Nezha.
• Guangchengzi offered a Spiritual Treasure for Daoist Tianzun, but Nezha refused and took his captive back to the Shang Army Camp.
• Guangchengzi returned to the city wall, and he and the Western Teach disciples withdrew after the day's three defeats.
• Shen Gongbao ordered the Truce Board raised, but Nangong Shi panicked when he saw the Shang Army advancing with five hundred thousand soldiers.
• Guangchengzi ordered the Chan Sect disciples to retreat and avoid attacking mortals, while Jinzha, Muzha, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Yang Jian, Deng Chanyu, and other cultivators sealed their powers to fight below immortal level.

Great Shang captured Yu Dong City and pushed its army to Huqi City, while Ji Chang received reports that Ji Dan and Ji Fa had recovered Binzhou and Chuzhou. Ji Chang eagerly opened their letters, but his reaction faltered as he read them.

• Guangchengzi and the other disciples withdrew rather than risk killing mortals, leaving the human armies to fight for Yu Dong City.
• Nangong Shi ordered the Western Zhou army to retreat; only a little over one hundred thousand of its seven hundred thousand troops escaped, while the rest were killed or captured.
• Wen Zhong celebrated Great Shang's victory and ordered the army to prepare to march on Huqi City.
• Nangong Shi and the remnants reached Huqi City, where Great Shang soon camped nearby, and Ji Chang vomited blood after hearing of the defeat.
• Ji Chang questioned Shen Gongbao and the disciples before receiving reports that Ji Dan had retaken Binzhou and Ji Fa had retaken Chuzhou.
• Ji Chang opened the two letters, celebrated, and then faltered while reading their contents.

After Western Zhou’s four campaigns against Great Shang collapsed, Guangchengzi and Maitreya planned to rescue Daoxing and hinder the Shang army with poison. At Chaos Three Immortal Island, Zhenyuanzi visited Cangyuan and asked about Shennong’s Primordial Violet Qi and impending attainment of the Dao.

• Ji Chang learned that Binzhou and Chuzhou were devastated and costly burdens, then heard Ji Liu’s surprise force had been wiped out at Jiameng Pass by Yang Jiao and the Mo Family Four Generals; he fainted after all four routes failed.
• Guangchengzi said the Chan Sect would prepare carefully to rescue Daoxing, who had not entered the Investiture of the Gods, and sent Shen Gongbao to ask their teacher for help concealing their actions.
• Maitreya proposed poisoning Great Shang’s soldiers, and Medicine Master agreed to provide poison after they decided mortals would administer it to avoid immortal action against mortals.
• The Chan Sect and Western Teach sent people to ask their Saints for help concealing their plans.
• Zhenyuanzi visited Cangyuan at Chaos Three Immortal Island and asked whether Shennong had obtained Primordial Violet Qi and was about to attain the Dao.

Zhenyuanzi asked Cangyuan for help attaining the Dao, and Cangyuan proposed that he restore the Western Land’s shattered earth veins to earn merit and obtain the Earth Path’s Primordial Violet Qi. Zhenyuanzi worried that Zhunti and Jieyin would block him, and Cangyuan hinted that they had another creditor besides the Heavenly Dao.

• Shennong secretly informed Zhenyuanzi that the Human Race had obtained another strand of Primordial Violet Qi and that he would enter secluded cultivation to attain the Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi visited Cangyuan and asked him to help find an opportunity for him to attain the Dao.
• Cangyuan accepted the system’s mission to devise a plan for Zhenyuanzi and explained that restoring the Western Land’s earth veins could bring him immense merit and Earth Path Primordial Violet Qi.
• Zhenyuanzi agreed to trust Cangyuan’s plan but worried Zhunti and Jieyin would prevent him from intervening in the Western Land.
• Cangyuan hinted that Zhunti and Jieyin had another creditor besides the Heavenly Dao.

Cangyuan advised Zhenyuanzi to seek Shennong’s help with the karmic debt owed by the Two Sages of the West, then received a third Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner. Meanwhile, Primordial Lord of Heaven armed Shen Gongbao with the Yellow Apricot Earth Banner and sent more Chan Sect experts to the Canonization battlefield.

• Cangyuan reminded Zhenyuanzi that Shennong could use the Two Sages of the West’s karmic debt to help him achieve sainthood, and Zhenyuanzi departed to seek Shennong.
• Cangyuan received the third Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner, the green-black-edged banner associated with Wood, and considered how the full array could weaken Heavenly Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi visited the Human Race, received Shennong’s secret decree, and headed for Western Sumeru.
• Shen Gongbao reported the Canonization progress to Primordial Lord of Heaven and relayed that Daoist Tianzun had been captured by a Jie Sect disciple.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven gave Shen Gongbao the Yellow Apricot Earth Banner of Wutu and ordered Immortal Weng of the South Pole, Yun Zhongzi, and Daoist Randeng to descend the mountain.
• Shen Gongbao led the three Chan Sect experts down the mountain, while Daoist Randeng eagerly anticipated his turn to act.

Zhenyuanzi visited Mount Sumeru to ask Zhunti and Jieyin when the Western Teach would repay its Karma of Achieving Sainthood to Shennong. He proposed restoring the Western Land’s earth veins as repayment, leaving the Saints surprised by his offer.

• Zhunti and Jieyin worried about Kong Xuan’s strength and gave Great Master of Attainment a banner to help Medicine Master poison their enemies, along with a decree to summon Kunpeng from the North Sea.
• Zhenyuanzi arrived at Mount Sumeru and asked Zhunti and Jieyin to repay the Karma of Achieving Sainthood they owed Shennong.
• Zhunti pretended to be ill, and Jieyin tried to send Zhenyuanzi away to avoid discussing the debt.
• Zhenyuanzi explained that he would help restore the Western Land’s earth veins in exchange for offsetting the debt, surprising Zhunti and Jieyin.

Zhenyuanzi secured Zhunti and Jieyin’s agreement to erase Hongyun’s debt in exchange for his help restoring the Western Land’s earth veins, then swore an oath to do so. His vow alarmed Kunpeng, who feared Zhenyuanzi might become a Sub-Saint and seek revenge for his attack on Hongyun, while a Western Teach disciple arrived to request an audience with him.

• Zhunti and Jieyin eagerly accepted Zhenyuanzi’s offer to restore the Western Land’s earth veins in exchange for erasing their debt to Hongyun.
• Zhenyuanzi swore before Heaven, Earth, and Humanity to use the Book of Earth to reshape the Western Land’s earth veins and revive the region.
• Styx suspected Cangyuan had encouraged Zhenyuanzi and reflected on the dwindling number of surviving old friends, while Xuanyuan welcomed the prospect of another Saint ally for the Human Race.
• Kunpeng dismissed Zhenyuanzi’s chances of becoming a Saint, then panicked that Zhenyuanzi might become a Sub-Saint and avenge Hongyun.
• A Western Teach disciple called out to Kunpeng, who agonized over whether to meet the visitor before deciding to go out and investigate.

Kunpeng agreed to help Western Zhou after Great Master of Attainment pressured and tempted him, though he planned only to protect himself during the Calamity. Meanwhile, Chan Sect prepared to rescue Daoxing from the Shang Army camp, but Medicine Master told them Western Teach could not join.

• Great Master of Attainment asked Kunpeng to leave Northern Darkness and help Western Zhou attack Shang, but Kunpeng initially refused to avoid Hongyun and the Calamity.
• Great Master of Attainment threatened to summon his Saint teacher, then promised merit and possible help from the Saint for Zhenyuanzi, persuading Kunpeng to agree.
• In Huqi City, Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect assembled under the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to plan Daoxing's rescue after learning he was tied to a flagpole in the Shang camp.
• Ju Liusun took comfort in the group's Quasi-Saints and Great Luo Golden Immortals, but True Lord Yu Ding urged them to focus on rescuing Daoxing rather than fighting the Shang Army.
• Guangchengzi asked Medicine Master to bring Western Teach into the rescue plan, but Medicine Master apologized and said they could not join.

Guangchengzi pressured Medicine Master and Maitreya into joining the Chan Sect’s covert mission to rescue Daoist Tianzun. At the Shang Army camp, the hidden group began poisoning its supplies under the protection of Saint-empowered banners.

• Medicine Master explained that his odorless poison could spread on the wind, but Guangchengzi questioned the plan and implied the Shang Army might learn of it.
• Medicine Master accused Guangchengzi of threatening him, while Guangchengzi told Medicine Master and Maitreya to guard the city gates during the Chan Sect’s planned rescue.
• At the hour of the tiger, thirteen Chan Sect disciples gathered at Huqi City’s gates, and Medicine Master and Maitreya arrived before the group set out.
• The Chan Sect members used the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to conceal themselves and the Western Teach disciples as they entered the Shang Army camp.
• Medicine Master decided to poison the Shang Army’s granary as well, and he and Maitreya split up under the protection of the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner.

Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals infiltrated the Shang camp to rescue Daoist Tianzun, but a broken branch exposed them and the camp surrounded them. Six-Eared Macaque confronted the intruders and declared that Cangyuan did not need to intervene.

• Guangchengzi led the Chan Sect immortals to the Commander's Tent, where they found Daoist Tianzun bound to a post with his cultivation sealed.
• Chijingzi used a peachwood figurine while Guangchengzi swapped it with Daoist Tianzun, and True Lord Yu Ding warned them not to remove the talisman yet.
• The Chan Sect immortals tried to flee, but Daoist Tianzun stepped on a branch of the Divine Parasol Tree, alerting the Shang forces.
• Nezha, Yang Jian, Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong, and their allies surrounded the Chan Sect immortals from four directions.
• Six-Eared Macaque revealed himself, dismissed Guangchengzi's concern that Cangyuan might be present, and said none of the intruders would leave.

The Chan Sect and Western Teach raided the Shang Army camp, but Kong Xuan swept the fighters into the void, where Nezha merged with Ao Bing and battled Medicine Master. As Manjushri tried to capture Jinzha, Zhao Gongming appeared and struck to protect his disciple.

• Guangchengzi ordered the Chan Sect immortals to retreat, but Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light swept the raiders and Shang defenders into the void.
• Six-Eared Macaque fought Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole while Nezha merged with Ao Bing and rose to Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Nezha fought Medicine Master, who held the advantage despite being surprised by Nezha's strength.
• Manjushri urged Jinzha to join the Chan Sect, then suppressed him when Jinzha refused.
• Zhao Gongming arrived, denounced Manjushri for trying to steal his disciple, and struck him with a golden treasure fist.

Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals fled with help from Kunpeng, while Zhao Gongming’s allies uncovered their deception and captured Daoxing Tianzun and Lingbao Da Fashi. Wen Zhong also suspected the Western Teach had poisoned the army’s provisions, and the chapter ended with someone reacting to Kunpeng’s arrival in the battle.

• Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole drove back Six-Eared Macaque and led the Chan Sect immortals into a battle through the void as Zhao Gongming pursued them.
• Medicine Master called for backup, and Kunpeng arrived, then fled with Medicine Master and Maitreya after confronting Six-Eared Macaque.
• Six-Eared Macaque revealed that the captured Daoxing Tianzun was real and that Yuan Hong had posed as him to infiltrate the Chan Sect group.
• Wen Zhong realized Medicine Master and Maitreya might have targeted the army’s provisions and water, so he ordered the supplies inspected and barred their use.
• Zhao Gongming and Yuan Hong returned with the captured Lingbao Da Fashi, and Six-Eared Macaque escorted him and Daoxing Tianzun to Chaoge under the Great King’s orders.
• Someone remarked that Kunpeng had entered the battle, saying it was unexpected.

Di Xin revealed his identity to the captured Chan Sect immortals and planned to use them to pressure Primordial Lord of Heaven. After Kunpeng appeared, Di Xin chose a mission that would send Lu Ya to confront him and earn an Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner.

• Di Xin confirmed to Daoist Tianzun and Lingbao Da Fashi that he was Cangyuan, the Human Sovereign commanding Great Shang, then sealed them in a Blank World.
• Di Xin decided he would capture more Chan Sect Golden Immortals and considered drawing Primordial Lord of Heaven into an alliance.
• Six-Eared Macaque told Di Xin that Kunpeng had appeared, triggering two System missions.
• Di Xin chose the mission to send Lu Ya against Kunpeng and ordered Six-Eared Macaque to deliver the message.
• Six-Eared Macaque returned to Three Immortal Island and found Lu Ya fishing on a cliff.

Six-Eared Macaque and Lu Ya set out to punish Kunpeng, with Qing'er joining them after a quarrel with Lu Ya. In Huqi City, the Chan Sect planned to capture Shang forces to trade for their prisoners, while Kunpeng arrived alongside Medicine Master and Maitreya.

• Lu Ya learned Kunpeng had stolen Hetu Luoshu and agreed with Six-Eared Macaque to make him a slave rather than kill him outright.
• Qing'er joined Lu Ya’s revenge mission, and after Six-Eared Macaque waited outside Three Immortal Island, the three headed for the mortal realm.
• Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals mourned their setbacks, then agreed to capture important Shang figures as leverage to free Daoxing and Lingbao.
• Daoist Randeng accepted the task of fighting in the next day’s duel, confident he could defeat any opponent below Quasi-Saint.
• Kunpeng entered the Chan Sect courtyard with Medicine Master and Maitreya, taunted Daoist Randeng, and sat down as Guangchengzi asked whether the poisoning plan was ready.

Medicine Master's poison was prepared for the Shang Army, and Lu Ya planned to use the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book against Kunpeng after Kunpeng refused to face him. When Daoist Randeng challenged the Shang Army, Zhao Gongming chased him away, and Guangchengzi ordered the Western Zhou Allied Army to attack.

• Medicine Master told Guangchengzi that his poison had been mixed into the Shang Army's food and would weaken them after they ate.
• At noon, Lu Ya challenged Kunpeng outside Huqi City, but Kunpeng ignored him and stayed inside.
• Lu Ya announced that he would use the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book to curse Kunpeng to death and left to prepare the ritual.
• Daoist Randeng challenged the Shang Army, but Zhao Gongming confronted him and pursued him with the Golden Whip, blocking his route with the Dragon Binding Rope.
• With Daoist Randeng gone, Guangchengzi ordered the Western Zhou Allied Army to attack, and the Shang generals prepared to fight.