Chapter Summaries

Zhao Gongming pursued Daoist Randeng to Mount Wuyi, where Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao challenged him and were quickly killed. As Zhao Gongming prepared to capture Randeng alive, Randeng crushed a golden lotus and declared that someone would protect him.

• Zhao Gongming chased Daoist Randeng to Mount Wuyi, breaking the mountain’s Innate Restrictions with his whip.
• Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, angered by Zhao Gongming’s Jie Sect affiliation and his dismissive words, stepped in to protect Daoist Randeng.
• Zhao Gongming killed Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao with a slap each, and their Primordial Spirits entered the Canonization of Gods.
• Zhao Gongming refused to release Daoist Randeng because Di Xin had ordered him to capture Chan Sect’s core disciples alive.
• Daoist Randeng crushed a golden lotus and announced that a fellow cultivator would protect him.

Daoist Guai saved Daoist Randeng from Zhao Gongming and revealed overwhelming strength by catching Zhao Gongming’s Five Elements Mountain River Seal with one hand. After Zhao Gongming left, Daoist Guai pressed Randeng about his possible betrayal of the Chan Sect, and Randeng feared its leader would not spare him.

• Daoist Guai descended from the Cloud Sea and asked Zhao Gongming to let him take Daoist Randeng away.
• Zhao Gongming refused and challenged Daoist Guai to a single exchange, offering to leave if he proved weaker.
• Zhao Gongming unleashed the Five Elements Mountain River Seal, but Daoist Guai held it up with one hand despite being burdened by Humanity Path’s gaze.
• Zhao Gongming accepted that he was outmatched, bid farewell, and departed.
• Daoist Randeng thanked Daoist Guai for saving him, and Daoist Guai reminded him that he owed Karma and asked about their earlier discussion.
• Daoist Randeng worried that if he betrayed the Chan Sect, its leader would not spare him.

Daoist Guai secured Daoist Randeng’s defection and ordered him to recruit more Chan Sect disciples, while the Shang Army defeated the Western Zhou Allied Army and advanced toward Qiyi. Western Zhou’s capital was left exposed, and its ministers urged the Great King to flee west.

• Daoist Randeng accepted Saint Zhunti as his teacher, and Daoist Guai told him to look for chances to recruit other Chan Sect disciples.
• Daoist Randeng feared Primordial Lord of Heaven would discover his betrayal, but Daoist Guai pressured him into returning to the Chan Sect.
• Medicine Master’s poison failed because the Shang Dynasty soldiers had never eaten the poisoned food, and Wen Zhong’s army routed the Western Zhou Allied Army.
• Nangong Shi ordered a retreat from Huqi City, which the Shang Army captured before pursuing the Western Zhou troops for over a thousand li.
• With the Shang Army approaching Qiyi, Western Zhou’s ministers urged the Great King to withdraw westward.

After Ji Chang died without a clearly heard succession order, his court split over whether Bo Yikao or Ji Fa should inherit the throne. The Chan Sect backed Bo Yikao while the Western Teach persuaded Ji Fa to claim the throne, leaving the brothers facing off in court.

• Ji Chang awoke after two and a half days, ordered that the throne pass to the eldest son, and died, but his attendants could not agree on what he had said.
• Western Zhou's lords and officials argued over whether Bo Yikao or Ji Fa should inherit, and their dispute erupted into a brawl.
• The Chan Sect chose to support Bo Yikao, while the Western Teach approached Ji Fa and urged him to claim the throne in exchange for making their sect the Human Race's state religion.
• Maitreya reminded Ji Fa that his White Ape had caused Bo Yikao trouble before Di Xin, and Ji Fa admitted he had some desire for the throne before agreeing to pursue it.
• Ji Fa and Bo Yikao confronted each other in court, with Bo Yikao accusing his younger brother of coveting the throne and Ji Fa insisting their father's final order named him heir.

After Ji Chang’s death, Ji Fa and Bo Yikao’s rivalry plunged Western Zhou into bloody infighting, and Di Xin chose to let the brothers weaken each other rather than destroy the state. He checked the progress of his allies and witnessed Yuan Feng return to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, then asked whether she could now attain the Dao as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

• Di Xin received intelligence that Ji Fa and Bo Yikao had formed rival factions and repeatedly attempted to kill each other.
• After considering the system’s choices, Di Xin chose to pause the war and let Western Zhou’s internal conflict continue.
• Di Xin inspected his Inner World and found Xiao Bai had reached Great Perfection of the Quasi-Saint realm and was nearing the path of a Three Corpses Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Di Xin observed Yuan Feng’s aura surge in the Phoenix Ancestor Realm as she returned to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Xin congratulated Yuan Feng and asked whether the Dual Dao Fruits gave her confidence to attain the Dao as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Yuan Feng learned that Cangyuan intended to Slay Heaven to stop the Heavenly Dao from harming the Human Race, and she urged him to seek Ancestor Dragon’s aid. As the Shang Army besieged Qiyi, Daoist Randeng proposed a plan that would force Immortals to flood the Shang troops, and Guangchengzi challenged him to carry it out himself.

• Yuan Feng warned Cangyuan that merging her Dual Dao Fruits before her Hunyuan Golden Immortal Dao Fruit reached perfection could weaken her foundation, and he told her to wait.
• Cangyuan declared that he would Slay Heaven, arguing that the Heavenly Dao’s selfish actions had weakened the Prehistoric World through successive calamities.
• Yuan Feng urged Cangyuan to contact Ancestor Dragon, and Cangyuan noted that the Dragon Clan had yet to eliminate its Heavenly Dao Karma.
• Wen Zhong received Di Xin’s edict, marched one million Shang soldiers to surround Qiyi, and ordered them to besiege the city without attacking.
• Di Xin broke through to the Fourth Heaven of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal and considered recruiting surviving geniuses, including Wangshu.
• Bo Yikao sought help as the Shang Army besieged Qiyi, and Daoist Randeng proposed flooding the Shang troops with the Panxi River before freezing them; Guangchengzi questioned why Randeng would not execute the plan himself.

The Chan Sect pressured True Person Huanglong into carrying out a dangerous plan against the Shang Army after Guangchengzi promised to secure merit and protection for him. Meanwhile, Kunpeng realized Lu Ya was cursing him with the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book and flew to the Shang Army camp to beg for mercy.

• Daoist Randeng refused to undertake the plan and implied that True Person Huanglong should do it, while Qingxu Daode Zhenjun and Guangchengzi urged Huanglong to accept.
• Guangchengzi promised to obtain merit to cleanse Huanglong’s Karma and ask their teacher to protect him, and Huanglong agreed.
• Guangchengzi returned to the Kunlun Chan Sect for help while Shen Gongbao secretly gathered intelligence from the Chan Sect immortals.
• Ji Fa established Southern Zhou at Qinan Mountain City and began preparing for a punitive expedition against Shang.
• Medicine Master diagnosed Kunpeng as being afflicted by a powerful curse, and Kunpeng suspected Lu Ya was using the Nail Head Seven Arrows Book against him.
• Fearing the curse would kill him, Kunpeng flew toward the Shang Army camp to beg Lu Ya to spare him.

Lu Ya stopped his curse against Kunpeng after Changxi pleaded for her nephew to spare the demon race’s Demon Master. Kunpeng swore obedience to Lu Ya and left, while Lu Ya invited Changxi to meet his teacher, Cangyuan.

• Lu Ya prepared to shoot the Peach Branch Arrows at Kunpeng’s Straw Man after completing the twenty-first day of the curse ritual.
• Kunpeng arrived with Changxi, who asked Lu Ya to spare him so he could continue serving the demon race.
• Lu Ya demanded that Kunpeng swear an oath to the Humanity Path, and Kunpeng vowed to obey Lu Ya and put the demon race’s interests first.
• Lu Ya ended the curse, ordered Kunpeng to follow Bai Ze’s orders in his absence, and questioned him about his dealings with the Western Teach.
• Lu Ya told Changxi that Cangyuan wished to see her and ask whether she knew anything about Goddess Wangshu.

Cangyuan proposed that Changxi attain the Dao by merging with the Lunar God Seat, but she revealed that the seat belonged to Wangshu. Changxi then asked him to arrange a meeting with the Witch Race to resolve the conflict between the Demon Race and the Witch Race over Da Yi.

• Cangyuan sent Lu Ya back to the Shang-Zhou Battlefield and discussed Changxi’s cultivation with her.
• Cangyuan explained that the Moon Star and Sun Star had Lunar and Solar God Seats, and said he planned for Lu Ya to claim the Sun God Seat.
• Changxi revealed that Wangshu, an ancient senior, had already merged with the Moon Star and become the Lunar God.
• Changxi told Cangyuan that she could not claim the Lunar God Seat, but believed Lu Ya was suited to the Sun God Seat.
• Changxi asked Cangyuan to connect her with the Witch Race so she could address the Demon Race’s conflict with them over Da Yi.

Cangyuan agreed to help Changxi ease tensions between the Witch and Demon Races by arranging Da Yi’s release, and secured Houtu’s agreement in return for the Demon Race staying away from the Witches. The Great Witches and Changxi arrived at the Moon Star to retrieve Da Yi, where Goddess Wangshu’s presence could complicate their mission.

• Changxi told Cangyuan that Da Yi’s True Spirit Soul was fused with the Moon Laurel Tree while his body had become Wu Gang, who endlessly chopped at it.
• Cangyuan chose to mediate between the Witch and Demon Races, then told Houtu that Da Yi could be released.
• Houtu agreed to let Da Yi return if the Demon Race stayed away from the Witch Race, but warned she would retaliate if Changxi refused; Cangyuan also explained that Goddess Wangshu guarded the Moon Star.
• Changxi accepted Houtu’s terms and asked Cangyuan to have Lu Ya keep the Demon Race away from the Witches.
• Houtu, Changxi, and Cangyuan set out for the Moon Star as observers across the Primordial World speculated about the Witches’ intentions.

Cangyuan and the Great Witches arrived at the Moon Star and found Da Yi trapped in the Moon Laurel Tree, where his body was forced to injure him endlessly. Changxi released his True Spirit Soul, allowing him to return to his body and escape the torment.

• Xuanming demanded that Changxi release Da Yi, and Changxi led the visitors to the Moon Laurel Tree.
• Xing Tian and the other Great Witches recognized Da Yi and grew furious when Xuanming revealed that the tree had imprisoned his True Spirit Soul.
• Cangyuan urged Changxi to free Da Yi and prevent the conflict from escalating.
• Changxi activated the Moon Laurel Formation Array and released Da Yi's True Spirit Soul.
• Da Yi's soul returned to Wu Gang's body, and he reunited with Xing Tian, Kuafu, and the other Great Witches.

Cangyuan gathered the final Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner and met Goddess Wangshu after Da Yi and the Witch Race left the Moon Star. Wangshu revealed that she knew Cangyuan had secretly attained the Dao, then asked him to treat her injuries.

• Cangyuan obtained the final Immeasurable Heaven Sealing Banner, completing the set of five, and planned to have Styx, Di Yu, Cangjie, Xiao Bai, and Yuan Feng form their array.
• Xuanming, Xing Tian, and Da Yi left the Moon Star after Da Yi thanked Cangyuan and Changxi for saving him.
• Changxi told Cangyuan that Goddess Wangshu wished to see him and led him into Guanghan Palace.
• Cangyuan saw Xuan Yue, then followed Changxi to the Moon Star's depths and met Wangshu beside a silver moon.
• Wangshu said she knew Cangyuan had secretly attained the Dao and asked him to treat her injuries.

Wangshu told Cangyuan how Shen Ni’s God-Slaying Spear had left her with a Dao Injury and explained that the spear’s own origin Fierce Sha Qi could heal it. Cangyuan chose to help her, accepting a system mission that promised him one hundred drops of Primordial Chaos Origin Liquid.

• Wangshu recounted how Shen Ni wounded her in the battle atop Mount Buzhou Peak, leaving her unable to enter the Primordial Origin Realm.
• Wangshu said healing her Dao Injury would let her reach the peak of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Ninth Heaven.
• Wangshu explained that Cangyuan’s God-Slaying Spear could recall the Fierce Sha Qi embedded in her origin, and Cangyuan confirmed that the spear belonged to him.
• The system offered Cangyuan a choice between refusing Wangshu and helping her, with Primordial Chaos Origin Liquid as the reward for helping.
• Cangyuan chose to help Wangshu heal her injury and told her he would not stand by while she suffered.

Cangyuan used the God-Slaying Spear to begin healing Wangshu’s Dao Injury while Guangchengzi and True Person Huanglong launched a deadly water attack on the Shang Army at Qiyi. Just as the Shang Army faced destruction, an unexplained ripple froze the battlefield.

• Cangyuan summoned the God-Slaying Spear, and its power began drawing the source Fierce Sha Qi away from Wangshu’s origin.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven approved Guangchengzi’s plan and gave him the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud to protect True Person Huanglong from tribulation karma.
• True Person Huanglong summoned enormous Panxi River Water Tornadoes to attack the million Shang Army troops outside Qiyi City, while Shang Army Cultivators rushed to defend them.
• Guangchengzi, the Chan Sect, and Western Teach disciples blocked the Shang Army Cultivators, and Guangchengzi shattered Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• As the Water Tornadoes closed in on the Shang Army, a ripple spread across the battlefield and froze everyone in place.

Cangyuan secretly rescued the Shang forces from the Panxi River disaster, while the battle left Qiyi devastated and drove Bo Yikao to surrender. With Ji Fa left to lead the Punitive Expedition against Shang, Cangyuan returned to Biyou Palace to speak with Sect Master Tongtian.

• An azure hand seized the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and transported the Shang Army, Wen Zhong, Zhao Gongming, Lu Ya, and others away from Qiyi as the Panxi River flooded the city.
• Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals tried to contain the river, but its waters destroyed Qiyi and killed many Western Zhou soldiers and civilians.
• Bo Yikao gave up the campaign and surrendered to Di Xin, who imprisoned him for the sake of Lady Tai Si; San Yisheng and other holdouts went to join Ji Fa.
• Guangchengzi sent True Person Huanglong away from the human realm, while the Shang Army returned to Sishui Pass after abandoning and ruining the captured cities.
• Cangyuan returned to Biyou Palace, where Sect Master Tongtian encouraged him to attain the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, unaware that Cangyuan had already reached it.

Cangyuan persuaded Sect Master Tongtian to prepare an alliance against the Heavenly Dao and ask Primordial Lord of Heaven to join them. Tongtian secretly traveled to Kunlun, where Primordial Lord of Heaven was trying to identify who had taken the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.

• Cangyuan told Sect Master Tongtian that the Canonization of Gods Tribulation targeted both the Human Race and Jie Sect, and proposed striking the Heavenly Dao when it intervened directly.
• Cangyuan said he had eight hundred fighters and a way to weaken the Heavenly Dao, then urged Tongtian to sound out Primordial Lord of Heaven while warning that other Heavenly Dao Saints might oppose them.
• Cangyuan showed Tongtian the sealed Daoist Tianzun and Lingbao Da Fashi and explained how he obtained the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, angering Tongtian over Primordial Lord of Heaven's attack on the younger generation.
• Tongtian took the two captives and secretly departed for Kunlun to confront Primordial Lord of Heaven and test whether he could join their side.
• At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Lord of Heaven wondered who had suppressed and taken his Spiritual Treasure, and Tongtian's Spiritual Treasure appeared before him with a demand for an explanation.

Sect Master Tongtian proposed joining forces with Primordial Lord of Heaven to Attack Heaven, revealing that Cangyuan had devised the plan. Primordial Lord of Heaven agreed to hear Cangyuan out, but Cangyuan kept the method secret while promising it would weaken the Heavenly Dao.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven caught the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and accused Sect Master Tongtian of attacking him earlier, while Tongtian took the blame intended for Cangyuan.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Primordial Lord of Heaven that the Heavenly Dao blocked their path to the Second-tier Saint realm and proposed that they join forces to Attack Heaven.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven questioned their chances, and Sect Master Tongtian said Cangyuan knew the method and returned Daoxing and Spiritual Treasure as a show of sincerity.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven refused to ally with Tongtian unless Cangyuan explained the plan himself, so Tongtian brought Cangyuan to Jade Void Palace.
• Cangyuan admitted he had devised the plan but withheld the method, promising it would greatly weaken the Heavenly Dao if successful.

Cangyuan recruited Primordial Lord of Heaven into a plan to attack the Heavenly Dao, claiming he was ninety-eight percent certain of success. After Cangyuan and Sect Master Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain, Primordial Lord of Heaven ordered the Chan Sect to support the Shang Dynasty and learned that Cangyuan was Di Xin.

• Cangyuan told Primordial Lord of Heaven that he was ninety-eight percent certain their plan to attack the Heavenly Dao would succeed, and Primordial Lord of Heaven agreed to join.
• Cangyuan and Primordial Lord of Heaven decided not to approach Taiqing, Zhunti, or Jieyin before the plan began, to avoid exposing it.
• Cangyuan said Nuwa and Houtu would come when called, then left Kunlun Mountain with Sect Master Tongtian.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven ordered Daoist Tianzun and Lingbao Da Fashi to tell Guangchengzi to delay the front lines and have the Chan Sect support the Shang Dynasty.
• Daoist Tianzun revealed that Di Xin was Cangyuan, and Primordial Lord of Heaven realized Cangyuan had prepared the Shang Dynasty for the conflict.

Di Xin sensed that Xiao Bai was about to attain the Dao and took her into Chaos so she could undergo the breakthrough safely. Xiao Bai began using her fused Three Corpses to derive an inner heaven and earth and form the Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit.

• After Ji Chang's death, Bo Yikao surrendered to Great Shang while Ji Fa consolidated Lower Zhou by attacking western lords.
• Great Shang issued an edict offering protection to lords who submitted, and more western states raised the Shang banner.
• Over four years, Western Zhou expanded its strength while Great Shang remained inactive.
• In Di Xin's Inner World, he realized Xiao Bai was close to attaining the Dao and prepared to take her beyond the Prehistoric World.
• Di Xin cut open a path into Chaos with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and stood guard while Xiao Bai began her breakthrough.
• Xiao Bai's fused Three Corpses started deriving an inner heaven and earth to attain the Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit.

Xiao Bai attained the Dao as a Three Corpses Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, and her three corpses each gained battle power at the entry level of that realm by borrowing her mana. Di Xin learned the limits of their strength and worried that Dao Ancestor Hongjun might have the same ability before telling Xiao Bai to return home and stay out of sight.

• Xiao Bai completed the Severing Three Corpses path and became a Three Corpses Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Xiao Bai summoned her Good Corpse, Evil-Corpse, and Self-Corpse, each of which possessed the battle power of a newly entered Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Di Xin asked Xiao Bai how her three corpses gained their strength, and she explained that they borrowed her mana and could not grow stronger until she attained the next realm.
• Di Xin realized the Three Corpses method resembled the limits of his World Incarnations and wondered whether Dao Ancestor Hongjun's corpses had the same power.
• Di Xin told Xiao Bai to return home and not come out, but Xiao Bai protested because she wanted to show off to her little sisters.