Chapter Summaries

Xuan Mo and Hu Xiaoyu arranged for Meng Xuan'er to meet Chu Bantian as part of a plan to promote the demonic path. Three months later, Li Jing captured Meng Xuan'er, leaving Chu Bantian vowing to reach the Heavenly Court and rescue her.

• Xuan Mo asked Hu Xiaoyu to send Meng Xuan'er to Chu Bantian, and Meng Xuan'er fell from a mountain onto the young martial cultivator.
• Meng Xuan'er teased Chu Bantian about cultivating Buddhism, and he fell deeply in love with her within five Shichen.
• Hu Xiaoyu recruited Nezha and Li Jing for a staged demon-capture meant to inspire Chu Bantian to enter the demonic path.
• Nezha dragged Li Jing from the Heavenly King's Hall, and Li Jing went to Wangyue City to seize Meng Xuan'er.
• Chu Bantian tried to protect Meng Xuan'er, but Li Jing knocked him aside and carried her into the sky.

After the Buddhist Sect refused to help Chu Bantian rescue Meng Xuan'er, he turned to Xuan Mo, who possessed him and led him to attack Heaven. Chu Bantian broke through the South Heaven Gate’s defenses and fought King Virudhaka, who prepared to counterattack after trying to retreat.

• Chu Bantian knelt before the Buddha for more than half a year, but the Buddhist Sect decided not to intervene in his effort to rescue Meng Xuan'er.
• Frustrated, Chu Bantian called for a demon, and Xuan Mo appeared and offered to help him save her.
• Xuan Mo possessed Chu Bantian, gave him the Heavenly Demon Spear, and took him to the South Heaven Gate.
• Chu Bantian pierced the demon-revealing mirror and battled King Virudhaka, injuring him and forcing him to retreat.
• Chu Bantian chased King Virudhaka and taunted him, prompting the guardian to turn back and vow to teach him a lesson.

Xuan Mo took control of Chu Bantian’s body and led his assault on the Heavenly Court after Li Jing imprisoned Chu Bantian’s merfolk wife. Haotian sent Lü Dongbin to stop him, and their battle began at the South Heaven Gate.

• Xuan Mo took over Chu Bantian’s body, defeated King Virudhaka, and demanded that the Heavenly Court open the South Heaven Gate.
• Li Jing told Haotian that Chu Bantian had attacked because Li Jing had captured and imprisoned Chu Bantian’s merfolk wife.
• Great White Star explained the human cultivation stages, and Haotian asked for a general to confront Chu Bantian.
• Zhao Gongming suggested Zhenwu or Taiyi, but Zhenwu recommended Lü Dongbin; before Haotian finished his decree, Chu Bantian shattered the South Heaven Gate’s barrier.
• Haotian sent Lü Dongbin to capture Chu Bantian, and Xuan Mo challenged the Sword Immortal to a duel.
• Lü Dongbin attacked Chu Bantian with a flash of Pure Yang Sword Intent.

Xuan Mo took control of Chu Bantian and overwhelmed Lü Dongbin, then prepared to face Zhenwu as the Heavenly Court’s response escalated. He secretly warned Zhenwu to stay out of the fight, claiming to be a demon-sect pawn and threatening him with Demon Ancestor Luohu’s name.

• Chu Bantian and Lü Dongbin exchanged blows until Lü Dongbin attacked his Sea of Consciousness and encountered Xuan Mo.
• Xuan Mo beat Lü Dongbin inside the Sea of Consciousness, then drove him out when the unstable realm began to collapse.
• Xuan Mo took control of Chu Bantian again and kicked Lü Dongbin into Lingxiao Palace, where Haotian criticized Zhenwu over Lü Dongbin’s defeat.
• Zhenwu flew toward the South Heaven Gate while Xuan Mo worried that fighting him would be risky in Chu Bantian’s body.
• Xuan Mo summoned the Demonic Heavenly Form, and Chu Bantian told Zhenwu he wanted to defeat Li Jing and rescue his beloved.
• Xuan Mo secretly told Zhenwu he was a demon-sect pawn, claimed Demon Ancestor Luohu was his mother, and threatened to beat Zhenwu if he interfered.

Xuan Mo broke Zhenwu’s Yin Yang attack, and Haotian ordered Li Jing to capture Chu Bantian after the clash shook the Heavenly Court. As Li Jing faced Chu Bantian, Haotian considered replacing him with Nezha if Li Jing lost.

• Zhenwu asked Xuandu whether to fight Xuan Mo seriously, and Xuandu told him to use his own judgment.
• Zhenwu attacked Xuan Mo with a Yin Yang grinding disc, but Xuan Mo found its flaw and hurled it away, shaking the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian blamed Li Jing for the disturbance and ordered him to capture Chu Bantian or lose his marshal position.
• Li Jing arrived with eight thousand Elite Heavenly Soldiers, and Zhenwu withdrew from the battlefield.
• Chu Bantian mocked Li Jing’s losing record as Li Jing used the soldiers’ power to form a Heavenly King Golden Body Manifestation.
• Great White Star proposed Nezha as a replacement, and Haotian said he would consider appointing Nezha if Li Jing lost.

Xuan Mo wounded Li Jing in battle, then defeated his Heavenly King Avatar and was stripped of his command by Haotian. As Xuan Mo advanced toward Lingxiao Palace, Haotian sent Taiyi to stop him.

• Xuan Mo used the Demonic Heavenly Form’s spear to pierce Li Jing’s Heavenly King Avatar and gravely injure Li Jing.
• Li Jing unleashed his full power in a final attack, but Xuan Mo shattered the Heavenly King’s Saber and Avatar, then kicked Li Jing into Lingxiao Palace.
• Haotian removed Li Jing as Grand Marshal and appointed Nezha in his place.
• Hongjun urged Haotian to defend the Heavenly Court’s prestige, and Haotian ordered Taiyi to confront Xuan Mo.

Xuan Mo fought Taiyi while possessing Chu Bantian, then agreed to withdraw rather than risk Haotian’s intervention. After Taiyi reported the boy’s departure, he urged Haotian to use the Haotian Mirror to investigate Chu Bantian’s rapid rise.

• Xuan Mo entered Taiyi’s Sea of Consciousness and negotiated a staged defeat, claiming he would leave Heaven to rescue the mermaid.
• Taiyi warned Xuan Mo that Haotian might personally intervene, and Xuan Mo agreed to retreat after fighting for seventy rounds.
• Xuan Mo left Taiyi’s Sea of Consciousness, exchanged a palm strike with Taiyi through Chu Bantian’s body, and withdrew from Heaven.
• Taiyi returned to Lingxiao Palace and told Haotian that Chu Bantian had been defeated and had left.
• Taiyi asked Haotian to use the Haotian Mirror to investigate how Chu Bantian’s cultivation had advanced so quickly.

Haotian investigated the cause of the Havoc in Heaven and learned that Xuan Mo had turned Chu Bantian into a demon after the Buddhist Sect ignored him. Taiyi refused Haotian’s order to challenge the Heavenly Demon Hall, so Haotian beat him, gave him flat peaches, and asked him to return to Lingxiao Palace and help.

• Haotian used the Haotian Mirror to watch Chu Bantian’s story and learned that the Buddhist Sect had ignored his prayers for more than half a year.
• Haotian saw Xuan Mo turn Chu Bantian into a demon and blamed the Heavenly Demon Hall for the Havoc in Heaven.
• Haotian ordered Taiyi, the Celestial Worthy of Great Mercy, to challenge the master of the Heavenly Demon Hall, but Taiyi refused and warned that Xuan Mo was too powerful.
• Haotian dragged Taiyi to a secret chamber, sealed his magic power, and beat him for defying the order.
• Taiyi explained that challenging Xuan Mo would mean certain defeat, and Haotian acknowledged the danger before giving him nine-thousand-year flat peaches and asking him to help at Lingxiao Palace.

Haotian struggled to appoint a general to deal with the Heavenly Demon Hall, then sent Nezha to demand Chu Bantian surrender. After Nezha reported the Heavenly Court’s weakness, Bo Huang proposed joining forces with the Netherworld to seize Heaven and attack the Buddhist sect.

• Taishang Laojun warned Haotian that the Heavenly Demon Hall was dangerous, while Zhao Gongming and Star Lord Wude refused to lead an expedition.
• Haotian appointed Nezha commander and learned that only twenty-two thousand Heavenly Soldiers remained fit to fight, then ordered Great White Star to investigate Li Jing’s corruption.
• Great White Star reported that Li Jing had fled to Spirit Mountain, and Haotian sent Nezha to demand Chu Bantian plead guilty in exchange for the mermaid woman’s return.
• Nezha entered the Heavenly Demon Hall and told Bo Huang’s group that he now commanded the Heavenly Court’s standing forces.
• Bo Huang suggested joining the Netherworld to take the Heavenly Court and defeat the Buddhist sect, and You Wen explained that he wanted to become Heavenly Emperor himself.

Ya Qiong reported the Heavenly Demon Hall’s plan to rebel against Heaven, and Dijun and his family agreed to let the children seize Haotian’s throne. The rebels prepared to attack, while Xuan Mo explained how Chu Bantian had reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm through dangerous demonic cultivation.

• Ya Qiong secretly told Dijun that Xuan Mo and Bo Huang were planning to rebel against Heaven, with Nezha arranging the Heavenly Court’s troops.
• Dijun and Wangshu consulted Xuanxiao and Luohu, who supported replacing Haotian with Xuan Mo as Heavenly Emperor.
• Dijun told Ya Qiong to go all out and said the Troublemaker Brigade could rely on its family’s support if anything went wrong.
• Ya Qiong told Bo Huang, Xuan Mo, and Nezha that they could seize the throne and would have support from the Heavenly Court and Netherworld against the Buddhist Sect.
• Xuan Mo said Chu Bantian had reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm in a year after surviving harsh demonic training in the Chaos Sea.

Nezha returned to Heaven and warned Haotian that the Heavenly Demon Hall had overwhelming experts, while Ao Yue helped Minghe conceal his new Sainthood in the Blood Sea. Great Immortal Yang Mei appeared, revealed that he was the source of the spatial barrier, and accepted Ao Yue as his disciple.

• Nezha agreed to leave the North Heaven Gate unguarded, then returned to the Heavenly Court and warned Haotian about the Heavenly Demon Hall’s strength.
• Nezha named Ao Yue and other formidable Heavenly Demon Hall figures, prompting Haotian to stop him before he heard more.
• Minghe told Ao Yue that he had achieved Sainthood and asked him to hide the resulting fluctuations in the Blood Sea.
• Ao Yue agreed to conceal Minghe’s Sainthood, but Great Immortal Yang Mei arrived and questioned whether Ao Yue could suppress its fluctuations.
• Yang Mei revealed that he was the Space Demon God who had created the barrier around Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Palace, and offered to take Ao Yue as his disciple.
• Ao Yue accepted Yang Mei as his master and celebrated gaining a powerful backer.

Ao Yue returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall after Ancestor Minghe agreed to bring the Asura Race into the Heavenly Demon Sect, and joined Xuan Mo’s plan to attack the Heavenly Court. Ao Yue led the group through the Northern Heaven Gate, leaving Haotian to prepare the Immortals and Gods to meet the invaders.

• Yang Mei told Ao Yue that he had settled the Sea-Calming Pearl matter with Zhao Gongming, gave Ao Yue a cultivation method, and sent him to help Xuan Mo attack the Heavenly Court.
• Ao Yue returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall and told Xuan Mo that Ancestor Minghe had agreed to bring the Asura Race into the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Xuan Mo explained that he intended to remove Haotian as Heavenly Emperor, and Hu Xiaoyu said the group could enter through the lightly defended Northern Heaven Gate.
• Ao Yue offered to carry Xuan Mo and the Thirteen Taibao in his true form, while the three Demon Lords followed behind.
• Ao Yue led the group into the ninth heaven, and Haotian ordered the Immortals and Gods to prepare for battle.

The Heaven Heavenly Demon Hall’s forces broke through the Heavenly Court’s defenses and reached Lingxiao Treasure Hall to demand Haotian’s abdication. Haotian confronted Nezha over helping them enter and asked the intruders why they had rebelled against him.

• At the Northern Heavenly Gate, Xuan Mo presented Tongtian’s decree, but Doumu Yuanjun and Saint Mother Jin Ling initially refused to let the group pass.
• Bo Huang pointed out that Jin Ling had only promised to prevent damage to the Heavenly Court, so she ordered the Dipper Division to step aside when the group promised not to harm anything.
• The Heaven Heavenly Demon Hall’s forces passed the Thunder and Fire Divisions, and Qingfeng defeated Spirit Officer Wang and captured him with Universe in a Sleeve.
• The group entered Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where Haotian realized Nezha had helped open the Northern Heavenly Gate’s restrictions.
• Nezha defended his actions as a way to protect the Heavenly Court from damage, and Haotian accused him of being rebellious before demanding that the intruders explain their revolt.

Xuan Mo challenged Haotian over his failures as Heavenly Emperor and followed him into Chaos to settle the succession by force. Haotian surrendered without fighting, leaving Xuan Mo to take the throne while he returned to Purple Cloud Palace.

• Xuan Mo accused Haotian of mismanaging the Heavenly Court, citing his past defeat by a monkey, his protection of Princess Yaoji, and his failed recruitment of officials.
• Haotian agreed to fight Xuan Mo in Chaos over the position of Heavenly Emperor, and the two left Lingxiao Palace.
• Ao Yue invited the immortals and gods to suggest changes to the Heavenly Rules, and Taishang Laojun and the others began writing down rules they wanted abolished.
• In Chaos, Xuan Mo said his allies and strength would let him control the Heavenly Court, while Haotian admitted he was tired of ruling and offered him the position.
• Haotian noticed the aura of the World-Destroying Millstone and chose not to fight, telling Xuan Mo to claim the throne while he returned to Purple Cloud Palace.

Xuan Mo took over as Heavenly Emperor and began bringing the other powers under the Heavenly Court’s command. His father Xuanxiao and Eastern Pole Great Emperor Dijun both agreed to support him, leaving the court with a stronger foundation.

• Haotian swore before the Heavenly Dao that he willingly relinquished the Heavenly Emperor position to Xuan Mo, then returned to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Xuan Mo declared himself the new Heavenly Emperor and learned from Great White Star that several other emperors still ruled independently.
• Xuanxiao agreed to follow Xuan Mo’s orders and commanded the Interception Sect disciples in the Heavenly Court to obey him.
• Bo Huang offered to bring Eastern Pole Great Emperor Dijun to the court, but Dijun appeared and pledged that he and Bo Huang’s uncle-in-law would guard the Heavenly Court.

Xuan Mo ordered Hu Xiaoyu to make Yang Jian attend court regularly, and Hu Xiaoyu defeated him in a sparring match. Yang Jian agreed to attend Heaven, while Hu Xiaoyu suggested Xuan Mo intended to appoint him as a great general.

• Xuan Mo ordered Hu Xiaoyu to ensure Yang Jian and the other gods attended court and completed their duties.
• Hu Xiaoyu confronted Yang Jian at True Lord's Manor and told him the old privilege of answering summons without attending court had ended.
• Yang Jian challenged Hu Xiaoyu to a fight, and Hu Xiaoyu overwhelmed him with his halberd and superior strength.
• Hu Xiaoyu knocked Howling Celestial Dog away when the dog tried to ambush him, and Yang Jian went to comfort the injured dog.
• Yang Jian agreed to attend court, and Hu Xiaoyu speculated that Xuan Mo wanted him to serve as a great general.

Xuan Mo’s Heavenly Court began running smoothly as the sect disciples attended court, while Xuan Mo and Xuanxiao worked to recruit powerful figures to help guard it. The chapter ended with Xuanxiao sending Great White Star to summon Immortal Elder Naji under threat of a visit from the Primordial Sword’s owner.

• Great White Star praised Xuan Mo’s Heavenly Court, and Dijun boasted that it had been more impressive in his day.
• Haotian complained to Hongjun that he had lost the Heavenly Court and begged to return to Purple Cloud Palace, but Hongjun explained that Chaos Demon Gods had sealed him inside.
• Mingxuan told Luohu, Yang Mei, and Wangshu that Hongjun and Haotian were exaggerating their role in the seal, and they discussed helping Xuan Mo govern the Heavenly Court.
• Wangshu sent Mingxuan to help Zhen Yuanzi and Fairy Hongyun, while Luohu suggested Xuan Mo could handle Immortal Elder Naji.
• Xuan Mo asked Xuanxiao how to recruit Naji, and Xuanxiao sent Great White Star with the Primordial Sword to demand that Naji come guard the Heavenly Court.

Xuan Mo gathered the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors to help govern the Heavenly Court and announced his enthronement banquet. After Tun Tian Kun brought eight hundred Flat Peaches to secure a Heavenly General post, he and the other young demons planned to sneak into West Queen Mother's orchard, where they unexpectedly forged a bond of fate.

• Great White Star used Xuanxiao's Primordial Sword to persuade Immortal Elder Naji to oversee the Heavenly Court.
• Mingxuan offered Zhen Yuanzi and Fairy Hongyun a Great Dao cultivation art, and they agreed to guard the Heavenly Palace for one Kalpa.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Fairy Hongyun flew to the Heavenly Court, joining the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors.
• Xuan Mo announced his ascension and ordered Great White Star to invite the Primordial Wilderness's factions to a banquet three years later.
• Tun Tian Kun brought eight hundred Flat Peaches and received the title God General Subduing Buddha, commanding thirty thousand Heavenly Soldiers.
• Tun Tian Kun, Bo Huang, You Wen, and Ya Qiong set off to sneak into West Queen Mother's Flat Peach orchard and unexpectedly forged a bond of fate.

As the new Heavenly Emperor, Xuan Mo sought the Netherworld’s nominal submission and agreed to settle the dispute by fighting Dijiang. They made a wager before their close-combat match, which had not yet begun.

• Xuan Mo paused the plan to steal peaches and told the group they could watch the factions arrive for his enthronement banquet.
• Bo Huang summoned Golden Peng, who arrived and learned that Xuan Mo had replaced Haotian as Heavenly Emperor.
• Xuan Mo asked Golden Peng to negotiate with Dijiang about the Netherworld nominally submitting to the Heavenly Court.
• Dijiang refused and challenged Xuan Mo to fight in the Chaos Space, promising a public declaration if he lost.
• Xuan Mo and Dijiang agreed to fight without spiritual treasures and wagered the origin of Dijiang’s Law of Space against a cultivation manual from Great Immortal Yang Mei.

Xuan Mo battled Dijiang, revealing the strength of his demonic techniques and bloodlines. Luohu intervened after Dijiang insulted Xuan Mo’s ancestry, then kicked him as she left.

• Xuan Mo and Dijiang transformed into their true bodies and clashed, impressing each other with their strength.
• Dijiang identified himself as one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and dismissed Xuan Mo as a distant, impure branch of the Pangu lineage.
• Xuan Mo used the Dao of Fate and his mother’s Nine Layers of Demonic Overlord to punch Dijiang in the face.
• Luohu arrived and offered Dijiang a choice of weapons, demanding that he retract his insult about Xuan Mo’s bloodline.
• Dijiang refused to take back his words, so Luohu initially walked away without beating him, then turned back and kicked him.