Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian learned from True Man Yu Ding that the gathered factions belonged to the Dao Venerable Lineage and that the Dao Venerable was the Primordial Wilderness’s supreme existence. Hongjun announced a preemptive expedition against nine approaching worlds, and the factions prepared to march into Chaos in three thousand years.

• Yang Jian was shocked by the powerful beings gathered in the void, and True Man Yu Ding warned him about the three Dao Lords and revealed the Dao Venerable’s supremacy and the Chan Sect’s connection to his lineage.
• Hongjun, Houtu, and Wu realized that the Primordial Wilderness had secretly amassed more than twenty thousand Primordial Origin Golden Immortals and enough Sages to face the invading forces.
• Hongjun told the assembled factions that nine great worlds would reach the Primordial Wilderness in thirty thousand years and declared that they would attack first in Chaos.
• Hongjun assigned Houtu to guard the Three Realms and instructed Gou Chen and the Starry Sky Clan to guard the gateway while the other factions mobilized half their forces.
• Hongjun ordered the factions to gather in three thousand years and march into Chaos, and the factions returned to prepare for the expedition.

Hongjun and Wu led the Primordial Wilderness army into Chaos to attack the fused Nine Great Worlds, while a group of Sages stayed behind to protect their home. After Wu shattered the continent’s barrier, the Nine Great Worlds’ inhabitants were misled into believing the Primordial Wilderness was their enemy, and the two armies began a massive battle.

• Hongjun and Wu summoned the Sages, clans, and other forces of the Primordial Wilderness to join the expedition into Chaos.
• Yang Jian saw Haotian leave with the army and realized his chances of rescuing Yaoji had improved.
• Hongjun and Wu led the army into Chaos, while Yuanshi, Zhunti, Zhen Yuanzi, and Nuwa remained behind to guard the Primordial Wilderness with the Pangu Banner and Great Zhou Tian Star Array.
• Hongjun’s forces met Luo Hou and his Demon Race army before reaching the fused continent of the Nine Great Worlds.
• Wu shattered the continent’s barrier with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, exposing its inhabitants to Chaos currents and prompting the Nine Great Worlds’ origins to portray the Primordial Wilderness as a devourer.
• Wu ordered the attack, and the Primordial Wilderness army clashed with the Nine Great Worlds’ forces in Chaos.

The Primordial Wilderness's Great Beings fought the nine worlds' forces, while Wu and Luo Hou demonstrated their overwhelming power against the opposing gods. Ra was resurrected by the nine worlds' origin and joined Zeus and Thor in battling Wu, leaving the fight unresolved as the invasion continued.

• Zhurong, Minghe, Tongtian, Mo Yuan, Fuxi, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng challenged the continent's fighters and charged into battle.
• Wu killed Ra with a single strike of the Immortal-Slaying Sword, terrifying the continent's forces and cheering the Primordial Wilderness's fighters.
• The World Origin resurrected Ra, and Zeus, Thor, and Ra attacked Wu, who blocked their combined assault as their battle continued.
• Luo Hou killed Poseidon and Osiris with the God-Slaying Spear, leaving Odin, Cronus, and Jehovah wary and the nine worlds' forces terrified.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan entered Yu Hall to seek the Mountain Splitting Axe and had to prove their resolve to save their mother. They passed Emperor Yu’s trial and received the axe, then prepared to reunite with Yang Jiao before freeing Yaoji.

• Jingwei told Yang Jian and Yang Chan that they could borrow the Mountain Splitting Axe only if it recognized them.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan entered Yu Hall, where the axe tested their determination with illusions of their mother’s suffering and their brothers’ peril.
• Yang Jian rejected the temptation to abandon his mother, while Yang Chan refused to leave her brothers to save her alone.
• Emperor Yu approved their sincere resolve and lent them the Mountain Splitting Axe, warning them not to use it to harm innocents.
• Yang Jian took the axe, and he and Yang Chan planned to find Yang Jiao before going to save Yaoji.

Yang Jiao reunited with Yang Jian and Yang Chan, and the three siblings joined forces to attack the seal on Peach Mountain with Emperor Yu’s Mountain Splitting Axe. Their strike shook the mountain and drew attention across the Primordial Wilderness, while Yaoji feared Haotian would punish them.

• Yang Jiao intercepted Yang Jian and Yang Chan after they left the human race's Holy Land and revealed that he had come to help rescue their mother.
• Yang Jian showed Yang Jiao that they had obtained the Mountain Splitting Axe, and the three siblings vowed to rescue Yaoji together.
• The siblings reached Peach Mountain, where Yaoji heard their calls and desperately warned them to leave, but her voice could not pass through Haotian’s seal.
• Yang Jiao swung the Mountain Splitting Axe, infused with all three siblings’ Magical Power, into the seal, making Peach Mountain tremble and cracking the mountain.
• Beings across the Primordial Wilderness watched the attack, and Heavenly Soldiers and generals assembled in the Immortal Court.

Xuanxiao resolved the Netherworld Underworld’s soul riots by establishing systems to sort, purify, and route souls, then gave Houtu a monitoring tool and advice for managing the realm. After he left, Houtu released Dizang from house arrest so he could help with the Underworld’s affairs.

• Houtu asked Xuanxiao for help as excess yin energy and unruly souls overwhelmed the Netherworld Underworld.
• Xuanxiao divided souls into zones, created automated purification and guidance, repaired and widened the reincarnation passage, and built transport links that restored order.
• Xuanxiao made a Monitoring Jade Disc for Houtu and advised her to divide duties between the Witch Clan and Asura Clan and consult Dizang and Fengdu.
• After Xuanxiao left, Houtu accepted credit for resolving the riots when Zhurong, Gonggong, the other Ancestral Witches, and Minghe praised her.
• Houtu visited Dizang in the palace where she had confined him, and afterward released him to move freely through the Netherworld Underworld.

Hongjun invited the gathered forces to divide the newly fused continent according to their contributions, and Fuxi and Shennong asked for it as the Human Realm’s new Holy Land. Tai Yi announced that the Demon Race would not yield its claim, leaving the continent’s ownership contested between the two powers.

• Hongjun said he would distribute the continent according to each force’s contributions during the Chaos campaign.
• Fuxi and Shennong asked the other forces to yield the continent to the Human Realm in exchange for compensation.
• Fuxi explained that the Human Realm needed the fertile continent for a new Holy Land, and Tai Yi realized the Demon Race would have to compete for it.
• Tai Yi declared that the Demon Race had also claimed the continent and offered the other forces greater compensation to support its bid.
• Fuxi and Shennong accused Tai Yi of interfering, but Tai Yi argued that ownership had not been settled and challenged the Human Realm’s motives.

Hongjun awarded the fused continent to the Human Race, while Wu offered to help the Demon Race establish a separate homeland. The Human Race named its new territory the Eternal Divine Continent and began migrating there, as the Demon Race settled on the Universe Demon Realm.

• Hongjun declared that the Human Race would receive the continent, citing its contributions, need for a homeland, and the Demon Race's unresolved killing karma.
• Tai Yi accepted that the decision could not be overturned and planned to seek his elder brother's help before pursuing the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Wu promised to condense a continent for the Demon Race in exchange for an appropriate price, and Tai Yi bowed to thank him.
• The Human Race purchased the other factions' shares, and Wu, Hongjun, and Houtu created a separate continent for the Demon Race.
• Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Zhuanxu, and the other Human Race leaders named their new continent the Eternal Divine Continent and began migrating there.
• The Demon Race moved to its new continent and named it the Universe Demon Realm.

As the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation approached, Nuwa sent her karmically entangled disciples to the Human Realm and arranged for Lingzhu Zi to reincarnate under Colorful Phoenix's watch. Tongtian and Yuanshi prepared their sects for the tribulation, while Yuanshi secretly directed Randeng to join Buddhism as part of a plan.

• Nuwa sent her disciples to face their tribulations in the Human Realm, then sent Lingzhu Zi to reincarnate and instructed Colorful Phoenix to watch over him without intervening.
• Tongtian told the Interception Sect that its disciples must enter the tribulation, ordered them to withdraw from Shang Dynasty government, and sent them to the Human Realm.
• Randeng chose to remain in the Chan Sect after considering Zhunti's offer, but Yuanshi privately told him to join Buddhism as part of a secret plan.
• Yuanshi instructed the Chan Sect's disciples about the coming tribulation and sent them to the Human Realm as immortals across the Immortal Court set out.

Lady Yin remained pregnant with Nezha after more than two years, and Li Jing considered abandoning the child amid growing rumors and strange divine radiance. Xuanxiao, disguised as the itinerant Daoist Taichu, arrived at Chen Tang Pass and slipped into the Garrison Manor to see Nezha.

• Li Jing grew anxious over Lady Yin's prolonged pregnancy and suggested giving up the child, but Lady Yin angrily refused to abandon him.
• Li Jing recalled that his attempts to inspect the child with his primordial spirit had been repelled by white jade divine radiance.
• True Man Taiyi sensed a mysterious pull and set out for the Yin Shang Nine Provinces.
• Xuanxiao heard the people of Chen Tang Pass discussing Lady Yin's pregnancy and recognized the child as Nezha.
• Xuanxiao introduced himself to the manor guards as the itinerant Daoist Taichu and claimed an immortal connection to the Third Young Master.
• When the guards refused him entry, Xuanxiao passed through them and entered the Garrison Manor.

Xuanxiao revealed himself to Li Jing and Lady Yin as a powerful Daoist who knew the truth about their unborn child. He explained that the child was Lingzhu Zi reincarnated, while recognizing that Nezha’s conflicting Daos would become both a tribulation and an opportunity.

• Xuanxiao told Li Jing he knew the origins of Lady Yin’s unborn child, then overwhelmed Li Jing with a display of power after Li Jing threatened him.
• Li Jing apologized and led Xuanxiao to Lady Yin, who angrily attacked them with a spiritual treasure, mistaking the Daoist for someone trying to pressure her.
• Li Jing explained that Xuanxiao could identify the child and explain the delayed birth, prompting Lady Yin to apologize and ask for the truth.
• Xuanxiao revealed that the child was Lingzhu Zi, Lady Nuwa’s attendant reincarnated, and Lady Yin wept with relief as Li Jing comforted her.
• Xuanxiao recognized that Nezha’s opposing Daos of benevolence and destruction formed both his greatest tribulation and his opportunity for cultivation.

Xuanxiao gave Li Jing and Lady Yin the Spirit Pearl Breaking Delusions Scripture to help their unborn child, Nezha, suppress the Demon Orb’s vicious qi and avert calamity, then departed. Nearly a year later, Nezha was born as a wild ball of flesh, just as True Man Taiyi arrived at Chen Tang Pass to meet his destined disciple.

• Xuanxiao told Li Jing and Lady Yin that Nezha’s nature would be fierce and gave them the Spirit Pearl Breaking Delusions Scripture, instructing them to have him practice it after birth.
• Li Jing asked Xuanxiao to take Nezha as his disciple, but Xuanxiao said another master would appear when the child was born.
• After Xuanxiao vanished, Li Jing and Lady Yin realized they could no longer remember his appearance and resolved to trust his warning and teach Nezha the scripture.
• Li Jing spread word that his unborn child was a spiritual child rather than a monster, and nearly another year passed.
• True Man Taiyi followed his calling to Chen Tang Pass and learned that Lady Yin had been pregnant for nearly three years.
• Lady Yin gave birth to Nezha, who raced around the room as a ball of flesh, while Li Jing tried to restrain him and learned that True Man Taiyi had arrived.

True Man Taiyi visited Li Jing and Lady Yin to meet their newborn, discovered that the White Jade Meatball was the reincarnation of Lingzhu Zi, and named him Nezha before taking him as his disciple. When Taiyi tried to examine a jade slip left by Senior Taichu, its overwhelming aura shook him and the slip shot toward Nezha.

• Li Jing hesitated to show Taiyi the White Jade Meatball, then truthfully explained that his newborn looked like a ball.
• Taiyi examined the child and recognized the aura of Nuwa and Lingzhu Zi, assuring Li Jing and Lady Yin that their child was no monster.
• Taiyi named the child Nezha and asked Li Jing and Lady Yin for permission to take him as his disciple; they gladly agreed.
• Lady Yin explained that Senior Taichu had left a jade slip for Nezha, and Taiyi asked to see it.
• Taiyi failed to move the jade slip with his immortal power, felt its terrifying aura, and watched it fly toward Nezha.

Nezha was born carrying the Universe Ring and Hun Tian Silk, while True Man Taiyi learned that Xuanxiao had secretly left seclusion and received a cultivation scripture tailored for Nezha. After Taiyi agreed to return in five years to teach him, Chen Tang Pass celebrated Nezha’s extraordinary status.

• Xuanxiao gave Nezha the Spirit Pearl Breaking Delusions Scripture, and True Man Taiyi realized that Xuanxiao had left seclusion and was keeping it secret.
• Nezha emerged from the fleshly sphere carrying the Universe Ring and Hun Tian Silk, and Lady Yin welcomed him into her arms.
• Nezha bit Lady Yin’s shoulder, then calmed down and called her Mother; he rejected Li Jing when Li Jing called himself Father.
• True Man Taiyi recognized Nezha’s Most Evil Fate but trusted that Xuanxiao’s scripture could help him overcome it.
• True Man Taiyi observed Nezha for a month, agreed to return in five years to teach him immortal arts, and left Chen Tang Pass.
• News spread that Nezha was the reincarnation of a Great Being and would become True Man Taiyi’s disciple, prompting the people of Chen Tang Pass to congratulate the Garrison Manor.

Jingwei and Hanba decided Shen Gongbao needed deeper cultivation techniques and planned to take him to meet their Grand Martial Uncle Leize. Shen Gongbao eagerly hoped Leize would accept him as a disciple and help him advance further.

• Hanba suggested finding Shen Gongbao more profound cultivation techniques because he was improving quickly, and Jingwei noticed his fortune rising.
• Jingwei and Hanba decided to ask Leize, whom they considered the most orthodox branch of their lineage, for guidance.
• Shen Gongbao reflected on how Jingwei and Hanba had improved his cultivation and how his loyalty to them had grown.
• Jingwei told Shen Gongbao that Leize might take him as an outer disciple and give him a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal-level technique.
• Jingwei, Hanba, and Shen Gongbao left the city and headed to find Leize.

Shen Gongbao learned about the Dao Venerable Lineage and was accepted by Thunder Marsh as an inner sect disciple, though he remained Jingwei and Hanba’s mount. As they set out to find Lingzhu Zi’s reincarnation, Shi Ji was attacked with the Sky-shaking Arrow and headed to Chen Tang Pass to investigate.

• Hanba and Jingwei explained the Dao Venerable Lineage to Shen Gongbao and brought him to meet Thunder Marsh.
• Thunder Marsh discovered Shen Gongbao’s immense providence and the sign of the Flying Bear, identifying him as the bearer of the Investiture of the Gods’ providence.
• Thunder Marsh accepted Shen Gongbao as an inner sect Direct Disciple, taught him the Nine Marshes Thunder Control True Law, and told him to protect Jingwei and Hanba.
• Hanba used Lingzhu Zi’s preserved aura to guide the trio toward his reincarnation, and Shen Gongbao carried the two girls after it.
• An unknown attacker shot the Sky-shaking Arrow at Shi Ji, who caught it and set out for Chen Tang Pass to find the attacker.

Nezha drew the Heaven and Earth Bow and accidentally sent a Sky-shaking Arrow toward Shi Ji, who came to Chen Tang Pass to confront him. When Shi Ji tried to seize him, True Man Taiyi's protective light carried Nezha away, and two figures arrived before Shi Ji could pursue him.

• After Li Jing scolded him, Nezha secretly drew the Heaven and Earth Bow and fired a Sky-shaking Arrow toward the horizon.
• Xuanxiao sensed the arrow and recognized that Nezha had caused trouble, but chose not to intervene.
• Shi Ji traced the arrow to Nezha and confronted him as he left the Garrison Manor.
• Nezha denied responsibility and insulted Shi Ji, so she sent her Five-Colored Ribbon to suppress him.
• True Man Taiyi's protective light whisked Nezha away, and Shi Ji decided to seek an explanation from True Man Taiyi.
• Two figures arrived before Shi Ji, causing her to restrain her aura and stop moving.

Shi Ji confronted Li Jing and Lady Yin after Nezha used the Heaven and Earth Bow and Sky-shaking Arrow to attack her, and she proved his guilt with the weapons’ lingering aura. The True Man Taiyi arrived to defend Nezha, but after examining the weapons, he realized his disciple was at fault and regretted accusing Shi Ji.

• Li Jing and Lady Yin arrived and asked Shi Ji why she had come to Chen Tang Pass.
• Shi Ji accused Nezha of attacking and insulting her, then showed Li Jing the Heaven and Earth Bow and Sky-shaking Arrow bearing Nezha’s aura.
• Li Jing confirmed the weapons carried Nezha’s aura and was left unable to explain or settle the dispute.
• The True Man Taiyi arrived with Nezha, who accused Shi Ji of framing and attacking him, and Taiyi reprimanded her for bullying his disciple.
• Shi Ji presented the weapons to the True Man Taiyi, who recognized that Nezha was in the wrong and regretted judging the matter before investigating.

True Man Taiyi settled Shi Ji’s grievance with an apology and a spiritual treasure, and Nezha reluctantly admitted fault. After Shi Ji left, Jingwei and Hanba appeared at Chen Tang Pass and were introduced as Nezha’s senior sisters, though he struggled to address them that way.

• True Man Taiyi explained that Nezha was Lingzhu Zi reincarnated and offered Shi Ji a Houtian Spiritual Treasure as compensation.
• Shi Ji accepted the apology and treasure after Nezha sincerely apologized, then warned him against reckless behavior and left Chen Tang Pass.
• Li Jing scolded Nezha, and Hanba appeared from the void to tease him before Jingwei and Shen Gongbao arrived.
• True Man Taiyi introduced Jingwei and Hanba as Nezha’s senior sisters, and both girls eagerly urged him to call them Senior Sister.
• Nezha blushed and could not bring himself to call Jingwei and Hanba Senior Sisters.

Jingwei and Hanba stayed in Chen Tang Pass, where Hanba and Nezha’s mischief soon threw the town into chaos. When Nezha asked about Dao Venerable Xuanxiao, Xuanxiao appeared before them and froze the street around them.

• True Man Taiyi introduced Jingwei and Hanba to Li Jing and Lady Yin as daughters of the Earthly Emperor Shennong and the Human Emperor Xuanyuan.
• Li Jing and Lady Yin invited Jingwei and Hanba to the Garrison Manor, and the two women settled in Chen Tang Pass.
• Hanba and Nezha bonded over their mischief and caused trouble in Chen Tang Pass while Jingwei and Shen Gongbao followed them.
• Nezha asked Jingwei to tell him more about Dao Venerable Xuanxiao, but she admitted she knew only a few details.
• Xuanxiao appeared beside the four, halted time around them, and accepted their respectful greetings.