Chapter Summaries

Loki was tricked into sacrificing his life so Black Slave could possess his body and infiltrate Asgard. After Odin sensed that the new Loki was an impostor, Tongtian and the others prepared for the hidden enemy as Ragnarok approached.

• Loki opened a passage for the black-robed group and stabbed the beating heart on the altar to activate it.
• Black Slave killed Loki, took control of his body, and left through the passage with the others.
• Odin summoned the disguised Loki and ordered him to prepare a protective barrier around Asgard for Ragnarok.
• Odin sensed something was wrong with Loki and contacted Tongtian and the others.
• Tongtian told the group that outside experts might already be hiding in the world, and they agreed to wait for the enemy.

As Ragnarok began, King Ksitigarbha fought Fenrir and the giant army while Asgard’s defenses came under attack. Inside Odin’s palace, the false Loki, Black Slave, revealed himself and attacked Odin, leaving Odin facing his spatial magic.

• Tongtian told Odin to prepare Asgard’s defenses as Ragnarok approached, and Tongtian, Holy Mother Jin Ling, Fairy Yunxiao, and King Ksitigarbha gathered at the dock.
• King Ksitigarbha seized Fenrir and hurled the giant wolf into the advancing giant soldiers, then rose into the air as his Demonic Path power gathered.
• A red flash appeared, enemy troops poured through spatial openings on the Rainbow Bridge, and the giant army began battering Asgard’s protective barrier.
• Black Slave emerged in Odin’s palace disguised as Loki, but Odin recognized the deception and demanded to know who he was.
• Black Slave redirected Odin’s Eternal Spear attack through a dark portal, causing it to smash a palace pillar, then drew Loki’s dagger.

Tongtian defeated Black Slave and uncovered the hidden plans behind Ragnarok, while Odin and Thor Gal led Asgard into battle against the invading Giant Race. The Giant Race suffered heavy losses, but its army kept growing, and Odin warned that the true enemy had yet to arrive.

• Black Slave summoned Hellhound Garm and other hellish beasts, but Tongtian killed Garm, destroyed the wormholes, and imprisoned Black Slave with sword qi.
• Tongtian learned the enemy's plans from Black Slave and then killed him, convincing Odin to resist his fate.
• Odin appeared above Asgard and ordered Gal to fight as the million-strong Giant Race army advanced.
• Thor Gal struck the battlefield with Mjolnir and thunder, killing tens of thousands of Giant Race soldiers and rallying Asgard's warriors.
• The Giant Race sent in more troops through spatial wormholes, and Odin watched, expecting the true enemy to arrive.
• Sun Wukong and the Interception Sect disciples watched Tongtian's battlefield broadcast and discussed the coming Ragnarok.

King Ksitigarbha investigated the dangerous underworld while Lin Tian’s negotiations with the Giant Race failed and Yunxiao exposed his operation. Lin Tian requested reinforcements from Jingliuli’s squad, but he remained intent on taking revenge for his dead subordinate.

• Sun Wukong watched as King Ksitigarbha investigated the lava-filled underworld on Tongtian’s orders.
• The Giant Race rejected the outsiders’ offer to cooperate and insisted on carrying out Ragnarok.
• Hongguang told Lin Tian that Black Slave was dead and the other side knew about them, before Yunxiao appeared through his controlled soul and destroyed it.
• Lin Tian ordered his squad to request reinforcements, then slapped the red-haired woman when she questioned sharing the mission rewards.
• Lin Tian accepted help from Jingliuli’s squad after she said no other squad would take the mission.
• Lin Tian vowed to make the woman from the other world pay for killing his people.

Tongtian learned that the Flame Giant Surtur was sealed beneath Asgard and reassured Odin that the giant was no match for a Saint. As the battle turned in Asgard’s favor, Hela appeared, revealed she had consumed half the World Tree, and declared that Níðhöggr was coming.

• Lin Tian promised Zhang Hai that Hela would become his puppet after he had tortured her, winning Zhang Hai’s loyalty.
• King Ksitigarbha learned that the Heart of Hell held a terrifying demon and sent the information to Tongtian, who identified the prisoner as Surtur.
• Tongtian judged Surtur’s power to be near Saint level and told Odin to keep fighting without fear.
• Asgard’s forces held the advantage, losing about fifty thousand warriors while the Giant Race lost at least three hundred thousand.
• Hela appeared in the sky, admitted she had devoured half the World Tree, and overwhelmed Thor with her dark green power.
• Hela told Odin that Níðhöggr would arrive soon, and the black dragon appeared with a roar.

Hela used the World Tree’s power to withstand Odin’s full-force attack, leaving him unable to control the battle. Master of the Heavens stepped in to fight Black Dragon Níðhöggr, while Hela watched him warily and considered drawing more power from the World Tree.

• Ao Lie identified Black Dragon Níðhöggr as a powerful dragon, and the others boasted that they could defeat it.
• Hela made Níðhöggr her mount after binding the World Tree and using its power.
• Odin hurled the Eternal Spear at Hela, but she stopped it with a series of green barriers empowered by the World Tree.
• Odin admitted Hela had grown too powerful for him to control and asked Master of the Heavens to spare her while killing Níðhöggr.
• Master of the Heavens descended before Níðhöggr, and Hela grew cautious as she considered absorbing more of the World Tree.

Tongtian subdued Hela, seized the World Tree, and slew Níðhöggr with a single sword, stunning everyone in the Nine Realms. Back in the Primordial World, Sun Wukong resolved to establish his own sect and unite the Demon Realm.

• Tongtian bound Hela, took the World Tree, and handed both over to Odin.
• Níðhöggr attacked in a frenzy, but Tongtian killed the black dragon with the Qingping Sword.
• Odin, Hela, and the fighters below were shaken by Tongtian's overwhelming power.
• Lin Tian feared Tongtian's attack and began plotting to use Liuli as a shield while preparing his subordinates.
• Wuyun Xian and the Interception Sect disciples admired Tongtian's sword, while those in the Primordial World discussed the growing turmoil among Saints.
• Inspired by Tongtian's strength, Sun Wukong decided to establish his own sect and unite the Demon Realm.

Sun Wukong declared that he would unify the Demon Realm and gained the support of Tianpeng, Juanlian, and Golden Cicada. Meanwhile, Li Jing and Nezha escaped a strange maze in the Ancient Witch-Demon Battlefield, only to face a swarm of Demon Souls and baleful aura.

• Sun Wukong announced his resolve to unify the Demon Realm and asked his companions to join him.
• Tianpeng agreed to support Sun Wukong as second-in-command, while Juanlian accepted the title of Great Protector and Golden Cicada became First Elder.
• Li Jing and Nezha struggled through a maze filled with dense baleful aura after their accompanying Heavenly Soldiers disappeared.
• A possessed Heavenly Soldier attacked Li Jing, injuring him before Nezha drove the attacker away.
• Nezha used his Wind Fire Wheels to carry Li Jing out of the maze, but countless Demon Souls and wisps of baleful aura confronted them.

After escaping the Witch-Demon Battlefield, Houtu and Daoist Lu Ya discovered their shared goal of rebelling against Heaven and agreed to join forces. In the Norse Mythology World, the Giant Race launched its assault as Holy Mother Jin Ling and Thor Gal fought powerful enemies.

• Father and son escaped the Witch-Demon Battlefield after fighting the possessed heavenly soldiers, while another figure entered unnoticed.
• Daoist Lu Ya received a stream of consciousness at a monumental stele and learned a great secret, then encountered Houtu.
• Houtu proposed that she and Daoist Lu Ya join forces against Heaven, and they reached an agreement before departing separately.
• The Giant Race began its full-scale assault on Asgard, with Jörmungandr and the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea joining the attack.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling severed several tentacles from the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea with the Flying Gold Sword.
• Thor Gal fought Jörmungandr, who began using the World Reset Technique, and Thor Gal vowed to stop it.

Thor Gal and Yunxiao stopped Jörmungandr from destroying Asgard by severing its power of reincarnation, though Yunxiao realized it could eventually revive. Yunxiao rejoined Tongtian, while Holy Mother Jin Ling revealed and attacked the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea.

• Thor Gal battered Jörmungandr with thunder as it continued gathering power for its World Reset Technique.
• Yunxiao sealed the surrounding space with the Yellow River Formation Diagram and learned that Jörmungandr's power came from reincarnation.
• Yunxiao used the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors to sever Jörmungandr into pieces and cut off its connection to reincarnation, temporarily ending the threat.
• Yunxiao returned to Tongtian, who watched Holy Mother Jin Ling battle the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling used the Four Symbols Pagoda to drain the seawater and expose the monster's body, then pierced its center with the Flying Gold Sword.

Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao defended Asgard as increasingly powerful enemies arrived, and Fairy Yunxiao summoned the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation against a Frost Giant. Master of the Heavens supplied her with power, leaving the battle still underway.

• Holy Mother Jin Ling killed the Giant Sea Monster of the North Sea, and Asgard celebrated its death.
• A huge Kraken and an advancing force of several million appeared, but Holy Mother Jin Ling killed the Kraken with her Flying Gold Sword.
• Frost Giants attacked Asgard, and their strongest member began freezing the territory and threatening its barrier.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling and Fairy Yunxiao attacked the strongest Frost Giant with the Flying Gold Sword and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, but it dodged their strikes and counterattacked.
• Fairy Yunxiao summoned the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation with the Primordial Chaos Golden Dipper, and Master of the Heavens sent her power to sustain it.

Fairy Yunxiao and Holy Mother Jin Ling destroyed the Frost Giants’ army, and Hongjun protected Asgard with a powerful barrier. Taishang awakened Thor’s latent thunder power, leaving him wielding golden lightning.

• Fairy Yunxiao used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to weaken the Giant Race army and trap its warriors.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling entered the formation and killed the Frost Giants who were near or at the Quasi-Saint level.
• Hongjun raised an unbreakable barrier around Asgard, and Odin bowed to him and Taishang in gratitude.
• Taishang praised Thor’s innate thunder body and sent special energy into him.
• Thor roared as golden thunder awakened within him, and Odin thanked Taishang.

Liuli led her team to confront Asgard after revealing that she had become an Archmage, but her attempts to unleash spatial magic repeatedly failed. She and Lin Tian were left confused as her power vanished above Asgard.

• Thor thanked the senior after his power increased threefold, while Odin sensed a strange movement somewhere in the Nine Realms.
• Liuli mocked Lin Tian, revealed her breakthrough to Archmage, and warned him not to oppose her.
• Liuli and Lin Tian agreed to fight head-on, and Liuli announced that she would harvest lives across the Nine Realms before leading her team toward Asgard.
• Liuli found Asgard’s people unafraid and tried to unleash spatial magic, but an unseen warning made her stop.
• Liuli tried again and expanded spatial distortions over Asgard, but the power vanished, leaving her unable to understand what had happened.

Liuli’s spatial spell repeatedly failed because an unseen enemy suppressed it, and Tongtian’s group confronted Lin Tian and the others. Ksitigarbha turned them into soul puppets and sent them back to their world to report what they knew.

• Liuli realized someone had repeatedly suppressed her power and moved away just before a streak of white light killed the person behind her.
• Millions of sword lights surrounded Lin Tian’s group, and Liuli blamed Lin Tian for hiding the mission’s true difficulty.
• Tongtian and his companions arrived, recognized the group as beings from another world, and questioned them about who else had come.
• Lin Tian and Liuli claimed that many others had come, but Tongtian saw through their attempt to delay their deaths.
• Ksitigarbha used Demonic Energy to draw out and refine their souls into puppets, then ordered them to return to their world and tell him everything.

Hongjun and the others completed their mission in Asgard after Hongjun subdued the awakened monster. The six returned to the Primordial World with their rewards, and Taishang prepared to leave again after rewarding his attendants and collecting his refined pills.

• Holy Mother Jin Ling questioned why the mission had not been declared complete, and Hongjun concluded that a hidden threat remained.
• The ground trembled as the monster awakened, and Hongjun sent a sphere of light underground to stop it.
• The system declared the mission complete, and Odin thanked the six visitors before they returned to the Primordial World.
• The system awarded Exchange Points to the six participants, including two hundred thousand to Hongjun and one hundred thousand to Taishang.
• Taishang gave his three attendants golden pills, collected twelve successfully refined ninth-grade golden pills, and announced he was leaving.
• Hongjun set out for the General Store while Master of the Heavens, Holy Mother Jin Ling, and Fairy Yunxiao returned to Biyou Palace, where their disciples awaited them.

Tongtian returned with Jin Ling and Yunxiao, planned a lecture, and brought Duobao to Wu Feng’s General Store. Ksitigarbha and Duobao met there without arguing, while Duobao was astonished by the treasures on display.

• Tongtian announced a lecture for three days later and agreed to visit Wu Feng with the others to thank him for their rewards.
• Tongtian invited Duobao to join the trip, and Ksitigarbha returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain and gave Sun Wukong and the others ten thousand Exchange Points each.
• The group arrived at the General Store, where Wu Feng welcomed them and Duobao exchanged his treasures for one hundred and eighty thousand Exchange Points.
• Ksitigarbha approached Duobao as he inspected the store’s treasures, but the two remained silent and did not start a conflict.
• Duobao spotted a Chaos Pearl among the treasures and cried out in astonishment.

Duobao reconciled with Ksitigarbha and gained enlightenment from a Buddha Relic at Wu Feng's store. Back at Biyou Palace, he proposed establishing Eastern Buddhism under the Interception Sect, and Master of the Heavens approved.

• Ksitigarbha warned Duobao about his past as a puppet of the West, and the two reconciled after Duobao learned that Ksitigarbha's transformation came from the store.
• Duobao exchanged his points for a Buddha Relic, which sank into his brow and gave him a deeper understanding of the Buddha Dao.
• Wu Feng received an amplified Buddha Dao Heart from the exchange and set it aside.
• Duobao told Master of the Heavens and the disciples that he intended to establish Eastern Buddhism as a branch of the Interception Sect, not return to the West.
• Master of the Heavens approved Duobao's plan as his Dao.

Tongtian prepared the Interception Sect’s lecture and went to the Kunlun Mountains, where he pressured Yuanshi Tianzun to cooperate in establishing Eastern Buddhism against the West. Yuanshi agreed, and Tongtian left him to investigate the changed world and seek opportunities.

• Duobao thanked Tongtian for agreeing to establish Eastern Buddhism, and Zhao Gongming reported that preparations for the lecture were complete.
• Tongtian arrived at the Jade Void Palace and challenged Yuanshi Tianzun to merge the Chan Sect into the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian overwhelmed Yuanshi Tianzun with his sword intent and proposed that they cooperate to establish Eastern Buddhism and oppose the West.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to cooperate, and Tongtian urged him to leave seclusion and explore the changed world.
• After Tongtian departed, Yuanshi Tianzun decided to investigate what Tongtian’s hint meant.

Tongtian welcomed Yuanshi Tianzun’s opposition to the West and began lecturing the Interception Sect. After Li Jing and Nezha reported signs of revival in the Witch-Demon Battlefield, the Jade Emperor summoned the Two Sages, who feared the consequences and considered seeking Hongjun’s guidance.

• Tongtian returned to the Interception Sect and prepared to lecture on the Dao, bringing the sect together as it flourished.
• Li Jing and Nezha reported the Witch-Demon Battlefield’s dense baleful energy and signs of revival to the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor sent Li Jing and Nezha to Spirit Mountain to invite the Two Sages to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Jing and Nezha met Dipankara Buddha at Spirit Mountain, and he informed the Two Sages of their summons.
• The Two Sages heard the Jade Emperor’s account, feared the ancient demons and witches would threaten the West, and considered reporting the matter to Hongjun.

The Jade Emperor searched for the missing General Juanlian and discovered that Juanlian was still alive, then went to Flower-Fruit Mountain to investigate in person. Sun Wukong learned that a suspicious, scholar-like stranger had entered the mountain, but the chapter ended before he discovered the visitor was the Jade Emperor.

• The Two Saints left for Purplecloud Palace to address the demon races' possible revival, while the Queen Mother worried that it could threaten her position in Heaven.
• The Jade Emperor tried to contact General Juanlian but could not locate him, so he went to the Netherworld to check whether Juanlian had died.
• King Yama initially mistook the Jade Emperor for a wandering soul, then searched the Book of Life and Death and found no record of Juanlian's death.
• The Jade Emperor traveled in disguise to Flower-Fruit Mountain to investigate Juanlian's disappearance and the turmoil surrounding the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• The monkeys reported the suspicious visitor to Sun Wukong, who heard that the man looked like a scholar; General Juanlian guessed he might be Little White Dragon.